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Contact:
Tom Davis
Troy Office of University Relations
334/670-3196
tomdavis@troy.edu
Office of University Relations
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Troy, AL 36082
(334) 670-3196
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| TSU
faculty member Donna Clark Schubert receives top service
award |
| Troy
State University assistant professor Donna Clark Schubert is
the faculty recipient of the prestigious Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Award for 2001-02. Schubert was presented the award April 22 during a luncheon on the TSU campus. She was also recognized at the university’s annual Honors Convocation held later that day in the Claudia Crosby Theater. The Sullivan Award, which is presented at select colleges and universities throughout the United States, recognizes recipients for their excellence of character, humanitarian service and spiritual qualities. The award has been presented annually to a male student, female student and one non-student at TSU since 1981. Students, faculty and staff nominate candidates for the award. Schubert teaches the public relations curriculum in TSU’s Hall School of Journalism. A TSU faculty member since 1990, she is an active part of the Troy community, serving as a board member for the Pike County unit of the American Cancer Society (ACS) since 1999 and as chair of the Pike County-ACS Relay for Life in 2002. A Certified Laubach Literacy Tutor, she is also a past board member of the Troy-Pike chapter of Habitat for Humanity and the Downtown Troy Revitalization Committee. Schubert said she was “honored and blessed” to win the award. “The Sullivan Award is one of the hardest awards to receive,” she said. “I don’t do these things - whether it is serving with the American Cancer Society or helping my students - to receive awards. I do them because they are important to me. “I believe you can change the world if you try,” she said. “Receiving an award that recognizes these activities is a humbling experience.” Schubert is currently serving a three-year term as national vice president of Phi Kappa Phi honor society, where she is spearheading a national literacy initiative. She is the adviser for TSU’s award-winning student chapter of the Public Relations Council of Alabama, coordinator of academic advising and editor of the TSU “Undergraduate Bulletin.” She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, the National Academic Advising Association and the Higher Education Partnership. A native of Lineville and resident of Troy, Schubert received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Auburn University. |