Emily Rothbard, from Bel Air, MD, earns senior recognition at Grove City College

2016 May 12

Emily Rothbard was presented the 2016 Grove City College Senior Woman of the Year on April 30 during the Family Weekend Recognition Convocation on campus.

The awards are presented jointly by the leadership honoraries Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa as a service to Grove City College. The selections are made on the basis of scholarship, leadership and service. The candidates were voted on by students and faculty. It is one of the highest honors that the College can bestow on studens. Their names are recorded for posterity on a memorial plaque on a boulder outside Harbison Chapel on campus. Former recipients of this prestigious honor have gone on to become leaders in faith, education, business, law and health care.

Rothbard, of Bel Air, MD, is a Communication Studies major with minors in Spanish and Biblical and Religious Studies. Over her career at Grove City College, she's been a student assistant in the Career Services Office, a member of Orientation Board, an active participant in SGA coffeehouses, a four-year member of the varsity softball team and serves as ODK vice president. She studied abroad in Seville, Spain, her junior year and worked as a blogger for Inside GCC, OB and her study abroad program.

Other finalists for Woman of the Year were: Karolina Lagerquist, Grace Leuenberger, Amy Rumbaugh and Joscelyn Seaton.