Monica Santiago receives Betty Ford Center Academic Award - Philadelphia Center from Alvernia University

2014 Apr 14

With Commencement less than a month away, graduating seniors at Alvernia University received awards during the annual Honors Convocation on Sunday, April 13, 2014. Monica Ariana Santiago earned the Betty Ford Center Academic Award - Philadelphia Center from the School of Graduate & Adult Education.

The Betty Ford Center Academic Award is presented to a Philadelphia Center behavioral health graduate who has attained the highest grade point average.

Santiago of Philadelphia, Pa., will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in May.

ALVERNIA is a distinctive Franciscan university, grounded in the Catholic and liberal arts traditions, that combines diverse academic opportunities with personal attention and an unmatched commitment to community service. Alvernia empowers students to become "ethical leaders with moral courage." Through real-world learning and the challenging guidance of faculty mentors, they discover their passion for life and turn what they love into lifetimes of career success and personal fulfillment. Alvernia students do well and do good.