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Special Exception Reward Acceptance Speech

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Katherine N. Lipsius
Professor Gabriela Vlahovici-Jones
ENG 203 Online
17 November 2017
Special Occasion Reward Acceptance Speech
Thanks to the wonderful introduction by our Dean, you now know my name is Katherine Lipsius. I am standing here today, among all the other graduates as the John T. Harrison award winner. An award I am told is delivered to a student with outstanding academic and community achievement, and I am honored to have been recognized for these qualities. I have spent my time at this college learning a variety of skills and knowledge both in the classroom and out of it. I have had many obstacles to overcome, but they have made me a better student and a better member of the community. These qualities ultimately allowed me to earn this award tonight, and I am forever grateful to know my efforts in establishing myself within the community have not been in vain. …show more content…

I took the course load our advisors strictly discouraged, and any free time I had become dedicated to my volunteer work in assisted living homes and nonprofit organizations, and my work as a tutor for those that just could not fit the tutor schedule provided by the university. I earned perfect grades and hundreds of hours of community service experience. Yet, for all my achievements, I would have never made it this far without the support of my family, who dealt with my three AM freakouts over projects. My instructors, who listened to my theoretical rants and gave me an opportunity to expand my practical knowledge and the students that I have tutored over the last five semesters who allowed me to refine that

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