2011 student leader award winner announced

Courtney E. Elliton, a sophomore marine science major at Coastal Carolina University from Huntingtown, Md., was presented with the Robert W. Squatriglia Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader Award at the Conway Rotary Club meeting on April 28.

The cash prize of $100 is an annual award sponsored by the Rotary Club of Conway and the CCU Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), national leadership honor society, to a student who exemplifies the leadership ideals of ODK and practices the Rotary motto of service above self.

After an introduction by Charmaine Tomczyk, ODK faculty secretary, Elliton gave a brief presentation on her recent research about Alzheimer’s for which Rotary gives financial support through their CART (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust) fund. 

Elliton has been active on campus committees, student government association, and Students Taking Active Responsibility (STAR).  When asked what she plans to do with her cash prize, Elliton said “It will go into my Australia fund” which will support her travel this summer to the west coast of Australia to earn CCU transfer academic credit for a course in tropical marine biology.