Coastal freshman earns ODK / Rotary award

Ian P. Detweiler, a freshman political science major from Greene, N.Y., was honored at the April 26 Conway Rotary Club meeting with the Robert W. Squatriglia Undergraduate Leader of the Year award.

This annual award is jointly sponsored by CCU’s Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society, and the Rotary Club of Conway to a deserving freshman or sophomore Coastal student who exemplifies the leadership ideals of ODK and the Rotary motto of “service above self.”

Detweiler has been an active member in many campus organizations, making several contributions throughout his first year on campus. Detweiler was presented with an honorary plaque and a check for $100. His name will be added to the perpetual plaque of past honorees in the Lib Jackson Student Center on the Conway campus of CCU.

He was nominated by Lindsey Holt, president of the CCU ODK. The award is named for Bob Squatriglia, a Rotarian for many decade and also a former vice president of student affairs at Coastal Carolina University.