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Douglas Rudd
  • Elementary Education
  • Class of 2013
  • Petersburg, IL

Douglas Rudd Receives Departmental Honors at Blackburn College

2013 May 22

Douglas Rudd of Petersburg, IL received Academic Departmental Honors during the Blackburn College Commencement Ceremony from Blackburn College on May 18, 2013. Rudd earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree with an Elementary Education Major. Department Honors are awarded to students who have earned a grade point average of 3.8 or above on a 4.0 scale in their major feild of study and a 3.5 in all courses.

The Special Guest for the event was Dr. William Raymond Jewell. He received a B.A. in Chemistry at Blackburn College in 1957, a B.S. in Medicine at the University of Illinois in 1959, and a M.D. at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1961. He is a member of numerous medical societies including the Alpha Omega Honor Society, the American Cancer Society, American College of Surgeons, and the Association of Academic Surgery.

Miriam R. Pride, who is retiring her position as the President of the College after a 22-year tenure, gave the Commencement Address "Reflections".

Founded in 1837, Blackburn College is a four-year, Presbyterian-related, co-educational liberal arts college located in Carlinville, Illinois. One of the seven work colleges in the U.S., Blackburn is the only one with a student managed Work Program. Blackburn was ranked by US News as the 2012 #2 Best Value College in the Midwest; and placed #65 in The Washington Monthly's ranking of Baccalaureate Colleges. The school remains the most affordable, residential private liberal arts college in the state.