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HUNTINGTON UNIV MAGAZINE

Smith, Fetters receive December Peer Award

FOR RELEASE December 30, 2004

Dr. Jerry Smith receives the December Peer Award from Dr. Linda Urschel.

Huntington, Ind.—The Huntington College Peer Award has been passed on to two individuals for the month of December. November’s recipients, Mrs. Linda Urschel and Mr. Joe Bickel, passed their awards along to Dr. Jerry Smith and Dr. Paul Fetters, respectively. The Peer Award was created to promote acknowledgement and recognition of the outstanding efforts of faculty and staff members.

Urschel, professor of English, passed her award along to Smith, professor of physics and chemistry. Smith is in his 37th year of service at the College.

Dr. Paul Fetters receives the December Peer Award from Mr. Joe Bickel.

Bickel, electrician in the Maintenance Department, passed his award along to Fetters, emeritus professor of practical theology. Fetters has served the institution for over 32 years.

Smith and Fetters will pass the award to two new recipients from another department during the month of January. For more information on the Peer Award, visit www.huntington.edu/peeraward.

Huntington College is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. Following a decade of growth and development, Huntington College will become Huntington University in mid-2005. U.S.News & World Report ranks Huntington among the top comprehensive colleges in the Midwest. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington College is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. Huntington is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and was named one of the 50 best Christian places to work by Christianity Today magazine.

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