Casira Copes named Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar

2016 Apr 12

Casira Copes of Bear, Del., daughter of Cassandra Copes, was named a 2015-2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar at Rochester Institute of Technology. Casira is a third-year student in the advertising and public relations program in RIT's College of Liberal Arts .

The awards, a bronze medallion, were given in ceremonies on April 7 to those students who have met the scholarship criteria -- a minimum grade-point average of 3.85 out of 4.0; completion of more than two-thirds of the credit hours required for a bachelor's degree and demonstrated community engagement, such as creative work, serve on student committees, civic activities, employment or independent research.

"RIT is pleased to pay tribute to these undergraduates whose demonstrated devotion to excellence is an inspiration to the university community," said Jeremy Haefner, RIT provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs, who presented the scholars to President Bill Destler and RIT deans at the ceremony in Gordon Field House.