DWC faculty member recognized by Campus Compact for NH with Presidents’ Good Steward Award

May 10, 2005 -- Daniel Webster College (DWC) faculty member Rita DiTrolio, of Hollis, was recently recognized with Presidents’ Leadership Award conferred by the Campus Compact for NH. The award recognizes a member of the faculty, administration or staff of a college or university who has contributed his or her professional expertise in service to the wider community.

 

DiTrolio, very supportive of service-learning in her “Introduction to Computers” class, has a strong belief that the best way to learn something is to teach it. Her consistent use of service-learning supports the most fundamental tenet of service-learning as a pedagogy that emphasizes the reinforcement of what one is learning in the classroom by using this knowledge to meet community needs.

 

DiTrolio also supports service-learning because she believes in the important contribution that college students, through example, make to younger students in the elementary schools. Daniel Webster College students are positive role models for youngsters in the elementary schools, according to DWC Director of Experiential Learning Kathleen Fitzpatrick, and they exemplify to elementary school students, many of whom may not know anyone who has had the experience of going to college, the career possibilities that lie ahead for them if they stay focused on their school work. “The success of the college’s students is a wonderful motivating influence.”

 

DiTrolio teaches in the college’s division of computer sciences and is a faculty advisor for the college's Beta Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. She holds a B.A. from Douglass College—Rutgers University and a M.Ed. from Rivier College, Nashua.

 

Daniel Webster College, founded in 1965, educates purposeful men and women for professional entry, advancement, and advanced studies in the fields of aviation, computer science, management, social science and engineering. Students prepare through residential and continuing studies programs that emphasize the integration of theory and practice through interactive teaching and learning in the professional and liberal studies. For more information, visit www.dwc.edu or call 603-577-6000.

 

Founded in 1997, Campus Compact for New Hampshire is a statewide consortium of college and university presidents and private sector partners who are united in their commitment to the civic purposes of higher education. Its mission is to be a catalyst to integrate community service and civic responsibility throughout the academic and student life goals of its member institutions by improving the quality of teaching and learning throughout New Hampshire institutions of higher education; providing leadership throughout the state and nation to reinvigorate the civic and moral leadership of higher education in ways that connect colleges and universities with the communities and constituencies they serve; and promoting citizenship education by expanding higher education's role in educating students not only for careers and jobs but also for their roles as active and engaged community members.

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