Burr Ridge, Willowbrook Benedictine Students Honored

One hundred seventy-seven graduates were honored for their outstanding academic achievements at the Honors Convocation and Hooding Ceremony held in early May at Benedictine University.

Olivia Birazzi, whose parents are John and Jeanne of Burr Ridge, was named to the Kappa Delta Pi National Honor Society in Education.

Melissa Nicole Michalski, whose parents are from Burr Ridge, was named to the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Soceity of Nursing Lambda Upsilon-at-Large Chapter.

Debbie Jeanna Henderson, whose parents are from Willowbrook, was named to the Pi Gamma Mu International Social Science Honor Society.

Nadine M. Sheldon, whose parents are from Willowbrook, was named to the Sigma Beta Delta National Honor Society in Business, Management and Administration.

Benedictine University is an independent Roman Catholic institution located in Lisle, Illinois just 25 miles west of Chicago. Founded in 1887, Benedictine provides 56 undergraduate majors, 16 graduate and four doctoral programs.

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently ranked Benedictine University as the seventh fastest-growing campus among private nonprofit master's universities, and Forbes magazine named Benedictine among the top 20 percent of America's colleges for 2011. Benedictine University's Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program is listed by Crain's Chicago Business as the fourth largest in the Chicago area in 2011.

*The above was a media announcement from Benedictine University.