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FSC student chosen as
ODK Province VIII Leader of the Year

LAKELAND, Fla. (April 9, 2003) - Florida Southern College student Heidi Kay Peterson was chosen Leader of the Year by Omicron Delta Kappa's Province VIII. Peterson, who was the student director of Province VIII, will be among the 16 province nominees to compete for the ODK National Leader of the Year Award. 

ODK, the national leadership honor society, presents this award to recognize students who have made a qualitative difference in their institutions and in the lives of others. Dr. Robert H. Baum, biology professor, says Peterson "was instrumental in bringing our very successful and well attended ODK convention to Florida Southern over spring break." 

Peterson, a senior biology and chemistry major, plans to attend medical school in Virginia this fall. She is the daughter of William and Arlette Peterson of West Boyleston, Mass. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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