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Florida Southern College announces
2004 Honor Walk recipient
FSC's highest honor goes to  Amanda Kaye Wagner

LAKELAND, Fla. (May 13, 2004) - Amanda Kaye Wagner, a graduating senior, was named the 2004 Honor Walk Student during Honors Convocation April 21 at Florida Southern College. 

Wagner, a biology major, has been accepted to Duke University in cell biology on a full scholarship. She is the daughter of Ken and Melanie Wagner of Leesburg, Fla. 

Each year the college selects a graduating senior for its highest honor based on the student's academic achievements and exceptional involvement in campus activities. Wagner was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Gamma Sigma Epsilon, and Beta Beta Beta. She was Southern Ambassador of the Year in 2001-02. She was selected for the 2003-04 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges," is a President's Scholar and a Reuter Scholar. She received the John and Viola Spencer Scholarship in Chemistry in 2002-03 and 2003-04. She presented research at the Florida State Horticultural Society Meeting, winning second place in Student Best Paper competitions. Two of her papers have been published in the Annual Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society.

The college held a ceremony following the convocation to unveil the Honor Walk name piece, installed in the Honor Walk sidewalk located in front of Joseph-Reynolds Residence Hall. 


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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