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Vanderbilt University has named the Class of 2021 Founder’s Medalists.
Since 1877, Vanderbilt has awarded a gold medal to the student graduating with first honors from each of the university’s 10 schools and colleges. The awards are named after the university’s founder, Cornelius Vanderbilt, who made a contribution to endow the awards in their first year.
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Dominic Cruz Bustillos
Dominic Cruz Bustillos, from San Rafael, California, is this year’s Founder’s Medalist for the College of Arts and Science. He is graduating with a bachelor of arts in history and Russian language. He attributes his success to the work ethic instilled by his family. His grandmother, who emigrated from Chihuahua, Mexico, had a particularly strong impact on his appreciation for his opportunities in the United States. Bustillos earned triple honors: in the College of Arts and Science, in history and in Russian. After a year in St. Petersburg, Russia, he wrote two honors theses analy
lawton: coming up, major humanitarian challenges, now in chile as well as haiti. and, are seminaries adequately preparing future clergy to deal with sex and gender issues? plus, promoting middle east peace by bringing bereaved israelis and palestinians together to share their pain. captioning sponsored by the lilly endowment lawton: welcome. i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. it was a demanding week for global humanitarian groups as they raced to get emergency help to chile, even as they continued relief efforts in haiti. more than 800 people were killed and two million left homeless by last weekend s earthquake and tsunami along chile s coast. faith-based groups were among those delivering immediate aid anassessing the potential long-term needs. at the vatican, pope benedict the sixteenth offered special prayers for the victims in this predominantly catholic country. meanwhile, work continues in haiti after the devastating earthquake