Bethany News
BETHANY BESTOWS SENIOR RESPECT AWARD ON STREIT, BOYD
Aubrey Streit and Tyler Boyd
LINDSBORG, Kan.—Aubrey Streit and Tyler Boyd are the 2006 recipients of the Bethany College Spencer Bartlett Senior Respect Awards.
The winners were announced at the recent Bethany College academic honors banquet. Streit and Boyd received bachelor’s from Bethany College May 21.
Streit is the daughter of Gary and Janelle Streit, Tipton, Kan. She majored in English and communication.
Streit has been an active leader in the Bethany community. She has been a member and leader of a women’s Bible study, co-editor of the student newspaper, student representative on the Bethany Board of Directors, contributor to Bethany Magazine, trombonist in the Bethany symphonic and jazz bands, vice-president of the Bethany College Ambassadors, and a student accompanist for the music department. On campus Streit also has volunteered with the Alternative Gift Market, Knit Wits and Student Congress.
Academically, Streit was a member of the Dean’s Honor Roll every semester at Bethany, and graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. She was a member of the scholastic honorary Gold Key and the English honorary Lambda Iota Tau.
In addition to her double major and many volunteer roles, in January Streit interned for The Land Institute in Salina, Kan. Her duties included writing an essay for the institute’s Prairie Writers Circle. Her essay has since been published by newspapers across the country.
Next year Streit will teach English in Slovakia as part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Global Mission program.
Boyd is the son of Tom and Trudi Boyd, Tomball, Texas. He majored in communication and religion.
Academically, Boyd was named to the Bethany Dean’s Honor Roll and Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. He graduated with a double major in three years.
Boyd was a three-year member of the football team and this year served as a team captain. He also was both a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Academic All-American and Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Academic All-American.
Elsewhere on campus Boyd was active in campus ministry. He served as president of Alpha Omega, a men’s bible study group; a worship leader for Campus Wide Ministry; and a Campus Ministry Coordinators board member. Boyd also was sophomore class vice-president and a Bethany College resident assistant.
Boyd plans to study communication at the graduate level. A world-ranked water-skier, he also coaches at his own water-ski school.
The Spencer Bartlett Senior Respect Awards are presented each year to the graduating man and woman who best exemplify the following qualities: the greatest respect for God, for the United States of America and for their fellow citizens. The awards are given in memory of Caleb Hall, Vera Hall Bartlett and Spencer Bartlett.
Each year nominations for the awards are gathered from faculty, staff and administration. A selection committee, comprised of the campus pastor, two members of the faculty and two students appointed by Student Congress, makes the final selection. Winners receive a cash award and a certificate, and their names are added to a plaque on display in Presser Hall lobby.
Bethany College, established by Swedish Lutheran immigrants in 1881, is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The mission of Bethany College is to nurture and challenge individuals in their search for truth and meaning as they lead lives of faith, learning and service.
