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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Greenville College Student Receives Wall Street Journal AwardGREENVILLE, ILL. – Matt Schroeder, a recent graduate of Business Management at Greenville College received the 2005 Wall Street Journal Academic Achievement Award. Schroeder was nominated for this prestigious award by members of the Management Department at Greenville College in recognition of his outstanding academic performance in Business Management. In presenting the award, Dr. Ivan Filby, Chair of the Management Department at Greenville College, said that Schroeder exemplified the type of graduate that Greenville College has always produced: a graduate grounded in the breadth of knowledge that only a liberal arts foundation can bring, together with highly developed practical and analytic management skills necessary for success in the international business environment. Filby also highly commended Schroeder for the way he integrated his Christian faith with his commitment to business excellence. The Wall Street Journal Student Award was developed in 1948 by the Educational Service of Dow Jones. Schroeder will receive a year's subscription to the Wall Street Journal as well as an engrained paperweight for his accomplishment. “I really value my education and it is good to see my hard work recognized by faculty,” said Matt Schroeder. Schroeder participated in the spring graduation ceremonies at Greenville College where he graduated cum laude. After his graduation Schroeder plans to move to St. Louis . While in college, Schroeder participated on the Greenville College track team, admissions ambassador, college scholar, NCCAA athletic and academic All-American. Greenville College is a four-year accredited Christian liberal arts school with more than 1400 traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion students. Founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, the college is located in Greenville, Illinois, 45 miles east of St. Louis.
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