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October 30, 2015
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Wittenberg Receives Community Beautification Committee Award

CBC members awarded Wittenberg for its beautiful plantings and because it is kept free of litter and debris, year round

Springfield, Ohio 鈥 The Community Beautification Committee (CBC) of Springfield recently presented 六合彩网上投注app the Business of the Year Award for dedicated and outstanding beautification efforts throughout the year on campus.

University President Dr. Laurie M. Joyner, Ph.D., accepted the award on behalf of Wittenberg in a presentation on Sunday, Oct. 11, at Courtyard by Marriott in downtown Springfield. CBC members awarded Wittenberg for its beautiful plantings and because it is kept free of litter and debris, year round. The main campus is bounded by North Fountain Ave., McCreight Ave., Plum Street and Ferncliff Place.

Joyner and Randal Freebourn, vice president for finance and administration, would like to 鈥渃ongratulate and express their gratitude to the facilities team at Wittenberg for all of the hard work they do to keep the campus beautiful鈥.

The CBC celebrated its 50th anniversary with cupcakes and punch during the awards presentation. City Commissioner Joyce Chilton presented the CBC with a 50th Anniversary Proclamation by Mayor Warren Copeland, professor of religion and director of urban studies at Wittenberg, and presented Marianne Nave a crystal award for her 50 years service on the CBC.

More than 335 awards were presented at the 2015 ceremony, including the 12 Home of the Week winners, the Home of the Year winner, first-year CBC Shield awards to new participants, and numerous awards to former winners. Other CBC Business Awards were presented to the Springfield Overhead Door Company, the National Trails Parks & Recreation Department Chiller Ice Rink, Comfort Keepers, and Shawnee Place Apartments.

                                                                                        -Office of University Communications-

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Wittenberg's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, Wittenberg has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, Wittenberg offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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