WAVERLY, IA (11/20/2014)(readMedia)-- Paris White received the 2014 St. Elizabeth Award for Service for her commitment to service as part of the annual St. Elizabeth Week celebration at Wartburg College.
White, a senior from Muscatine, was one of three students chosen for the honor, which recognizes students who express a desire to live a life that embodies the college's mission.
White is president of the Suicide Awareness for Everyone organization, a resident assistant and involved with campus ministries.
Ashley Lahti and Tawanda Murinda also received the award.
St. Elizabeth Week honors the legacy of the 13th century German woman who built a hospital, fed the hungry and assisted the poor. After her death in 1231, Pope Gregory IX proclaimed her a saint.
Wartburg, a four-year liberal arts college internationally recognized for community engagement, enrolls about 1,700 students. Wartburg is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and named after the castle in Germany where Martin Luther took refuge disguised as a knight during the stormy days of the Reformation, while translating the Bible from Greek into German.
