B.A., Spanish and Educational Studies; LaGrange Park, Ill.

Spanish Department Teaching Assistant; Outdoor Orientation Staff Student Leader, Planning Committee; Newark Education and Literacy Community Center - Founder & Co-Chair; Beta Zeta Chapter of Delta Gamma Fraternity - Honor Board Member, Vice President of Foundation; Newark Alternative Academy - Tutor and Mentor; Big Brothers/Big Sisters - Volunteer/Mentor; Spanish Department - Fellow; Mortar Board (Senior Service Honorary); Kappa Delta Pi (International Honor Society); Sigma Delta Pi (National Spanish Honorary); Phi Beta Kappa (National Honor Society); Phi Society (Sophomore Honor Society); Dean's List; Denison Literacy Program - Student Representative to SCALE 2000 Conference.

Supporting comments: "Rachel wrote and received a grant from SCALE, a national literacy initiative, to fund a literacy center. She worked to find a central location and set up the center. She asked DCA cabinet to include her project as a new committee, insuring that it would have permanence after she graduated. The Newark Education and Literacy Community has developed a reputation in the schools and with parents, who call the office to enroll their children. Her impact on at-risk children in Licking County will be lasting. With her glowing personality, her organizational prowess, and her ability to inspire those around her to reach her high standards of personal performance and integrity, she is an outstanding example of the sort of person we seek to cultivate at Denison. She is a leader in the best sense --capable, committed, and determined to help those around her achieve the great things she believes they can."