Monmouth College celebrated the contributions of its outstanding student leaders, faculty, and staff members at this year’s Highlander Awards ceremony, held April 19, in Mellinger Commons in the Center for Science and Business.
New Lenox resident Ben Dorn, Class of ’24, received the Emerging Leader Award, which recognizes a student who has demonstrated significant potential for success through involvement in their community and exemplified personal growth and exploration of the unfamiliar.
A member of Phi Delta Theta, Dorn serves as president of the Inter-fraternity Council. Within his fraternity, he is the community service chair and warden.
“He is especially passionate about community service and putting fraternity members out in the community more to improve their reputation and give citizens of Monmouth a more accurate picture of what Greek life is,” wrote his nominator. “Ben is also really good at being kind and respectful to everyone, regardless of their Greek affiliation. It can be difficult to put aside your own chapter’s attitudes when leading a group like IFC, but I think Ben is doing a really good job, so far, at being fair and unbiased.”