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Distinguished Student Robert Pampel ’08 Wins Fellowship

Robert Pampel ’08, an English and humanities major and CC scholar from Matteson Ill., was honored this spring by the Valpo Alumni Associa­tion as the 2008 Distinguished Student Award recipient from Christ College. His excellence and integrity in the pursuit of the arts and sciences also were rewarded with membership in Valparaiso’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

 

Robert Pampel ’08

This bright young man is getting a head start on a career by being selected from among thousands of applicants to receive a prestigious Governor Bob Orr Indiana Entrepreneurial Fellowship. The program is designed to develop future entrepreneurs and organizational leaders. Orr Fellows work closely for two years with company executives in some of the most entrepreneurial, progressive, and fast-paced organizations in the state. Pampel is joining 2007 CC graduate and Orr Fellow Mark Reddel at Angie’s List, an Indianapolis-based company that specializes in providing consumer rating services on a wide variety of businesses in major cities throughout the United States. Fellows also plan community service and philanthropic projects, and meet monthly with distinguished Indiana business leaders.

Pampel was a member of Valparaiso’s “Ethics Bowl” team, where he debated significant moral issues and dilemmas in regional and national intercollegiate com­petitions. He was a TA in the CC Freshman Program, and deployed his writing skills by working at Valparaiso’s Writing Center, as editorial assistant for The Spillikin, and as an intern with the North­west Indiana Times. Through­out his under­graduate career he demon­strated his capacity for leadership through his involvement in several campus organizations, including the English honors society, the Social Action Leader­ship Team, the Office of Admission, and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.