Calla Lovell receives Emerson Scholarship

6/11/2012 Mary Ann Beahon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (573) 592-1127

 

Calla Lovell of Russellville, Mo., was the recipient of the Emerson Scholarship from Missouri Colleges Fund (MCF) during her senior year at William Woods University. She recently graduated with a degree in American Sign Language interpreting and Deaf studies.

Missouri Colleges Funds assists private colleges and universities in Missouri by working with private donors to secure scholarship opportunities. The Emerson Scholarship is awarded to students who are recognized as outstanding because of activities and/or achievements at their school.
 
Growing up in the small community of Russellville led Lovell to choose William Woods for higher education. She was exposed to the communication struggles endured by the Deaf community. This, along with her parents’ decision to become foster parents, taught her the importance of helping others. These experiences led her to pursue a double major in American Sign Language interpreting and Deaf studies. She hopes to become a successful sign language interpreter, possibly within the field of education.
 
Lovell has been highly involved in the WWU campus community. As head community adviser of R.B. Cutlip, she worked to build a community within her residence hall. She acted as a policy enforcer, friend and mentor, and she also planned educational and interactive activities for the residents to encourage socialization among the community.
 
She also was a member of the Campus Activities Board, Student Assembly, Hands-Up Club and Alpha Chi honor society. An active member of her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, she was elected by her peers as house manager and a member of the Big/Little Sis Committee and the Delta Chi Council.
 
Through her sorority she participated in various volunteer activities to support the Coalition Against Rape and Domestic Violence, school supply drives, canned food collections for Serve and cereal collections for Our Little Haven. She also worked concession stands and as a teacher’s aide at the Missouri School for the Deaf.