Top Seniors Receive Charno
Daniel Barber/Muleskinner
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: News
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The walls of the Charno Room in the Union are lined with photographs of each accomplished Charno Award recipient of the past 67 years.
To receive the Charno award, which goes to the top male and female student of the graduating class, you must show a strong balance of leadership, good grades and involvement on campus and in the community.
For Anna Boone, senior biology major, and James Freese, senior flight operations management major, receiving the 2007 Charno Awards was a humbling experience which made them look back on their four years at Central as time well spent.
Four years after Boone and Freese became friends as freshmen, they were receiving their Charno Award Monday.
"I was pretty active in my four years here," said Freese, who serves as president of the Honors College Student Association. In 2005, Freese was named the United Student Housing Association's Member of the Year. He also volunteered with local community organizations Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Warrensburg Lions Club Auction.
Freese said he was excited and honored to receive the award.
"The school has done so much for me in the last four years, and it's been a pleasure for me to give a little back," Freese said.
As a freshman, Freese said he was not involved much, but in his sophomore year he found that he liked staying busy.
"I was happy with a busy schedule and being involved on campus," Freese said. "Being on campus there are so many opportunities to get involved and I enjoyed it."
Freese said he plans to get his master's in Aviation Safety at UCM upon graduating.
Boone also matched Freese step for step with getting involved on campus. She was named the 2006 homecoming queen and served as president of the Panhellenic Executive Council. Also, Boone was a committee chair for Delta Zeta sorority and a national conference representative for Lambda Sigma Honor Society.
Her community involvement includes volunteering at the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Johnson County, Survival Adult Abuse Center and the Missouri Veterans Home.
To receive the Charno award, which goes to the top male and female student of the graduating class, you must show a strong balance of leadership, good grades and involvement on campus and in the community.
For Anna Boone, senior biology major, and James Freese, senior flight operations management major, receiving the 2007 Charno Awards was a humbling experience which made them look back on their four years at Central as time well spent.
Four years after Boone and Freese became friends as freshmen, they were receiving their Charno Award Monday.
"I was pretty active in my four years here," said Freese, who serves as president of the Honors College Student Association. In 2005, Freese was named the United Student Housing Association's Member of the Year. He also volunteered with local community organizations Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Warrensburg Lions Club Auction.
Freese said he was excited and honored to receive the award.
"The school has done so much for me in the last four years, and it's been a pleasure for me to give a little back," Freese said.
As a freshman, Freese said he was not involved much, but in his sophomore year he found that he liked staying busy.
"I was happy with a busy schedule and being involved on campus," Freese said. "Being on campus there are so many opportunities to get involved and I enjoyed it."
Freese said he plans to get his master's in Aviation Safety at UCM upon graduating.
Boone also matched Freese step for step with getting involved on campus. She was named the 2006 homecoming queen and served as president of the Panhellenic Executive Council. Also, Boone was a committee chair for Delta Zeta sorority and a national conference representative for Lambda Sigma Honor Society.
Her community involvement includes volunteering at the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Johnson County, Survival Adult Abuse Center and the Missouri Veterans Home.
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