SLIPPERY ROCK - Slippery Rock University will salute more than 2,100 SRU students for their outstanding academic achievements, along with a number of faculty and staff for their academic and support work, at the annual Academic Honors Convocation on April 3.

The 2 p.m. event will be held in Morrow Field House.

By tradition the event presents the recipient of the year's Outstanding Alumni Award as the convocation speaker with Dr. Robert Marcus, a 1961 SRU graduate and chair of the SRU Council of Trustees, earning this year's honor.

The student speaker is Marshall Nych, an elementary education major who will graduate in May. Nych earned the honor by having the highest grade point average, 4.0, and the largest number of academic course hours, 117, in his graduating class. After this semester, Nych will have 129 credits.

The ceremony will also have Robert Smith, SRU president, present the President's Award in a number of categories:

Scholarly and creative achievement - Co-recipients are Carolyn Prorok, professor of geography, geology and the environment; and Thomas Pearcy, associate professor of history.

Excellence in teaching - Cindy LaCom, professor of English

Outstanding service - Jean Richardson, administrative assistant in the Office of Academic Affairs.