VSU Honors Dominique Rodriguez with 2017 Ethics Award

2017 Dec 6

Valdosta State University recently recognized the winners of the 2017 Ethics Awards. The recipients, including Dominique Rodriguez of Atlanta, Georgia, were nominated by their peers as part of VSU's Ethics and Fraud Awareness Week 2017, which took place Nov. 12-18.

The theme of Ethics and Fraud Awareness Week 2017 was "Celebrating VSU's SPIRIT of Ethical Culture," with "SPIRIT" representing the award nomination categories of Stewardship, Prevention, Integrity, Responsibility, Inspiration, and Trust. From 65 nominations, the Ethics Award Committee selected the six winners - two faculty, two staff, and two currently enrolled students - who consistently display ethical leadership and uphold VSU's commitment to civility, integrity, and citizenship.

"One of my philosophies is to make an excellent and memorable impact on every person I meet and produce quality work with efficiency while reflecting my personal and spiritual values," said Rodriguez, a communications major who expects to graduate in Spring 2019. "I try to incorporate my morals and beliefs in everything I do."

The recipients of the 2017 Ethics Awards were honored with a special ceremony and plaque.

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Established in 1906, Valdosta State University is a premier comprehensive university that offers both the extensive academic, cultural, and social opportunities of a major university and the small classes and close, personal attention of smaller institutions. It boasts more than 100 degree, certificate, and endorsement programs on campus and online for undergraduate and graduate students. It also has a full menu of extracurricular activities, from national championship athletic and academic teams to honors organizations, sororities and fraternities, intramural sports, educational and service clubs, a symphony orchestra, art and theatre, research opportunities, and more. Even as underclassmen, students file patents on inventions and make life-changing scientific discoveries, present at national and international conferences, publish research in collaboration with their professors, work in campus-based clinics that benefit the community, live and learn at partner institutions around the globe through study abroad, and more. The possibilities are endless.