Elizabeth Spingola, a 2014 candidate for graduation in engineering education who is from Butler, Pa., was honored with the 2014 Catherine Freed Leadership Award at Ohio Northern University on May 1. The award, named for former University First Lady Catherine Freed, recognizes the outstanding female leader on campus.
An honor student, Spingola will be the first individual in the nation to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in engineering education. She is a member of Phi Sigma Rho and the ONU Joint Engineering Council, and she is one of the founding members of the ONU chapter of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).