Jordan Young, a senior from Kansas City, Kansas, who is majoring in communication studies, recently received the Rusty Leffel Concerned Student Award at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.
The award goes annually to students who demonstrate a concern for furthering the ideals of the university and higher education. The award was established by a group of seniors in 1973 to honor a fellow student, Rusty Leffel.
Young was one of several KU students receiving University Awards recently.
“Coming to the University of Kansas, I promised myself I was going to make a positive impact on this university, as well as the student community,” Young said. “The day people are born and the day people pass isn’t what makes a person memorable. What a person does during their life is what people remember. I hope the things I’ve accomplished at KU live on for those who come after me and I am remembered as a person who chased the change he wanted to see on the campus until his ideas became a reality and I inspire others to do the same.”