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Amy Thompson-Wells receives LWC Distinguished Service Award 2016-09-29 - Photo from LWC public relations. The LWC Distinguished Service Award goes to Amy Thompson-Wells '99. Few have done more to strengthen student leadership and deepen community engagement at Lindsey Wilson than Amy Thompson-Wells. She received a biology degree in 1999 from Lindsey Wilson with plans to pursue a medical career but soon realized she was drawn to service at her alma mater. After serving in various roles at the College, Thompson-Wells became co-director of an upstart service program called the Bonner Leaders. The Bonner Program deepened her commitment to service and increased her desire to create opportunities for students to get involved and help others. Under her leadership, the Bonner Program members volunteered more than 33,000 service hours in 2015-16. Membership has grown from eight students at its inception in 2005 to 63 students in 2016. Next year it is projected the Bonner Program will attract more than 80 students. Since 2010, the Lindsey Wilson Bonner Program has been named with distinction to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. In its short history, the Bonner Program has become the Bonner Scholars which means it is now an endowed scholarship program supported by the Bonner Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey. As the director of the LWC Bonner Scholars, Thompson-Wells is at the heart of everything the program accomplishes. A Green County native, Thompson-Wells lives in Columbia, Ky., with her husband Chris and their two children: Reilly Elizabeth and Greyson Banks. She earned a master's degree in education with an emphasis in student affairs from Western Kentucky University in 2007. Along with serving as director of the Bonner Scholar program she is also the Director of Civic Engagement and Student Leadership at LWC. Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

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