TOPEKA –Washburn University recently awarded the November Student Life Achieving Excellence Award to Regina Cassell, lecturer, mass media, and director, student publications. 

Cassell was nominated because she has guided individual students along their career path, getting to know students, and taking time outside the classroom in support of them. 

The Student Life Achieving Excellence Award is an ongoing award presented to a student adviser, faculty or staff member, or community leader who demonstrates excellence in working with individual students, student groups and organizations and who reflects the guiding principles of the student life area. 

For more information regarding the award, call the Washburn student life office at (785) 670-2100.