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    Date: 5/23/02
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple 132 

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SOUTHEASTERN HONORS OPTIONS AS "COMMUNITY PARTNER"
     HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University's Division of Student Affairs has
honored Options as its 2002 "community partner."
     Brad O'Hara, vice president for student affairs, presented the division's new award to
Sylvia Bush, executive director of the Hammond-based non-profit organizations, which provides
training and other support services to individuals with developmental disabilities. 
     O'Hara said Options has been associated with Southeastern for 15 years. Options clients
have provided maintenance services in the university's Teacher Education Center and cafeteria,
and currently work in the War Memorial Student Union. He described the Options men and
women who work at the university as "productive, reliable, fun, and a breath of fresh air" for
university employees and students.
     O'Hara said that Southeastern fraternities and sororities also host an annual social for
Options clients. He said that according to Kay Harrison, interim coordinator of Student
Organizations/Greek Life, the students' association with the Options clients has taught them
lessons about sensitivity, caring and challenges. 
     Bush accepted the award along with Options supervisors Pat Banks and Althea
Robertson.
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Press release available online at www.selu.edu/news/spring02.html