Jason Dulac

Illinois Wesleyan Senior Named Lincoln Laureate

Nov. 9, 2004

BLOOMINGTON, Ill.--Illinois Wesleyan senior Jason Dulac was one of 51 college students recognized for excellence by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois on Saturday, Nov. 6 in Springfield at the Old State Capitol building. 

Each year, an outstanding senior from each of the four-year, degree-granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois is awarded a Certificate of Achievement and becomes a Student Laureate. Student Laureates are chosen by the chief executive officers of their respective institutions, who also serve as Academic Trustees of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. The student must have a cumulative and major GPA of not less than 3.00. Dulac has a 3.98 GPA.

Dulac, of Ada, Michigan, was presented a Lincoln Academy Medallion and a check for $150 in recognition of his overall excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities at the award ceremony. Historian and political analyst Richard Norton Smith, executive director of The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, was the keynote speaker. Dulac's academic advisor Bruce Criley, George C. and Ella Beach Lewis professor of biology at Illinois Wesleyan attended the event.

A 2001 graduate of St. Louis University High School, Dulac is a biology major with double minors in business and biochemistry at Illinois Wesleyan, with a concentration in pre-dental studies. He was named in the Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges 2003 and 2004 editions. He is also a member of the United States Achievement Academy: Collegiate All-American Scholar Program 2003 and 2004 and a member of the National Dean's List for 2003 and 2004.

Dulac is a member of the national scholastic honors societies Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, as well as the biological honors society Beta Beta Beta for which he serves as treasurer. He also is a member of Illinois Wesleyan's Student Senate, serving on the Financial Advisory Board, the Resolutions Committee, the Elections Committee, the Constitutional Revisions Committee, and as Parliamentarian. As Parliamentarian he serves as the Resolutions Committee Chairperson, the Election Committee Chairperson, and the Constitutional Revisions Committee Chairperson.

Dulac has had hall council leadership positions, such as Student Senate Representative, Residence Hall Recycling Chair, and Resident Representative. He has served as the co-facilitator of My IWU, a program discussing campus diversity. A member of the All University Judiciary Committee and the Academic Appeal Board, Dulac has had long-term involvement with the Green Task Force, Habitat for Humanity, and is a member of the university's Black Student Union (BSU).

"I first became involved in Student Senate in order to improve the quality of life within the student body. Since that time, my focus has come to center on two issues I feel are important. One is environmental sustainability, and the other is diversity…next semester I'll be heading-up the BSU Campus Relations Committee."