Recent SU graduate honored for service to campus and community

SALISBURY, Md. – A recent Salisbury University graduate has been named a National Leader of the Year for Service to Campus and Community by the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society.

Lian Peach served as chief of staff for the Student Government Association and Vice President of the campus’ Food for the Flock food pantry while earning her B.A. in political science. She was also co-editor-in-chief for the latest edition of SU’s undergraduate research journal, Laridae.

We’re told she also helped install 32 free menstrual product dispensers on campus, and helped develop the Period Power Project, addressing period poverty in Wicomico County Schools by distributing 1,000 hygiene kits and creating resources for area middle school students.

Peach additionally completed two internship with Maryland state policy leaders – one with Lt. Governor Aruna Miller and the other with Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day.

“Lian is that once-in-a-generation student who does not wait for things to happen; she creates opportunities and brings her fellow students along, said Dr. Brian Polkinghorn, ODK SU Circle president. “It is precisely this kind of extraordinary leadership that ODK encourages and not only helps to develop, but also recognizes as exceptional and worthy of national recognition.”