WASHINGTON D.C. — On Thursday, January 2, President Biden named twenty recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal.
Among them, was President of Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Paula Wallace.
Wallace co-founded SCAD in 1978 and is one of the longest-serving female presidents in the history of higher education in the United States.
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According to a statement by the White House, the Presidential Citizens Medal is awarded to American citizens who have “performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.”
The school maintains campuses in Savannah, Atlanta, and a residential study-abroad location in Lacoste, France.
“Together,” Biden said of the recipients, “you embody - and I mean this from the bottom of my heart - the central truth: We’re a great nation because we’re a good people.”
The Presidential Citizens Medal is the second-highest civilian award in the United States, second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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