EmoryWheel.com – By Christopher Yu
The Emory Gay and Lesbian Alumni (GALA) chose College junior Olivia Wise as its first recipient of the GALA Leadership Award on March 2 and awarded her a $2,500 scholarship.
For the award, GALA coordinators searched for first-, second- and third-year students who had contributed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community at Emory or in their hometowns. GALA aimed to recognize a student with “a vision of creating a better environment for LGBT for Emory in the future,” according to Michael Shutt, the director of the Office of LGBT Life.