Contact:	Rebecca Trujillo 450-6180 Robyn Gleasner 277-5851
April 5, 2002 FARMINGTON NATIVE STRESSES COMMUNITY SERVICE Farmington native, Rebecca Trujillo, an English major at the University of New Mexico (UNM), stresses the importance of community service. She became secretary of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society in January 2002. Trujillo, daughter of Pete and Cheryl Trujillo, graduated from Aztec High School in 1998. As secretary of Sigma Tau Delta, Trujillo records the minutes from general meetings, files important paperwork and maintains the member list and historical papers for the organization. Members of Sigma Tau Delta must maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average in English classes and a 3.5 overall grade point average. The organization focuses on mastering the expression of written language and honoring students who have pursued literary studies as well as professional writing. Trujillo says, "Sigma Tau Delta is an organization in which fellow honorary members of the English Department at UNM can meet and discuss different aspects of literature and speech, as well as organize community functions." The goal for the organization is to involve the UNM campus and the Albuquerque community with literary endeavors. Carolyn Woodward, the advisor for the organization, said, "Sigma Tau Delta is coming back after a short period of stagnation." Trujillo and the other officers for 2002 worked hard to get the organization back up and running. Their efforts included a language and arts festival titled, "Communication in the 21st Century: Breaking Down Barriers between Art and Language." Trujillo is also an active member of the Collegiate Kiwanis, a service organization that promotes student involvement on campus and in the community. "I love being part of community service centered organizations because I have the opportunity to be more active in aware of the community I live in," Trujillo says. "It is important for me to be involved so that I can give back to a community that has helped me so much in the past, and will definitely be important to me in the future." Trujillo is majoring in English with a concentration in Professional Writing and plans to graduate from the UNM in May 2002. She hopes to obtain a MBA and JD in corporate law at CU-Boulder and someday hopes to work in a corporate law firm. # # #

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