The DePauw Presidential Ambassadors are DePauw's best and brightest leaders chosen because they personify the charisma and spirit of today's DePauw student at events hosted by Dr. and Mrs. McCoy. These seniors serve as official student representatives at university and alumni gatherings with focus on making guests feel welcomed, engaged and warmly assisted and hold themselves to the highest possible standard at all times, representing the very best of DePauw.

The Athens Democracy Forum, organized by the The New York Times took place from 16th September to 18th September 2018 at the Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens, Greece. The conference brought together politicians, policymakers, journalists, scholars, experts from the fields of business, finance, and technology, as well as 21 students from 20 Global Liberal Arts Alliance institutions to explore the challenges to liberal democracy and ways to face them. Among those students chosen through a competitive process, was DePauw University's Maria Mendez, English major and Editor of The DePauw, the University newspaper. The University congratulates Maria for her participation in this forum.

The DePauw Presidential Ambassadors are DePauw's best and brightest leaders chosen because they personify the charisma and spirit of today's DePauw student at events hosted by Dr. and Mrs. McCoy. These seniors serve as official student representatives at university and alumni gatherings with focus on making guests feel welcomed, engaged and warmly assisted and hold themselves to the highest possible standard at all times, representing the very best of DePauw.

Mount Vernon is pleased to announce that Summer Asad, student at DePauw University, has been named a member of the 2018 class of Mount Vernon Leadership Fellows. This highly selective fellowship is a fully-funded six week summer institute for rising college juniors.