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PSYCHOLOGIST RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED

ALUMNI AWARD FROM MARYGROVE COLLEGE

Detroit, Michigan—August 30, 2004—Dr. Angela Celeste May will receive the Marygrove College Distinguished Alumni Award, on Friday, September 17, 7 p.m. The ceremony will take place in the college’s newly renovated theatre. Marygrove is located at 8425 W. McNichols Road, Detroit, Michigan.

Whether she's singing for an audience or using her psychology experience to work with people of diverse backgrounds, it is May's goal to bring people together. May earned her bachelor’s in voice performance and psychology from Marygrove College in 1990. In 1994 she received her master’s in clinical and humanistic psychology from The Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, and her doctorate in philosophy from the institute in 1997.

She combines her passion for music and psychology into a multi-faceted career. She is president and co-founder of A. M. May & Associates, working as a clinical and organizational psychologist with subspecialties in forensic psychology and neuropsychology. She is also a voice instructor at Marygrove College for the Institute of Music and Dance.

Her professional accomplishments are many. While working at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice as a forensic psychologist, May provided evaluations and

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recommendations to judges, attorneys and probation officers, and ran a domestic violence group for offenders. As an adjunct professor at the University of Phoenix, she taught organizational behavior and management, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

Stage presence, warmth and the ability to think on her feet have put her in high demand as a presenter at conferences. Presentations include the Michigan Psychological Association, Michigan Youth Workers Association and the University of Michigan. She also has made numerous guest appearances on television and radio.

May resides in Detroit, Michigan.

The Marygrove College Distinguished Alumni Awards were established in 2002 to recognize and honor alumni of distinction. These awards celebrate the college’s ideals of competence, commitment and compassion. Other recipients are Mary Ellen Hanlon Riordan ’41; Ann Gabriel Kilsdonk, IHM ’45; Elsa Potter ’60; Elizabeth Fischer Richards ’64; Mary Massaron Ross ’82; and Khris Nedham ‘98. # # #