Kendra Suzanne Langlois of Manassas, Va., was honored as Old Dominion University's Kaufman Prize winner during the Student Honors and Awards Banquet May 6.

The $5,000 award was established by Landmark Communications Inc. to acknowledge graduating seniors who have exerted exceptional and constructive influence on the university, its students or the community by demonstrating the highest qualities of leadership and service.

The award is named for the late Charles Kaufman, who was well known in Hampton Roads as a community leader, philanthropist and friend to Old Dominion. Following Kaufman's example, prize winners must have demonstrated sustained participation in leadership of campus or community groups, an outstanding record of volunteer activities, academic achievement or the achievement of a major task affecting the campus or the community.

Langlois is an economics major with a 3.99 cumulative grade point average. She also was the university's first Truman Scholar, which gives scholars priority admission and supplemental financial aid at premier graduate institutions, leadership training and special internship opportunities within the federal government.

Langlois plans to attend the College of William and Mary where she will pursue a joint master's degree in public policy and law.