The Society of the Dawn, speculated to have formed in 1984, is a philanthropic society that seeks to bring attention to incidents within the University community through public recognition and dialogue. Recently, acts by the society have included distributing letters of recognition to faculty members deemed examples of high quality service during fiscal difficulty and the construction of small displays of flowers to bring attention to sexual assault at the University and promote increased administrative combat of sexual crime.
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