Kansas
State University achievements
2006 Scholars
* Mechanical engineering major Lisa Kitten, Plains, was awarded a 2007 Marshall Scholarship, valued at about $70,000. She is K-State's 12th Marshall scholar, and 11th since 1986. She will use her Marshall to pursue her education in biomedical engineering research. Kitten plans to attend Oxford University to work on improvements to the Oxford meniscal knee. Her career plans are to do research in the biomedical arena, focusing on prosthetics. November 2006
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A K-State student has received a national scholarship intended
to develop future scientists in fields vital to homeland security
through the Homeland Security Scholars and Fellows Program. The
scholarship pays full tuition and fees, a $1,000 monthly stipend
for nine months during the school year and $500 weekly for an
internship next summer. Zachary P. Maier, Ottawa, has been awarded
a Homeland Security Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security. Maier will be a junior this fall in computer engineering
and psychology. He is the fifth K-State student since 2003 awarded
security-related scholarships for research or further study by
the Department of Homeland Security. May 2006
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Four K-State students have won Fulbright Scholarships to study
in Japan, Mexico and Hungary in fall 2006. The four winners are
David Thompson, Amity Thompson, Lynn Brickley and Elizabeth Greig.
David and Amity Thompson, who are married, will study in Japan,
Lynn Brickley will study in Hungary and Elizabeth Greig will be
in Mexico. Selection is based on academic or professional record,
language preparation, feasibility of the proposed study/research/teaching
assistantship project, personal qualifications and some preference
factors established by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship
Board and the Fulbright Commissions/Foundations. May 2006
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Laura Wood, Lewis, a K-State senior in political science and philosophy,
has been named a Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship winner for
2006. This year fellowships of $5,000 were awarded to 60 of the
nation's top college seniors to support their graduate study.
Wood was a 2005 Truman scholarship finalist. Wood worked as an
intern in summer 2005 for Environmental Defense, promoting the
use of sustainable energy in Kansas. She has also worked in the
United States Congress as an intern for Rep. Dennis Moore. She
spent the fall 2005 semester studying abroad in the Czech Republic,
and she studied in China during summer 2004. She is a K-State
Kassebaum and Leadership scholarship recipient. She has served
as a student senator, on the Student Government Association's
Government Relations Committee and as secretary/treasurer of K-State's
Young Democrats chapter. She is a member of Mortar Board and Phi
Kappa Phi. The K-State Phi Kappa Phi honor society has an impressive
record in this competition. Since 1986, K-State has had 19 winners,
a total matched only by Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
Other top-ranking schools are the University of Maryland, University
of Southern California, Montana State University, the University
of Illinois and Purdue. April 2006
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Three K-State students have won $5,000 Morris K. Udall Scholarships
and two students have received $350 honorable mention scholarships.The
winners are Matt Woerman, senior in mechanical engineering and
natural resources/environmental sciences from Topeka, Matthew
King, senior in political science and natural resources/environmental
sciences from Wichita, and Adrienne Stolwyk, senior in architecture
from Liberty, Mo. Receiving honorable mention scholarships are
Sally Maddock, fifth-year architecture and natural resources/environmental
sciences from Lakewood, Colo., and Mark Ruzicka, senior in landscape
architecture and natural resources/environmental sciences from
Springfield, Mo. K-State is tied for third among public colleges
and universities and tied for fifth among all universities in
all-time Udall scholarship competition. K-State is one of only
five schools with three or more winners this year. K-State, Cornell,
Ohio State and Yale all had three winners, Stanford had four.
April 2006
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K-State alum Kara Belew, Wichita, was awarded a $24,000 stipend
for two full years of graduate study from the James Madison Memorial
Fellowship Foundation. Belew was one of 47 individuals nationally
awarded a fellowship in competition with applicants from each
of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. She currently teaches
at Campus High School in Wichita. With the fellowship, Belew will
continue to teach while she completes her master's degree at Emporia
State University. January 2006
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