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Kansas State University achievements
2007 Scholars
* K-State's Matthew King will be heading to the United Kingdom this fall as a Fulbright Scholar. King, Wichita, has received a Fulbright Postgraduate Award and will work on a master's in environmental change and management at Oxford University. The award, one of only 10 presented for the 2007-2008 school year, was made by the U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission. A May 2007 summa cum laude graduate of K-State, King earned a bachelor's in political science, with a secondary major in natural resources and environmental sciences. A 2006 Morris K. Udall Scholarship recipient, King was named one of K-State's outstanding graduating seniors for his leadership and efforts in improving campus life, which included the K-State Proud student fundraising campaign. A K-State honors list student, he also was named to Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi academic honor societies and Blue Key senior honor society. He was active in K-State student government, serving as chair of the K-State Student Senate's Governmental Relations Committee and as a College of Arts and Sciences student senator for three years. July 2007
* Janeal Schmidt, Minneapolis, Kan., a K-State senior in secondary education is one of up to 50 winners of a 2007 James Madison Memorial Fellowship. The Fellowship funds up to $24,000 of each Fellow's course of study towards a master's degree in American history, political science or education. The Fellows are selected in competition with applicants from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the nation's island and trust territories. Schmidt graduates in May 2007 with a degree in secondary education with a concentration in social studies and English as a second language. She has been awarded an assistantship in history and plans to pursue a master's in American history at K-State. May 2007
* Jonathan King, Manhattan, was named a Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship winner for 2007. This year fellowships of $5,000 were awarded to 60 of the nation's top college seniors to support their graduate study. King plans to use his fellowship to attend the University of California, Berkeley. A K-State senior in chemical engineering, King plans to earn a Ph.D. studying nanotechnology and to conduct research at the university level. A 2006 Goldwater scholar, King has done extensive undergraduate research at K-State in chemical engineering. Since 1986, K-State has had 20 winners, a total matched only by Brigham Young University. Other top-ranking schools are the University of Maryland, University of Southern California, Montana State University, the University of Illinois and Purdue. April 2007
* Jenna Kennedy, Hoxie, is K-State's 30th Harry S. Truman Scholarship winner. A senior in microbiology, natural resources and environmental science, and premedicine, Kennedy has been selected to receive the national scholarship, which provides up to $30,000 for college students preparing for a career in public service. With 30 winners and one alternate since the first scholarships were awarded in 1977, K-State remains first in the nation among public universities in producing Truman scholars. Kennedy is a K-State honors list student. She has been conducting undergraduate research in the immunology lab of Stephen Chapes, professor of biology, since November 2005. She is the advisory board co-chair to K-State PROUD: Students Changing Lives campaign; president of Chimes junior honorary; and recruitment information manager for Alpha Delta Pi sorority, where she also has served as finance vice president. She is a member of the University Committee on Religion and Rotaract. She was a member of Quest, the freshman honorary, and has served as vice president of Silver Key, the sophomore honorary. She also has been a Student Governing Association intern. March 2007
* K-State students Mike Reppert, Manhattan, Emily Voigt, McPherson, and Jennifer Buseman, Overland Park, are among 317 students nationally to win 2007 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. They were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,110 mathematics, science and engineering students nominated by the faculties of their colleges and universities. The scholarship provides up to $7,500 annually for a student's final one or two years of undergraduate studies. K-State students have won 60 Goldwater Scholarships, making K-State first in the nation among state universities. Among all universities, public and private, K-State is tied for third place with Duke. Princeton has 65 and Harvard has 64 Goldwater scholars. The Goldwater scholarship is for students who major in science, mathematics or engineering and plan a career in research. March 2007