K-State's Jenna Kennedy proceeds to final round of competition for Truman Scholarship

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

K-STATE'S JENNA KENNEDY PROCEEDS TO FINAL ROUND OF COMPETITION FOR TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University senior Jenna Kennedy, Hoxie, has been selected for the final round of competition for a 2007 Harry S. Truman Scholarship. The national scholarships provide up to $30,000 for college students preparing for a career of leadership in public service.

K-State is first in the nation among public universities in producing Truman scholars -- 29 and one alternate -- since the first awards were made in 1977.

Kennedy is among 200 finalists selected from more than 129 institutions. Finalists will be interviewed by regional panels March 2-16. Kennedy will interview in Kansas City March 9, along with finalists from Iowa, Kansas and Missouri at the Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse. About 75 scholarship winners will be announced March 27 by the Truman Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Kennedy, Hoxie, is a senior in microbiology, natural resources and environmental science and premedicine. She is the advisory board co-chair to K-State PROUD: Students Changing Lives; president of Chimes junior honorary; and recruitment information manager for Alpha Delta Pi sorority, where she also has served as finance vice president. Kennedy is a member of the University Committee on Religion and Rotaract. She has been a member of Quest, and has served as vice president of Silver Key sophomore honorary and as a Student Governing Association intern. Kennedy volunteers with Up 'til Dawn and the Flint Hills Community Clinic. She is a member of St. Isidore's Catholic Student Center. She also is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research scholar, a Kansas State University Foundation Scholar and a Dane G. Hansen Foundation Scholar. Kennedy is the daughter of Keith and Patricia Kennedy, Hoxie, and a 2004 graduate of Wheatland High School, Grainfield.

Truman scholarships are used for graduate studies. Scholars are selected primarily on the basis of leadership potential and communications skills; intellectual strength and analytical ability; and likelihood of "making a difference" in public service.