K-State nominates three students for Truman scholarships

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News release prepared by: Michelle Hall, 785-532-6415, mhall@k-state.edu

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

K-STATE NOMINATES THREE STUDENTS FOR TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIPS

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University is nominating three students to compete for $30,000 Harry S. Truman scholarships.

James Hohenbary, assistant dean for scholarship development, said the nominees are Greg Corbin, Jenna Kennedy and Molly Kuhlman. Students selected as Truman finalists will interview in Kansas City in mid-March. Winners will be announced by early April.

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.

Kuhlman, Ness City, is a junior in bakery science and management-cereal chemistry. Kuhlman is a member of the Kansas State University Student Foundation, where she has served as secretary/treasurer and on the alumni committee; Silver Key honorary; College of Agriculture Council, where she has served on the Ag Fest committee; Phi Eta Sigma honorary; and Alpha Mu Grain Science honorary, where she has served as the College of Agriculture Council representative. She has participated in the Peer Mentor Program, Adopt-A-School, Spring Break Alternative Trip, and worked as a youth Bible camp director. She is a member of St. Isidore's Catholic Student Center. She has received the C.S. Broeman Scholarship, the W.E. Long Scholarship, and was a Wendy's High School Heisman Finalist, a Kansas Governor's Scholar and valedictorian of her high school class. She is the daughter of Gerry and Ann Kuhlman and a 2004 graduate of Ness City High School.

Corbin, Shawnee, is a senior in philosophy and political science. He is a member of Golden Key, Phi Kappa Phi and Order of Omega honoraries, and served as vice president of public relations for Golden Key. Corbin has served as recruitment chairman for Lambda Chi Alpha, as well as on various committees for the fraternity; as treasurer, vice president of publicity and as president of Toastmasters International; and as a member of the Arts and Sciences Teaching Awards Selection Committee, the Pre-Law Club, Navigators, and as part of the Developing Scholars Program. He worked as a research assistant with Marcelo Sabates, professor and head of the department of philosophy, on the project "Moral Relativism and Human Rights." Corbin has received the Kansas State University Memorial Scholarship, the Philosophy Department Scholarship, the Kansas State University Presidential Scholarship and is a 2007 Air Force Academy Assembly delegate. He has volunteered with Flint Hills Breadbasket, Up 'til Dawn, Relay for Life and Operation Clean Sweep. He is the son of Pat and Lou Corbin and a 2003 graduate of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School.

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.

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.