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Source: Jim Hohenbary, 785-532-6904, jimlth@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Megan Moser, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

FIVE K-STATE STUDENTS TO COMPETE FOR UDALL SCHOLARSHIPS

MANHATTAN -- Five Kansas State University students have been nominated for $5,000 Morris K. Udall scholarships.

The nominees are Anneliese Byram, senior in interior architecture and product design, Council Grove; Iris Wilson, junior in geography and natural resources and environmental sciences, Manhattan; Thomas Prebyl, junior in biology, Oketo; Nicholas Long, senior in architectural engineering, Topeka; and Kate Herzog, senior in economics and French, Wichita.

The congressional scholarship honors Udall, a former congressman from Arizona, for his legacy of public service. Recipients must seek either a career related to environmental protection or be Native Americans or Native Alaskans seeking careers in health care or tribal policy.

"All our Udall nominees reflect a strong commitment to stewardship of the natural world and to environmental sustainability," said James Hohenbary, K-State assistant dean for nationally competitive scholarships. "This is important to the Udall Foundation because these same concerns defined many pieces of legislation that were successfully sponsored by Congressman Udall during his career."

Byram is the vice president of K-State Fair Trade Advocates, the social chair for interior architecture and product design, and a student ambassador for the College of Architecture, Planning and Design. She also is a member of Emerging Green Builders, Students for Environmental Action, Philanthropic Educational Organization and Amnesty International. Byram graduated from Council Grove High School in 2004. She is the daughter of Melanie and Harry Byram II, Council Grove.

Wilson is the recipient of the 2006 Huber Self Geography Scholarship. She has interned with the National Park Service, creating a digital database of lidar-derived maps for national parks in Florida. At K-State, Wilson is on the Student Advisory Board for the Women in Engineering and Science Program and has assisted with Girls Researching Our World. She has worked with the Human Environmental Regional Observatory research project, assessing climate changes in southwest Kansas where the Ogallala Aquifer is used to irrigate crops. Wilson also has worked with Shawn Hutchinson, associate professor of geography, in K-State's Geographic Information System Spatial Analysis Laboratory, assisting with a project supported by the Kansas Forest Service.

Prebyl is vice president of the K-State chapter of the Wildlife Society, and is the recipient of the Mark Enloe Memorial Scholarship. He graduated from Marysville High School in 2005 and is the son of John and Jeanette Prebyl, Oketo.

Long is the president of the K-State chapter of National Society of Professional Engineers and is an executive officer of Engineering Ambassadors. In summer 2006, Long studied environmental engineering at the Technical University of Munich. He also has been an Engineering Telefund coach. He is a member of several academic honoraries, including Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honorary; Phi Alpha Epsilon, the architectural engineering honorary; Chimes, the junior leadership and service honorary; Silver Key, the sophomore leadership and service honorary; and Quest, the freshmen leadership and service honorary. Long has earned a study abroad scholarship from DAAD and a Blue Key scholarship, and was named Tau Beta Pi Underclassman of the Year 2004-2005. The son of David and Jane Long, Topeka, Long is a 2004 graduate of Topeka High School.

Herzog is a member of Fair Trade Advocates, Students for Environmental Action, women's rowing and the K-State Cycling Club. She is the academic recognition chair for Golden Key, an international honor society, and is involved in the University Honors Program. She has received several scholarships, including the K-State Presidential Scholarship, June Hull Sherrid Scholarship, Hollis-Johnston Scholarship, Mary and Robert Koch Scholarship, and scholarships from Phi Kappa Pi and Golden Key. Herzog transferred to K-State from Williams College. A 2005 graduate of Sanford School in Hockessin, Del., she is the daughter of Benjamin and Kathryn Herzog, Wichita.

K-State students have won 18 Udall scholarships since that scholarship program began. K-State is tied for third among state schools and tied for fifth among all colleges and universities in overall Udall competition.