K-State's Lisa Kitten invited to interview for marshall scholarship

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News release prepared by: Cheryl May, 785-532-6415, may@k-state.edu

Thursday, November 2, 2006

K-STATE'S LISA KITTEN INVITED TO INTERVIEW FOR MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP

MANHATTAN -- A Kansas State University senior, Lisa Kitten, Plains, has been invited to interview for a Marshall Scholarship Wednesday, Nov. 8, in Chicago at the British Consulate-General.

"Lisa will be among 25 interviewees from approximately 200 applicants," said James Hohenbary, assistant dean for scholar development.

Kitten, Plains, is a senior in mechanical engineering. She is Senior Member of Engineering Student Council and has served as president, director of publicity, director of development and freshman leadership committee president. She chairs the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Student Advisory Council, sits on the Coordinating Committee for People with Disabilities, and is a member of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. She serves as a mentor for new engineering students, is a member of Women Mentoring Women, and was an Engineering Ambassador. She studied at Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic, in spring 2005. She is performing research into the use of elemental signatures for stand-off bomb detection and into the use of neutron activation to analyze the wear rate of the acetabulum due to a hip prosthesis. She is a National Merit Scholar, a K-State Kassebaum Scholar and Presidential Scholar, and recipient of a national Clare Boothe Luce undergraduate scholarship. A 2002 graduate of Southwestern Heights High School, she is the daughter of Bernie and Shari Kitten, Plains.

The Marshall scholarship provides full funding to support two years of study at any university in the United Kingdom, and the value of the scholarship is estimated at approximately $70,000, Hohenbary said.

K-State is third in the nation among state universities since 1986 in producing Marshall scholars with 10 winners. The University of California at Berkeley is first with 15 and Arizona State University is second with 11 Marshall winners.