Monday, June 30, 2008
USI announces the recipients of its top merit scholarships
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The University of Southern Indiana has selected the recipients of its top merit scholarships: the Presidential Scholars, Baccalaureate/Doctor of Medicine (B/MD) Scholars, and Deans Scholars of the Class of 2012. The Presidential and B/MD scholarships offer top Indiana students full tuition, while the Deans Scholarship extends to students from throughout the Tri-state area. With these scholarship programs, USI recruits and retains the best and brightest from the Hoosier state and the region. USI began offering its prestigious Presidential Scholarship in 1988 in order to attract outstanding Indiana students to the University. Ten Indiana high school valedictorians and salutatorians are selected each year. The Presidential Scholarship covers tuition and housing and provides a stipend for books and board. The 2008-2009 Presidential Scholars are: Bristol-Myers Squibb Presidential Scholarship: Lauren Akin of Evansville, a Central High School graduate. Akin will major in chemistry. Bill and Trudy Mitchell Endowed Presidential Scholarship: Lauren Balbach of Evansville, a Central High School graduate. Balbach will major in nursing. Ray and Mary Pelle Goebel Endowed Presidential Scholarship: Eva Beabout of Seymour, a Trinity Lutheran High School graduate. Beabout will major in chemistry. Escalade Presidential Scholarship: Theodore Clunie of Clayton, a Cascade High School graduate. Clunie will major in Spanish. W. Paul and Mildred Torrington Endowed Presidential Scholarship: Emily Craig of Morristown, a Morristown Junior-Senior High School graduate. Craig will major in biology. Homer L. and Olive Carruthers Clifft Endowed Presidential Scholarship: Blake Frazier of Mount Vernon, a Mount Vernon Senior High School graduate. Frazier will major in radio/TV. Hafer Associates PC Presidential Scholarship: Ryan Hicks of Evansville, a Central High School graduate. Hicks will major in mathematics. Fifth Third Bank Endowed Presidential Scholarship: Mackenzie Mahan of Evansville, a Francis J. Reitz High School graduate. Mahan will major in mathematics. Henry W. and Helen N. Ruston Endowed Presidential Scholarship: Kasey Spicer of Scottsburg, a Scottsburg High School graduate. Spicer will major in political science. Robert E. and Judith E. Griffin Endowed Presidential Scholarship: Sherilyn Weinzapfel of Evansville, a Mater Dei High School graduate. Weinzapfel will major in biology. The B/MD Scholarship offers a full tuition waiver and a provisional seat in the Indiana University School of Medicine. The B/MD Scholarship program is sponsored jointly by USI and the Indiana University School of Medicine-Evansville Center, located on the USI campus. All of the 2008-2009 B/MD Scholars have chosen to major in biology: Henry J. and Hazel D. Bennighof B/MD Scholarship: Christopher Baumgart of Evansville, a Mater Dei High School graduate. Henry J. and Hazel D. Bennighof B/MD Scholarship: Phillip Behrens of Evansville, a Reitz Memorial High School graduate. Victor V. Schriefer, Jr. Endowed B/MD Scholarship: Jessica Lingafelter of Wadesville, a North Posey High School graduate. Edward F. Harrison B/MD Scholarship: Mikayla Meyer of Carmel, a Carmel High School graduate. Edward F. Harrison B/MD Scholarship: Joshua Mills of Indianapolis, a Heritage Christian School graduate. Edward F. Harrison B/MD Scholarship: Prince Nzeata of Merrillville, a Merrillville High School graduate. The Deans Scholarship is a merit scholarship patterned after the Presidential Scholarships, but without the Indiana residency or valedictorian/salutatorian requirement. The 2008-2009 Deans Scholars are: Bess C. and Elmer W. Halwes Memorial Deans Scholarship: Danielle Bethel of Owensboro, Kentucky, a graduate of Apollo High School. Bethel will major in biology. Kahn Memorial Deans Scholarship: Adrienne Curtis of Louisville, Kentucky, a graduate of Assumption High School. Curtis will major in food and nutrition. Louis and Ann Harpole Deans Scholarship: Amanda Harrawood of Hamilton County High School, a graduate of McLeansboro High School. Harrawood will major in radiologic and imaging science. Aline Nunn Renner Deans Scholarship: Kelsey Kreke of Effingham, Illinois, a graduate of Effingham High School. Kreke will major in accounting. Frederick B. Riechmann Deans Scholarship: Kathryn Loeser of South Bend, a graduate of Trinity School at Greenlawn. Loeser will major in biology. Henry J. and Hazel D. Bennighof Deans Scholarship: Elizabeth McCormick of Evansville, a graduate of Newburgh Christian School. McCormick will major in English. Raymond B. Preston Family Foundation Deans Scholarship: Alyssa Oller of Owensboro, Kentucky, a graduate of Apollo High School. Oller has not declared a major. Henry W. and Betty Jane Ruston Deans Scholarship: Taylor Reese of Huntingburg, a graduate of Southridge High School. Reese will major in biology. Edward F. Harrison Deans Scholarship: Rebecca Reynolds of Indianapolis, a graduate of Brebeuf Jesuit Prep School. Reynolds will major in biology. Edward F. Harrison Deans Scholarship: Carly Whittemore of Momence, Illinois, a graduate of Momence High School. Whittemore will major in biology. Merit scholarships are underwritten by private gifts to the USI Foundation. If you would like to support these scholarship programs, call 812/464-1918. Students interested in applying for scholarships should call the Office of Admission at 812/464-1765. Wendy Knipe Bredhold News and Information Services wkbredhold@usi.edu 812/461-5259 |
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