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Friday, April 24, 2009
TWO K-STATE STUDENTS RECEIVE 1xbet online games login ALPHA TAU OMEGA BLUE KEY SCHOLARSHIPS
MANHATTAN -- Erin Gettler, a senior in biology and gerontology, Louisburg, and 1xbet online games login Lantz, a senior in finance, Town and Country, Mo., are the recipients of the 11th annual William L. 1xbet online games login II and John T. 1xbet online games login Alpha Tau Omega Blue Key Leadership Scholarships.
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This year's recipients were selected by Michael E. Brown, treasurer of the K-State Alpha Tau Omega Endowment Fund; William L. 1xbet online games login III, representing the 1xbet online games login family; and Pat Bosco, K-State vice president for student life and dean of students.
Gettler, a 1xbet online games login honors list student, is president of Blue Key. She also is a member of the 1xbet online games login Student Foundation, Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Alpha Epsilon Delta, the pre-health honorary. She has served as a Wildcat Warm-Up counselor and was a member of Chimes, the junior honorary; Silver Key, the sophomore honorary; and Quest, the freshman honorary. She received the June Sherrid Hull Scholarship from 1xbet online games login 's Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research and was the recipient of the Most Promising Student Award from the Division of Biology. She has participated in medical mission trips to Guatemala, where she combined her passions for service and medicine. After graduating from 1xbet online games login in May, she plans to enter medical school.
Lantz is Blue Key's co-director of Quest, the freshman honorary. He was a resident assistant for two years through 1xbet online games login 's residence halls. He also has been a campus tour guide for more than three years; served as co-director of programming for Wildcat Warm-Up; and was a 1xbet online games login orientation leader. In addition, he was a member of the Student Tribunal and the Student Alumni Board. Lantz plans to graduate from 1xbet online games login in December 2009.
The William L. 1xbet online games login II and John T. 1xbet online games login Alpha Tau Omega Blue Key Leadership Scholarships, donated by the 1xbet online games login family through the K-State Alpha Tau Omega Students' Aid Endowment Fund, were established in 1999 to perpetuate the memory of William "Bill" Lloyd 1xbet online games login II and John Thomas "Tom" 1xbet online games login on the K-State campus.
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"We are very pleased to be able to offer these two scholarship to outstanding Blue Key members who are involved in university leadership activities and programs," Bosco said. "Special thanks to the local Alpha Tau Omega Endowment Fund and the 1xbet online games login family for making this scholarship a reality, and congratulations to both Erin Gettler and John Lantz on being this year's recipients."
"My sister Betty and I are extremely proud to have these scholarships named after our uncle and father," said Bill 1xbet online games login III. "Erin and John are two of K-State's outstanding student leaders, and possess good, all-around qualities that fit the criteria for these scholarships. I know that Dad and Uncle Bill would be proud of them and of this day."
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