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TWO STUDENTS NAMED TRUMAN 1xbet online sports betting FINALISTS
MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University students Melanie 1xbet online sports betting , Junction 1xbet online sports betting , and McKenzie 1xbet online sports betting , 1xbet online sports betting , have advanced to the final round of the 2011 Harry S. Truman 1xbet online sports betting competition.
Hall and Snow will interview March 7 in Kansas City, Mo., with other finalists from Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Truman 1xbet online sports betting winners will be announced March 31.
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Hall and Snow were among 197 candidates from 134 colleges and universities who were chosen as finalists, according to the Harry S. Truman 1xbet online sports betting Foundation. More than 600 students from 264 colleges and universities applied for this year's competition.
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Hall is a senior in psychology and premedicine with certification in conflict resolution. In summer 2010 1xbet online sports betting went on a service-learning trip to volunteer at an autism unit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in Africa. 1xbet online sports betting has worked with Matthew Palmatier, assistant professor of psychology, to research the pharmacological effects of caffeine. The past three years 1xbet online sports betting has presented the research at the Society for Neuroscience's international convention. Hall is an ambassador for non-traditional and veteran student services, a study abroad mentor and a member of K-State's Golden Key chapter. 1xbet online sports betting is also an undergraduate research assistant in psychobiology, a tutor with USD 475 and an applied behavior analysis provider for children diagnosed with autism. Hall has received a scholarship to study peace and conflict in Northern Ireland. A 2001 graduate of Junction City High School, 1xbet online sports betting is the daughter of Thomas and Cynthia Hall, Junction City.
Snow is a senior in political science and pre-law. 1xbet online sports betting is a College of Arts and Sciences senator with the K-State Student Governing Association, vice chair of the College Council allocation committee, College of Arts and Sciences ambassador and vice president of Chimes, the junior honorary. Snow is also a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, the K-State honors program, the dean of student life's advisory committee and the University Committee on Governmental Issues. 1xbet online sports betting is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar who will pursue a master's degree in Sweden in fall 2011 and a Chapman Scholar who served and studied in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. 1xbet online sports betting received a spring 2010 Undergraduate Fellowship for the Study of Classical Liberalism, among other scholarships and awards. 1xbet online sports betting recently completed a congressional internship, serves as the student coordinator of Manhattan Good Neighbors and is a volunteer with the Riley County Court Appointed Special Advocates. Snow graduated from Kapaun Mount Carmel High School in 2008 and is the daughter of Windell Snow and Brenda Gerleman-Snow, Wichita.