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Anib has earned many honors and awards for her work while at K-State, including the Dean of Student Life Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, Pat J. Bosco Outstanding Graduating Senior for the School of Leadership Studies, Truman Scholarship semifinalist, Commerce Bank Award for Enhancing Multiculturalism, K-State PROUD Hero Award and Wildcat Peace Award. 1xbet online games login also is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi national honor societies, the university's Multicultural Student Honor Society and Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish honorary.
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