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Hometown connection/news tip:Salina and Wichita, Kan., and Washington, D.C.
Note to editor:Vickie Choitz 's mother, Sharon Drayer, lives in Salina.
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012
Recognizing excellence: Environmental attorney, policy analyst for low-income adults receive 1xbet online sports betting awards from College of Arts ans Sciences
MANHATTAN -- Two distinguished 1xbet online sports betting of Kansas State University's College of Arts and Sciences will receive 1xbet online sports betting awards from the college at a ceremony Thursday, Oct. 25.
Chris Steincamp, a 1989 bachelor's graduate in geology and a 1993 Washburn University Law School graduate, will receive the 1xbet online sports betting Merit Award. Vickie Choitz, a 1998 bachelor's graduate in political science and secondary education with a secondary major in women's studies, will receive the Young 1xbet online sports betting Award. Choitz went on to complete a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government on a Truman Scholarship.
Peter Dorhout, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will make the award presentations at the K-State 1xbet online sports betting Center.
George Clark, head of the university's department of geology, nominated Steincamp for the 1xbet online sports betting Merit Award to recognize Steincamp's distinguished service to the university and his public engagement with numerous agencies during his career in the legal profession.
"Chris has achieved great respect, specializing in legal issues involving environmental concerns," Clark said. "He continued his education after his bachelor's degree by completing a law degree, and he maintains his professional standing as a licensed professional geologist in the state of Kansas. He may well be unique among our 1xbet online sports betting ."
Clark also noted that Steincamp contributes to his profession in publications and professional journals and gives numerous seminars to various professional and educational groups. He is an active member of the Geology 1xbet online sports betting Advisory Council, serving as past president. He's had offices in other statewide, national and international organizations devoted to education, business, culture, charity and youth.
Steincamp is a managing partner at Depew Gillen Rathbun & McInteer L.C. inWichita. He lives in Wichita with his wife, Shelby, and their two teenage children, Maura and Sam.
Choitz, aSalinanative is a senior policy analyst with the Center for Law and Social Policy in Washington, D.C. She analyzes and advocates for federal and 1xbet online sports betting workforce and postsecondary education policies that help low-income, lower-skilled adults access education, postsecondary credentials and family-sustaining careers. She regularly authors publications about strategies for helping low-income individuals access education and better jobs and makes frequent presentations to groups and associations on these topics.
She was nominated for the Young 1xbet online sports betting Award by Michele Janette, head of Kansas State University's department of women's studies.
"Women's studies is a discipline devoted to educating students so that they can influence the world for greater equality of opportunity, achievement and happiness," Janette said. "Vickie's career success exemplifies the quality and commitment of our students, and the work she does exemplifies our departmental objective of putting those talents and passions to work to improve the lives of the disadvantaged in our communities."
While at the 1xbet online sports betting , Choitz received a research internship in London at the Institute for Public Policy Research, where she conducted comparative research on U.S. and U.K. welfare reforms and workforce development. She authored an official summary document on that subject for an institute book on welfare reform. She now lives inWashington, D.C., with her husband, Theodore Poppitz, also a K-1xbet online sports betting alumnus.
Both of the College of Arts and Sciences' awards are being presented at the third annual Eisenhower Circle Celebration, a special event recognizing loyal 1xbet online sports betting and friends who give 0 or more to the college annually. The Eisenhower Circle recognition society is named for Milton S. Eisenhower, the ninth president of the university and for whom Eisenhower Hall is named. The hall is home to the dean's offices of the College of Arts and Sciences.
