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Tuesday, December 5, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Stacey GorefKANSAN
Let the sunshine in
Ambam Bichinanu, Cameroon, Africa, senior, studies in the science library for his computer science class. Bichinanu was in the library yesterday afternoon.
KU names 1989-90 scholars
Commitment to education and 3.8 GPA are part of selection
By Holly Lawton
Kansan staff writer
Intense preparation, weekend studying and at least a year of burning the midnight oil may not sound like much fun for many KU students, but it has paid off for 20 students, who were named University Scholars for the 1989-90 academic year.
The University Scholars program offers promising students an opportunity for further intellectual challenge, said Carol Prentice, assistant to the vice chancellor for academic affairs. Candidates were required to be at least first-stemester sophomores with a 3.8 grade point average. They were selected on the basis of academic achievement, ment to education, a written essay and recommendations by three instructors, she said.
The students named were: Hershini Bhana, Lawrence sophomore; Marcell Clark, Lawrence sophomore; James Eastman, Augusta sophomore; Cheryl Faber, Wichita sophomore; Michael Gentzler, Over
land Park sophomore; Karl Gundersen, Wichita sophomore; Aimee Hall, Manhattan sophomore; Geri Hart, Lawrence sophomore; Eapen Jacob, Wichita sophomore; and Michael Moore, Wichita sophomore.
Also selected were John Morgan,
Ballwin, Mo., sophomore; Pamela
McElwee, Lawrence sophomore;
Shawn Nasseri, Lawrence junior;
Ricardo Olea, Lawrence junior;
Mark Reedy, Topeka sophomore;
Rick Slade, Lawrence sophomore;
Scott Stucky, Raleigh, N.C., sophomore;
Manuel Wo Mendez Ma Tay,
Falls Church, Va., sophomore;
Jennifer Urban, Perry sophomore;
and Steven Young, Lenexa sophomore.
Each student must maintain at least a 3.5 GPA while in the program, Prentice said. The students will participate in the University Scholars, Seminar next spring, a course in which students are encouraged to integrate knowledge from fields of study besides their own.
"The students also were assigned a mentor who works with the students depending on the needs and interests of each," Prentice said. "The mentors will act as advisers, partners in research or just someone to maintain a close relationship with throughout the students' undergraduate years."
Although the students were notified of the committee's decision in October, it was not released publicly until September for all the students. Prentices said.
A luncheon next Tuesday will honor the students and their mentors. It will be the first meeting for many of them. Prentice said.
Young, who is enrolled in the School of Engineering, said the students already had gotten to know each other.
Hall, who is enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said the honor was especially rewarding for her.
"We met as a group once after we were selected, and it was really neat," he said. "I got to know some people who really excited about the whole thing."
"When I came to KU, this was one of the goals I set for myself," she said, "so I was really happy when I found out I got it."
Twelve groups split $265,000 fund Chancellor, Regents must approve Student Senate allocation
By Lara Weber
Kennon staff writer
The fund committee, which has B. Jake White, student body president as chairman, includes seven other faculty and student members. Members spent five hours before the presentations from 15 groups that applied for money.
Twelve KU departments and organizations have been approved by Student Senate to receive a combined total of $265,000 from the Educational Opportunity Fund.
Kansan staff writer
The fund was developed in 1988 in response to Margin of Excellence tuition increases, which will total about $20 million during three years. The Board of Regents agreed to make tuition increases to help finance the Margin program.
More than $800,000 had been requested by KU organizations.
The Margin of Excellence is the Board of Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers.
After the applicants' presentations, the committee delivered for 90 minutes before deciding how much money to grant to each group. The following organizations received approval for
dowing organizations received approval for
money from the fund;
▶ Office of student financial aid (grants for needy freshman students). $39.390;
Financial aid office (high school academic- and need-based scholarships), $20,000;
Office of Minority Affairs, $6,000;
Office of foreign student services, $12,000;
- Office or logistic school services, $17,000;
* Financial aid office and Minority Affairs, $15,000;
Youth Educational Services, $45,000;
Supportive Educational Services, $7,156;
Community Services, $19,110;
Financial aid office (student parents), $45,000;
School of Social Welfare, $29,554;
White said that he was happy so many groups had applied and that he wished the committee could have financed all of them.
"It's amazing how much that money can make or break a student's decision to go to college," he said. "It was really enlightening to hear about the programs. It's good to know it's really working."
Jan Jess, a faculty member from the department of social welfare, said that all the groups that applied had merit and that she was sorry there hadn't been enough money for everyone.
"I think the committee did a very good job of assessing them according to the standards," she said.
The Senate-approved proposals will have to be approved by Chancellor Gene A. Budig and the Regents before the groups receive money, White said.
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