Fulbrights Awarded to Six Jayhawks
Six Kansas University students earned Fulbright grants for the 1997 98 academic year. KU has produced 339 Fulbright fellows since the program began fifty years ago. Winners include Bruce Bergland Lawrence doctoral student East European history to Czech Republic Gregory Harms Lawrence chemistry to Switzerland Kara Norlin Concordia May graduate economics and Latin American studies to Uruguay Grant Lundberg Olathe Slavic linguistics to Slovenia Krista Shipley Lenexa May graduate math biology to Germany and Carlos Sauceda Kansas City Kan May graduate business and Spanish to Mexico.
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Kansas University
Bruce Bergland
Lawrence
Czech Republic
Gregory Harms
Switzerland
Kara Norlin
Concordia
Uruguay
Grant Lundberg
Olathe
Slovenia
National Security
Krista Shipley
Lenexa
Germany
Carlos Sauceeda
Kansas City
Kan
Mexico
National group honors KU professor for international work
Kansas University professor of Spanish and Portuguese George Woodyard received the 1997 Phi Beta Delta Faculty Award for contributions to international education. As KU’s first dean of international studies he expanded study abroad and established exchange accords, founded the Latin American Theatre Review, and earned prior special recognitions in Venezuela and Argentina.
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Kansas University
Phi Beta Delta
George Woodyard
Woodyard
Hodgie Bricke
Midwest
KU student earns Coan award for leadership work
A Kansas University senior in business administration from Israel received the Clark Coan Leadership Award for campus work. Becky Coan presented the honor to David Cohavi, former president of the International Student Assn and member of the Senate Executive Committee for International Affairs. He helped found the KU International Leadership Forum. The award arose from Clark Coan’s 33 years directing KU’s international student office before his 1995 death.
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Kansas University
Israel
Clark Coan
Becky Coan
David Cohavi
Cohavi
International Student Assn
Senate
KU International Leadership Forum
Coan
Governor Erin Reid Wins Girls' State Governors Race
Erin Reid of Leavenworth is elected governor of Girls' State at Kansas University. She receives congratulatory hugs Wednesday as the week-long hands on government program winds down with the final events set for Saturday.
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Erin Reid
Leavenworth
Girls’ State
Kansas University
KU center unveils TRIMS memory aid for reading
Kansas University's Center for Research on Learning describes TRIMS a memory device helping students survey a reading passage and trim it to key statements. Developed by Deshler Schumaker and McKnight the method improves test performance in high school science and social studies, with applicability from fifth grade up.
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Kansas University
Center For Research On Learning
Donald Deshler
Deshler
Jean Schumaker
Center
Phil McKnight
Olathe
TRIMS
Resident run over by Nissan Pathfinder in parking lot
A 34 year old Lawrence man sleeping in a Tennessee 1300 block lot was backed over by a Nissan Pathfinder early Wednesday. He suffered cuts and bruises but was listed in stable condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Lawrence
Tennessee
Investigators sort through death leads in White homicide case
Eight-member Douglas County sheriff's investigative squad reconvened to pursue stories about the death of Floyd L. White Jr. The 52 year old Lawrence man was found in a rural ditch after an apparent attack, with a reported gunshot wound to the back of the head. Autopsy performed. coroner's report pending. Multiple agencies assist. no public suspects identified as detectives weigh various theories. White was en route to Topeka to visit two daughters and had recently cashed a federal disability check amid paying for a title to Topeka. He had about $400 on him and was known to stay with friends and eat at The Salvation Army.
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Douglas County Sheriff’s
Floyd L. White Jr
Lawrence
Loren Anderson
Sheriff's Department
Anderson
White
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Topeka
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