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Thursday, July 30, 2009

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2009 Wells Scholars announced at Indiana University

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20 top students to receive Wells Scholarships

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 30, 2009

EDITORS: Links to photographs of each Wells Scholar are available with their biographical information below. The following links will take you directly to the student in your city.

Kaitlin Blatt, of Cincinnati
Adam Friedman, of Chesterfield, Mo.
Kasey Greer, of Plymouth, Ind.
Mackenzie Hammel, of Cincinnati
D. Christian Hines, of Terre Haute, Ind.
Alexis Howard, of Bourbon, Ind.
Eric Jiang, of Kokomo, Ind.
Andrew Johns, of Indianapolis
Gabriel King, of South Bend, Ind.
Jarrod Lowery, of Batesville, Ind.
Casey McGlasson, of Sullivan, Ind.
Mohsin Mukhtar, of Plainfield, Ind.
Isak Osagyefo Nti Asare, of Laramie, Wyo.
Jasmine Page, of Indianapolis
Sonia Phadke, of Valparaiso, Ind.
Sarah Siebertz, of Elkhart, Ind.
Barrett Tenbarge, of Carmel, Ind.
Henry Thomas, of Wilmette, Ill.
Grant Williams, of Munster, Ind.
Jason Wong, of Bloomington, Ind.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University announced today (July 29) that 18 entering freshmen and two current IU juniors will join the more than 420 others who have been named Wells Scholars since the first class enrolled in 1990.

The scholarship, created in honor of the late IU Chancellor Herman B Wells, ranks among the most competitive and prestigious awards offered by any American university. Wells Scholars have gone on to win more than 50 national and international scholarships, fellowships and grants, such as the Rhodes, Truman, Marshall, Soros, Mitchell, Churchill, Fulbright and Goldwater.

Today, many Wells Scholar alumni contribute to Indiana as residents, and others are studying or working throughout the country and overseas as attorneys, doctors, teachers, business people, clergy and artists. Some have gone on to clerk for Indiana and U.S. Supreme Court justices, are engaged in international relief and service efforts or are scholars at renowned educational institutions such as MIT, Yale and IU itself. There are Wells Scholars currently serving in the Armed Forces and other positions in government.

On his 90th birthday, Chancellor Wells was officially presented with the prestigious scholarship program as a gift from his many friends and admirers. After his death in the spring of 2000, this community of talented and dedicated young scholars remains as a permanent legacy of his educational vision.

Incoming freshmen Wells Scholars receive full tuition and course-related fees, as well as a living stipend, for four years of undergraduate study on the Bloomington campus. Newly named recipients who already are students at IU receive tuition, fees and a stipend for their remaining undergraduate years.

The Wells program also offers special seminars; an optional year of study abroad; support for a summer research or service project, creative activity or internship; and a wide range of extracurricular events and activities. The Wells program emphasizes close interaction with faculty, academic and career advising, opportunities for community service and contact with distinguished visitors.

Freshman Wells Scholars are nominated by their high schools or the IU Office of Admissions and selected for having demonstrated exceptional qualities of character, leadership and distinction both inside and outside of the classroom. Internal Wells Scholars are nominated by IU Bloomington faculty.

The 20 new Wells Scholars, their hometowns, and their high schools are:

For more information about the Wells Scholars Program, go to www.indiana.edu/~wsp/ or call 812-855-9491.


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