Last modified: Monday, July 18, 2005
Leesburg's Danner named Kelley Scholar at Indiana University
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
JULY 18, 2005
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Brent Danner of Leesburg, Ind., has been named a Kelley Scholar at Indiana University Bloomington, where he will be a freshman. He is a graduate of Wawasee High School.
The Kelley Scholarship honors the best undergraduate students entering IU to study business. Kelley Scholars receive tuition and fees, a stipend for living expenses, and other funding that may cover internships and overseas study. The award is for four years and has an annual value of about $15,000.
The Kelley Scholars Program is funded by a $23 million gift from E.W. Kelley and his family made to IU in the fall of 1997. The university named its School of Business for the Kelley family in acknowledgement of the gift.
Danner was a National Merit Finalist and student body president at Wawasee High School, where he also was a member of the math, science and interdisciplinary academy super bowl teams. He plans to study accounting and computer information systems.
He is the son of Tom and Nancy Danner of County Road 500N.
The Kelley Scholars were selected from a group of students who had been accepted to IU and were invited to apply for the Kelley Scholars program because of their outstanding records. The application included references, a high school transcript, several personal statements on a variety of topics and an essay.
Finalists were then invited to the IU Bloomington campus for a weekend of extensive interviews with faculty members. Each candidate submitted a writing sample, toured the campus and was a guest at a dinner. The winners were selected on the basis of their performances that weekend.
