Passports stamped: Kansas State University students ready to study abroad in summer, fall
Friday, May 5, 2017
MANHATTAN — Australia, India, the Czech Republic, Europe, China and Costa Rica are just a few of the places Kansas State University students will be studying abroad this summer or in the fall 2017 semester with the help of scholarships awarded through the university's Office of International Programs.
Kansas State University encourages students to study abroad as part of its 2025 plan to be a Top 50 public research university.
The following Kansas State University students have received a scholarship to study abroad; included is the scholarship amount and study destination:
Joshilyn Holliday Binkley, senior in sociology and economics, Circleville, $1,200 Megan E. Taylor Czech Republic Student Award for the Czech Republic; Marissa Komp, sophomore in biology and pre-veterinary medicine, Clearwater, $750 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Ecuador and the Galapagos; Blake Cordell, senior in applied music and theatre, Derby, $500 International Studies Abroad K-State Scholarship for France; Diana Ortiz, senior in management, Garden City, $1,000 Academic Programs International K-State Scholarship for France; Alixandra Beezley, junior in marketing and hospitality management, Girard, $500 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Italy.
From Greater Kansas City: Francisco Cardoza, freshman in business administration, Kansas City, $500 Doris Hays Fenton Memorial Scholarship for Paraguay; Corey Kirkpatrick, senior in industrial engineering, Leawood, $500 International Studies Abroad K-State Scholarship for Italy; Nicholas Crippen, junior in finance, Lenexa, $1,200 Megan E. Taylor Czech Republic Student Award for the Czech Republic; Carlos Diaz-Perez, sophomore in civil engineering, Lenexa, $5,000 Goss Discovery Scholarship for Australia; Grace Geist, junior in family studies and human services, Overland Park, $500 University Study Abroad Consortium K-State Scholarship for New Zealand; Janet Matos, sophomore in psychology, Overland Park, $5,000 Goss Discovery Scholarship for Australia; Emily Moore, senior in mass communications and English literature, Overland Park, $500 International Studies Abroad K-State Scholarship for Australia; Benjamin Tenbrink, sophomore in accounting and finance, Overland Park, $2,000 Freshman Education Abroad Scholarship for the Czech Republic; Matthew Horner, sophomore in civil engineering, Prairie Village, $500 International Studies Abroad K-State Scholarship for South Africa; and Madeline Male, junior in hospitality management, Shawnee, $750 Academic Programs International K-State Scholarship for Italy.
Maverick Mills, senior in life sciences, Hugoton, $5,000 Goss Discovery Scholarship for France.
Jynelle Powell, junior in elementary education, $500 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Italy, and Amy Scott-Sanjur, junior in accounting, $750 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Spain and Italy, both from Junction City; Emily Laurence, junior in biological systems engineering, Lansing, $1,000 Academic Programs International K-State Scholarship for France; Maggie Schwartz, sophomore in apparel and textiles and business administration, Leavenworth, $500 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Guatemala; Tristan McCallister, senior in biological systems engineering, Liberal, $5,000 Goss Discovery Scholarship for Northern Ireland.
From Manhattan: Makinzi Collins, sophomore in interior design, $250 Heather Stewart Memorial Scholarship for Italy, Switzerland, Germany and France; Emma Kohlman, sophomore in anthropology, $750 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Germany; and Polly Schinstock, junior in elementary education, $1,000 Rodolfo J. Montes de Oca-Costa Rica Small Town International Scholarship for Cost Rica.
Kristan Crawford, junior in theatre, McPherson, $5,000 Goss Discovery Scholarship and $2,000 Freshman Education Abroad Scholarship for France; Julie Anne Heslop, junior in animal sciences and industry, Melvern, $500 International Studies Abroad K-State Scholarship for Scotland; Larissa Ester, sophomore in modern languages, Mulvane, $500 University Study Abroad Consortium K-State Scholarship for France; Zachary Doll, senior in computer science, Norwich, $500 International Studies Abroad K-State Scholarship for Australia; Derek Williams, sophomore in marketing and entrepreneurship, Oxford, $500 International Studies Abroad K-State Scholarship for Spain; Dene Dryden, sophomore in English, Palco, $750 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Canada; William Wright, freshman in modern languages, Rose Hill, $5,000 Goss Discovery Scholarship for France; Colin Blackim, sophomore in marketing, $1,200 Megan E. Taylor Czech Republic Student Award for the Czech Republic, and Zachary Montgomery, junior in finance, accounting and pre-medicine, $1,000 Academic Programs International K-State Scholarship for Spain, both from Salina; Cody Lee Renfro, junior in finance and integrated investment management, Silver Lake, $500 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Spain and Italy; McKenzy Umscheid, junior in interior design, St. George, $750 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Italy and France; Taryn Huckabay, senior in animal sciences and industry, $250 Veronica Bonebrake International Scholarship for the Turks and Caicos, and Taylor Jean Gnagi, junior in family studies and human services, $2,000 Freshman Education Abroad Scholarship for Italy, both from Topeka; Suvana Alexsys Badgett, junior in entrepreneurship, Valley Falls, $500 International Studies Abroad K-State Scholarship for Australia; Brooke Wetta, sophomore in chemistry, Viola, $500 Doris Hays Fenton Memorial Scholarship for India; and Tiffany Hattesohl, junior in anthropology, Washington, $5,000 Goss Discovery Scholarship for France.
From Wichita: Madison Beauchamp, junior in animal sciences and industry, $5,000 Goss Discovery Scholarship for Thailand; Sydney Lenox, freshman in apparel and textiles, $750 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Guatemala; Chenna Padmanabhan, master's student in industrial engineering, $750 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for China; and Mathew Joshua Walburn, junior in mechanical engineering, $5,000 Goss Discovery Scholarship for Hong Kong.
From out of state:
Tara Cook, senior in food science and industry, Atwood, Colorado, $500 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for India.
From Missouri: Alexander Burroughs, sophomore in computer science, $250 Catherine Joyce Memorial Scholarship for Kenya, and McKenna Parker, senior in chemistry, $750 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Croatia and $5,000 Goss Discovery Scholarship for India, both from Blue Springs; Haley Weinberg, sophomore in landscape architecture, Des Peres, $500 International Studies Abroad K-State Scholarship for Spain; and Brett Bachman, senior in accounting, St. Joseph, $500 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for Australia.
Ashley Anderson, senior in communication studies, Firth, Nebraska, $1,000 Duane and Shirley Acker International Scholar Award for Gambia; and Alana McLain, senior in agricultural economics, Tulsa, Oklahoma, $750 Faculty-Led Program Scholarship for India.
