{"id":65018,"date":"2022-05-12T14:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T19:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=65018"},"modified":"2022-05-12T14:30:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T19:30:18","slug":"noyce-scholarship-recipients-attend-signing-ceremony-at-fhsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=65018","title":{"rendered":"Noyce scholarship recipients attend signing ceremony at FHSU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine students from the region have been awarded the National Science Foundation\u2019s Noyce Scholarship at Fort Hays State University for the 2022-23 school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Noyce Teacher-Leader\nProgram at FHSU offers a renewable scholarship designed to help support\nhigh-achieving math and science students who want to become secondary or middle\nlevel teachers after graduation. The scholarship is a \u2018cost-of-attendance\u2019\nscholarship worth over $14,000 per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four of the newest\nrecipients currently attend Fort Hays State, and five will transfer to FHSU\nfrom area community colleges \u2013 Seward County CC  in Liberal, Allen CC in\nIola, Garden City CC, and Colby CC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the\nscholarship, recipients of the Noyce Teacher-Leader awards enroll in courses\ndesigned to help them learn how to succeed teaching in rural school districts.\nIn addition to preparation for teaching, additional resources are provided to\nsupport undergraduate research experiences and travel to conferences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For juniors and seniors\nonly, the Noyce scholarship recipients agree to teach in a high-needs school\ndistrict for two years for each year they receive the scholarship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his remarks at the\nrecent Noyce signing ceremony on the FHSU campus, Dr. Paul Adams, dean of the\nCollege of Education, refers to the Noyce scholarship as \u201cthe academic Super\nBowl of scholarships.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Including this new group,\nFHSU has now given nearly $2 million in scholarships through the Noyce program\nover 10 years. Now with over 50 students have benefited from the program, and\nnearly all of them still teaching, Adams said, \u201cthis scholarship allows (recipients)\nthe opportunity to focus on being a solid scientist or mathematician and a\nsolid teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah Bailey came to Fort\nHays State already knowing she wanted to become a math teacher. She found out\nabout the Noyce scholarship program from her high school biology teacher,\nAshley Billips, who had been a Fort Hays State student and participant in the\nprogram before teaching at Norton Community High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staying close to home was\nalso important to Bailey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to be able to\nget back and see my family,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to either go back and teach in,\nor at least near, Norton.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A chemistry major from\nWichita, Reagan Lathem initially chose Fort Hays State for its affordability as\nwell as another program \u2013 the pre-professional options that allow students to\nbegin a program at FHSU, then transfer to one of several professional schools\nof their choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce I was at Fort Hays\nState, getting a quality education at a great price, I decided to switch to\nchemistry and look into education,\u201d Lathem said. She decided to apply for the\nNoyce scholarship after hearing about it from her advisor, Dr. Arvin Cruz,\nchair of the Department of Chemistry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI decided to make the\nswitch as a freshman, and when Dr. Cruz heard I was interested in teaching, he\nimmediately said I needed to look into the Noyce scholarship. He helped me get\neverything started,\u201d Lathem said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the nine new recipients\nfor the upcoming 2022-23 school year, five were in attendance at the initial\nsigning ceremony, including students from Fort Hays State, Garden City\nCommunity College, and Colby Community College. Separate ceremonies were held\nat Allen County Community College and Seward County Community College for\nstudents from those schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following recipients\nare listed in alphabetical order, followed by their home towns and current\nschools. All are receiving the Noyce Scholarship for the 2022-23 school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah\nBailey, Norton, Fort Hays State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lacy Brite, Leroy,<\/strong>\nAllen\nCounty Community College<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathon Flores, Hugoton,<\/strong>\nFort\nHays State University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth\nHorinek, Sublette, Seward County Community College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Jenkins, West Valley City,\nUtah<\/strong>, <\/strong>Colby\nCommunity College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reagan Lathem, Wichita,<\/strong>\nFort\nHays State University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sofia Montoya Ortiz, Garden City,<\/strong>\nGarden\nCity Community College<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan Stark, Liebenthal,<\/strong>\nFort\nHays State University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Swanson, Liberal,<\/strong>\nSeward\nCounty Community College<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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