Scholar Breakdown (by year)
 2007 (65 selected from 585 candidates from 280 colleges/universities)
 20% attend a small college [undergraduate enrollment less than 3000 students]
 69% attend a large four-year college or university
 21.5% attend one of America’s 50 largest universities
 6& attend a service academy
 51 % attend a public institution
 6% of the students’ institutions have Truman Scholars for the first time in 2007
 Kansas Scholar: Jenna Kennedy (Kansas State University)
o Biography (from www.truman.gov)
 Majors: Pre-Medicine, Microbiology, Natural Resources and
Environmental Sciences
 Degrees Sought: MD/MPh
 Career Goal: Infectious Disease
 Email: jkennedy@ksu.edu
 Jenna studies microbiology and natural resources and environmental
science at Kansas State University, where she also conducts research
in immunology. She hopes to become a physician in tropical medicine,
a goal inspired in part by her time in Ghana. In her community, Jenna
serves at a local clinic for people without health insurance. Before
attending K-State, Jenna grew up on her family’s farm in northwest
Kansas. In her spare time, she enjoys ice cream, board games, and
traveling.
 2006 (75 selected from 598 candidates from 311 colleges/universities)
 19% attend a small college [undergraduate enrollment less than 2000 students]
 51% attend a medium college or university
 31% attend a large college or university [undergraduate enrollment over 15,000
students]
 5% attend a service academy
 45.3% attend a public institution
 Kansas Scholars: Kourtney R. Bettinger (Kansas State University) and
Michelle Thi Tran (University of Kansas)
 2005 (75 selected from 602 candidates from 299 colleges/universities)
 55% women
 33% small college [undergraduate enrollment less than 2000 students]
 67% from a large four-year college or university
 7% attend a service academy
 43% attended a public institution
 24% have an African, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American heritage
 Kansas Scholar: Victoria Catherine Luhrs (Kansas State University)
 2004 (77 selected from 609 candidates from 300 colleges/universities)
 52% are women
 29% attend a small college [undergraduate enrollment less than 3000 students]
 65% attend a large four-year college or university
 1% represents a two-year institution with about two dozen students
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 5% attend a service academy
 49 % attend a public institution
 32 % have an African, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American heritage
 Kansas Scholar: Brooklyn E Lippelmann (Kansas State University)
2003 (76 selected from 635 candidates from 305 colleges/universities)
 55% are women
 16% attend a small four-year college or university [enrollment less than 3000
students]
 76% attend a large four-year college or university
 1% represents a two-year institution with about two dozen students [Deep Springs
College]
 7% attend a service academy
 51% attend a public institution
 25% have an African, Hispanic, Asisan, or Native American heritage
 Kansas Scholar: Jessica Burch (Kansas State University)
Previous Years
 Kansas State University has had 9 scholars and the University of Kansas has also had
9 scholars. Wichita State has had one scholar in the past 30 years.
o 2002: Leslie D Small (Kansas State University)
o 2001: Karrigan S Bork (University of Kansas) and Robert M. Chamberlain
(University of Kansas)
o 2000: Mark D Bradshaw (University of Kansas)
o 1999: Melinda K. Carden (University of Kansas)
o 1998: Ryan E. Bock (Kansas State University), Timothy J. Riemann (Kansas
State University), Ryan J. Schaefer (Wichita State University)
o 1997: Victoria K Choitz (Kansas State University), Justin J Kastner (Kansas
State University)
o 1996: Shante J. Moore (Kansas State University)
o 1995: Sherman W. Reeves (University of Kansas)
o 1994: Jennifer A. Ford (University of Kansas), Christopher C. Walters
(Kansas State University)
o 1993: Margaret Hu (University of Kansas), Kathryn Price (University of
Kansas)
o 1992 to 1986 No scholars from Kansas
o 1987: Jeff Wing (Kansas State University)
o 1986: Kent Bradley (Kansas State University)
o 1985 to 1982: No scholars from Kansas
o 1981: David Adkins (University of Kansas)
o 1980 and previous: no scholars on record from Kansas