Four Kansas State University students have been nominated to represent K-State in competition for the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. According to scholar adviser James Hohenbary, Goldwater results will be announced sometime during the first week of April. K-State's nominees are Elizabeth Richardson, Justin Dyer, Dawn Dechand and Trevor Fast. Students who have at least a 3.0 grade point average, major in science, math or engineering and plan a career in research are eligible to apply.
Sophomores are eligible for two years of funding.
Richardson is a sophomore in biology and political science from Hutchinson. She also is a member of Silver Key and Golden Key National Honor Society. She has played third French horn in the KSU orchestra and she is an undergraduate research assistant in the Division of Biology. She is a Presidential Scholar and a Kassebaum Scholar, a Division of Biology Sherrid Scholar, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Scholar. She also won the Byrd Scholarship and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Scholarship.