HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University's Society of Yeager Scholars has 12 members.
Dr. Barry Sharpe, executive director of MU's John R. Hall Center for Academic Excellence, said the members of the newest class of scholars come from seven states in all. He said they were chosen after a stringent selection process that involved three levels of review: examination of their applications and two interviews -- one by local interviewers near their homes and one by a panel of interviewers on the Marshall University Huntington campus.
Competition was keen, Sharpe said, with students applying from as far away as Oregon and Colorado. He said the final selection came at the culmination of hundreds of hours of work by many different people -- university faculty and staff, university alumni, Society of Yeager Scholars board members and community members.
The students will be required to maintain a rigorous course load with a 3.5 GPA and participate in campus and community activities. They also will have the opportunity to study literature, political science, or history at Oxford University in England in the summer after their sophomore year, and they will have another opportunity for study abroad in a program related to their major and/or their foreign language minor. They will participate in special interdisciplinary seminars and extracurricular activities designed to promote intellectual development and foster emerging leadership skills.
The Society of Yeager Scholars is named for West Virginia native Ret. Brigadier General Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager.
The following students were chosen as the Yeager Scholars Class of 2012:
Emily Beckelhimer of Milton. She will graduate from Cabell Midland High School and is interested in a career as an epidemiologist or immunologist.
Shelby Brewster of Colorado Springs, Colo. Brewster will graduate from Liberty High School. She plans to major in history and theater and work as a historian or museum curator.
Timmeka Brice of Salisbury, Md. Brice will graduate from James M. Bennett High School. She plans to major in elementary education and pursue a career as an elementary school teacher.
Kyle Burner of Huntington. Burner will graduate from Spring Valley High School. He plans to study biotechnology and work in the fields of biotechnology or molecular genetics.
Emily Cline of Shreve, Ohio. Cline will graduate from Triway High School. She plans to major in forensics chemistry and pursue a career as a forensics scientist.
Ian Keller Ferrell of Union Bridge, Md. Ferrell will graduate from Francis Scott Key High School. He plans to major in secondary education-social studies and pursue a career as a high school social studies teacher or college professor in history.
Jordan Patrick Hilgefort of Hebron, Ky. Hilgefort will graduate from Saint Henry District High School. He plans to major in pre-medicine (chemistry) and study medicine after college. He would like to work as a general practitioner or a pediatrician.
Samuel Kelch of Washington, W.Va. Kelch will graduate from Parkersburg South High School. He plans to major in pre-medicine (biology) and study medicine after college. He would like to pursue a career as a surgeon.
Rachel Annette Lewis of Huntington. Lewis will graduate from Spring Valley High School. She plans to major in biology or biomedical science and pursue a career as a physical therapist.
Delaney McLemore of Philomath, Ore. McLemore will graduate from Philomath High School. She plans to major in secondary education and pursue a career as a high school history teacher or college professor in women's studies.
Patricia Jane Wheaton of Fairmont, W.Va. Wheaton will graduate from Fairmont Senior High School. She plans to major in art (painting) and pursue a career in art therapy or art education.
Benjamin Dean Woodworth of Trafalgar, Ind. Woodworth will graduate from Indian Creek High School. He plans to major in biochemistry and study medicine after college. He would like to work as an orthopedic surgeon or a research scientist.
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