A Kansas City, Kan., student has been named a scholarship recipient for the Edgerley-Franklin Urban Leadership Scholarship at Kansas State University, Manhattan.
Ana Simental, Kansas City, Kan., a student at Harmon High School, was named a scholarship recipient. Six high school seniors in all were named to be recipients for the scholarship.
The university received 102 applications, and a selection committee chose 10 finalists to interview. Finalists participated in an on-campus interview and recognition day on March 9. Of those interviewed, six students were chosen to receive the $3,000 scholarship. Scholarships are renewable for up to three years with a 3.0 Kansas State University GPA.
This scholarship is made possible by the Edgerley and Franklin families, who continuously demonstrate leadership and support of service to individuals from urban areas. It was created in memory of Bernard Franklin’s wife, Elsia, who was committed to helping better the lives of young girls in urban Alabama. Franklin is special assistant to Kansas State University vice president for student life.
The Edgerleys have been longtime supporters of the university, contributing to a number of scholarships, funds and faculty chairs in the past 10 years, including the Paul B. and Sandra M. Edgerley Business Administration Scholarship; the Paul B. Edgerley Chair in Business Administration; the Robert M. Edgerley Chair in International Business, in honor of Paul Edgerley’s father; the Edgerley Family Chair in the College of Business Administration; and the President Wefald Leadership Chair in the College of Business Administration.