Two KCK students named scholarship winners at Morningside College

Two Kansas City, Kansas, students have been named scholarship winners at Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa.

Carly E. Johnson, a junior in nursing, was named a Dimmitt Scholar.

Jessica S. Paxton, a senior in elementary education, teaching, was named a Roadman Scholar.

Dimmitt Scholars must be full-time students who have completed at least 45 credits of college work with a cumulative grade point average between 3.50 and 3.75. The award is named in honor of the late Lillian Dimmitt, who served as a teacher and administrator at Morningside College for more than 60 years.

Roadman Scholars must be full-time students who have completed at least 45 credits of college work with a cumulative grade point average of 3.76 or above. The award is named in honor of the late Earl Roadman, who was president of Morningside College from 1936 to 1956.

Morningside College, in Sioux City, Iowa, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal arts college with a total enrollment of more than 2,900 students.