Attending a professional school is an expensive prospect, whether you want to be a veterinarian or medical doctor. Two West Virginia University students will receive some financial support by way of scholarships from the H.E. Kidder Endowed Scholarship Trust.
Sarah Dunaway, an animal and nutritional sciences major from Thornton and Jessica Rubino, a human nutrition and foods major from Downington, Pennsylvania, will receive thousands of dollars for each year of their graduate studies.
Both will graduate in May 2015.
Dunaway, who was awarded a $6,000 annual scholarship, has been accepted to the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine. A student in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, Dunaway is a Davis-Michael Scholar and has earned several accolades, including the West Virginia 4-H All Star Association Alpha Chapter award, the Three Little Pigs Scholarship and selection as a WVU Presidential Honors Scholar. She was also a member of the WVU Marching Band drumline. In her spare time, Dunaway is a volunteer leader for 4-H and a camp counselor for at-risk youth in the southern part of the state.
Rubino, who was awarded a $4,000 annual scholarship, has been accepted to the WVU School of Medicine. As part of her college experience, she was extensively involved in undergraduate research under the direction of Melissa Olfert, assistant professor of human nutrition and foods. Rubino was honored as a WVU Foundation Outstanding Senior and as the outstanding senior for the Davis College’s Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences. She also had the opportunity to travel to Africa with a nonprofit organization to help educate and support citizens in several communities.
The memorial trust honors the late H.E. “Doc” Kidder, professor emeritus of animal and veterinary sciences in the Davis College. He had a distinguished career at WVU as a researcher and educator, serving from 1954 to 1988. After his death in 1989, his will created the trust to support Davis College students in their graduate or professional education. Including Dunaway and Rubino, the trust has supported 58 graduates of the college in studies in human and veterinary medicine, law and graduate studies. Selection is based on academic performance with added consideration for leadership and financial need.
In late 2014, the fund’s trustees made the decision to move management to the WVU Foundation to take advantage of development support and maintain the trust’s viability.
The Foundation, in partnership with the University, is currently conducting A State of Minds: The Campaign for West Virginia’s University. The goal of the largest fundraising effort in the history of the University is to raise $1 billion by December 2017. For more information on the campaign, visit www.astateofminds.com.
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