Julia Emberson, Andale High School, Claudia Trevino, Kapaun-Mt. Carmel High School and CleoAnne Worthan, Campus High School, were named Klose Scholars in the first Klose Scholarship Competition held recently at Corbin Education Center on the Wichita State University campus.

High school seniors who declared a math education or science education major in the WSU College of Education, have a minimum GPA of 3.5 and a minimum ACT score of 24 competed to be named a Klose Scholar.

The Doris and Ralph Klose Scholarship pays the top three competitors’ tuition, fees and books for their junior and senior years. Other scholarships and financial aid packages will pay for their freshman and sophomore years.

Doris and Ralph Klose left their estate of $7.5 million to the WSU Foundation to be used for math and science education scholarships in the College of Education. This is the largest known gift of its kind in the nation to fund scholarships for future teachers in science and math.