Wichita State University's College of Education has named three high school seniors as Klose Scholars in the fifth annual Klose Scholarship Essay Competition: Leon Chau of Wichita Heights High School, Hannah Morrical of Lindsborg Smoky Valley High School and Krystine Phillips of Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School.
Klose Scholarship winners' mugs
The competition is held annually for high school seniors who apply to WSU and declare a math education or science education major in the College of Education, have a minimum GPA of 3.5 and a minimum ACT composite score of 24. 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 those costs during their freshman and sophomore years.
Doris and Ralph Klose left an 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 largest known gift of its kind in the nation to fund scholarships for future teachers in science and math.