2022 KU Engineering graduate awarded $35,000 Phi Kappa Phi fellowship


LAWRENCE — Amanda Hertel, a 2022 University of Kansas graduate in chemical engineering from Shawnee, is the recipient of the 1897 Fellowship by the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi — the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. The prestigious $35,000 fellowship recognizes the top-scoring applicant in a STEM discipline. As the 1897 Fellow, Hertel will pursue a Doctor of Medicine at the KU School of Medicine.

“Amanda is a truly superb student with both great talent and a strong interest in the well-being of others. There is no doubt that she will be an outstanding physician,” said Dave Darwin, professor of civil, environmental & architectural engineering.

Amanda Hertel, 2022 KU graduateHertel was nominated for the fellowship after being selected this spring by the KU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi as the winner of James Blackiston Memorial Graduate Fellowship.

Hertel received multiple additional honors while at KU, including a Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Scholarship, Undergraduate Research Awards in spring 2021, fall 2021 and spring 2022, the Fred Kurata Thermodynamics Award and the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Performance Award in Chemical Engineering.

Since its creation in 1932, the Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Program has become one of the society's most visible and financially well-supported endeavors, allocating $649,000 annually to outstanding students for first-year graduate or professional study. This year’s program awarded two awards at $35,000 each, the 1897 Fellowship and the Sherrill Carlson Fellowship; six $20,000 Marcus L. Urann Fellowships, named for the society’s founder; and 54 fellowships of $8,500 each.

The selection process for a fellowship is based on the applicant's evidence of graduate potential, undergraduate academic achievement, service and leadership experience, letters of recommendation, personal statement of educational perspective and career goals, and acceptance in an approved graduate or professional program.

To see the complete list of 2022 Phi Kappa Phi Fellows and learn more about the program, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org/2022Fellowships

Wed, 08/17/2022

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