Scholarship basics: Write a winning essay

Hand holding a pen

Scholarship committees want more than a list of credentials to select an award recipient. Distinguishing one talented, service-oriented, highly motivated student from another is not easy. Don’t think of your essay as a burden—it’s your chance to differentiate yourself from the crowd and win that scholarship!

ISU professor to receive Distinguished AIHA Fellows Award

Professor George Byrns

Environmental Health Professor George Byrns, of the Department of Health Sciences, is scheduled to receive the prestigious American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Fellows Award on June 3 during the AIHA Mark of Excellence breakfast.

Creating an ‘honorable’ social media presence

Honors student leader Sarah Foote in front of the Honors window

In the last year, the Honors Program went from one Facebook group to an impressive seven different ways Honors students, staff and alumni can stay connected. It’s a trend students “like.”

Finding her home in the Honors Program

Nicki Ott at the Honors Fall Festival

Human resource management major Nicki Ott joined the Honors Program in the spring of her sophomore year: “The Honors Program made ISU feel like the home I always knew it could be and I am forever grateful for that.”