Five high school graduating
seniors from Idaho, Montana and Alaska have been awarded Brown
Honors Scholarships at Boise State University, worth up to
$14,000 a year.
The premier academic
scholarship for incoming freshmen, the Brown Honors
Scholarship includes full fees plus room and board in Boise
State’s Honors residence hall and is renewable for three
consecutive years. Recipients are selected based on
standardized test scores, high school grades, class rank and
extracurricular activities. For the past five years,
scholarship recipients have been among the top 2 percent of
their respective classes.
The 2003 recipients include:
— Kersti Harter, Boise.
Harter graduated from Centennial High School and plans to
major in anthropology at Boise State. She is the daughter of
Reid and Portia Harter of Boise.
— Cayley Hachtel, Nampa.
Hachtel graduated from Vallivue High School in Caldwell and
plans to major in marketing. She is the daughter of Richard
and Connie Hachtel of Nampa.
— Joshua Bovey, Craigmont.
Bovey graduated from Highland High School and plans to major
in electrical engineering. He is the son of Brad and Nancy
Bovey of Craigmont.
— Matthew Mayer, Kenai,
Alaska. Mayer graduated
from Kenai Central High School. He is the son of Kenneth and
Catherine Mayer of Kenai.
— Katie Mabbott,
Whitehall, Mont. Mabbott graduated from Whitehall High
School and plans to major in biology. She is the daughter of
Brent and Sandra Mabbott of Whitehall.
The Honors College at Boise
State University offers talented, highly motivated students
the personalized attention of a small liberal arts school
while drawing upon the resources of a large metropolitan
university. Open to majors from all academic disciplines, the
college offers small classes built around collaborative
learning. The director of the Honors College is Greg Raymond,
an internationally known expert in world politics and the 1994
Idaho Professor of the Year. More information on Boise State’s
Honors College and the Brown Honors Scholarship is at http://www.boisestate.edu/honors/.
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Contact
Greg Raymond
Honors College
208 426-3607
Media contact
Janelle Brown
communications and marketing
208 426-1790
