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Intellectually Rigorous...
At William Jewell College we value and encourage great thinking. Our professors cultivate it. Our rigorous academic culture demands it. Jewell’s mission is to provide an unparalleled liberal arts education that pushes students to stretch intellectually while participating in a community that values service, leadership and personal growth. We want students who want to wrestle with life’s great questions and be challenged by other points of view.
Below are just a few examples of Jewell students who continue to enhance the college’s longstanding reputation as the “Campus of Achievement.”
Debate Team
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Kevin Garner and Luke Landry
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Debate team members Kevin Garner and
Luke Landry are the winners of the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence.
In only their fourth tournament together, the team easily defeated top-seeded University of California-Berkeley in finals on the issue of whether France should send election monitors to Algeria. Garner was top speaker for the tournament and Landry was second. They qualified for the elimination round bracket with an 11-1 record. Garner, of Kansas City, North, is a senior communication major; Landry, of Springfield, Mo., is a senior philosophy major.
The National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence was held March 17-18 at the University of Wyoming. The tournament brings together the top 56 parliamentary debate teams in the nation to compete at this elite event.
Jewell’s second team, consisting of James Luce, junior, and Jake Williams, sophomore, qualified for the elimination round bracket with a 7-5 record before losing to UC-Berkeley and Southern Illinois University. Luce resides in Aurora, Mo., while Williams is a resident of Bellevue, Neb.
Fulbright Scholarship
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Hall
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Elizabeth Hall, a senior Spanish and Education major at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo., has been named a 2007 Fulbright Scholar. She is a resident of Overland Park, Kan.
Hall plans to spend eight months teaching and studying in Uruguay funded by the Fulbright’s English Teaching Assistantship award. She will be assisting with English classes in a public school as well as working with Uruguayan teachers who are studying to become English teachers. Additionally, she will do volunteer work at Defensa de Los Ninos International, a children’s rights organization in Montevideo.
“It is overwhelming, exciting and such an honor to be named a Fulbright Scholar,” Hall said. “The opportunity to live, study and teach abroad has been a dream of mine since I finished my study-abroad year in Salamanca, Spain. What a privilege it will be to represent my country and my college in Uruguay.”
Goldwater Scholarship
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Morrison
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Jenilee Morrison was selected to receive the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. She is a senior majoring in Oxbridge Molecular Biology and Bioethics at William Jewell.
Morrison was selected on the basis of academic merit and scientific research potential from a field of more than 1,000 mathematics, science and engineering students who were nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premiere undergraduate award of its type in these fields. The scholarships cover the cost of tuition, fees, books and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.
Morrison is a member of a William Jewell research team headed by Dr. Dan Heruth, professor of biology. The research team investigates how bacterial toxins induce cell death in single-celled eukaryotic organisms. As a first-year student she received an Oxbridge Honors Summer Research grant to fund her research at Jewell. In 2005, Morrison completed a summer research experience in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Kansas.
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years of service in the U.S. Senate. The purpose of the Foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.
USA Today/Rhodes Finalist
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Rosson
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Christopher Rosson ’06 was named a member of USA Today’s Academic All-American First Team. Rosson was a senior business administration and economics major at William Jewell.
USA Today's All-USA College Academic Team program honors 60 undergraduates as representatives of all outstanding students at the nation’s colleges and universities. The 20 members of the First Team have their photographs published and accomplishments noted in a two-page color spread in the national publication and receive a $2,500 cash award. Forty more students were named to the Second and Third Teams. The criteria are designed to find students who excel not only in scholarship but also in leadership roles on and off campus.
The USA Today recognition was the latest in a series of academic honors for Rosson. He was a National Rhodes Finalist in the Rhodes Scholarship competition in 2005-06. Rosson was also named one of 159 students at colleges nationwide selected to receive the Gilman Scholarship. The Gilman Scholarship is presented by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education. Rosson used the Gilman award to study in William Jewell College’s Oxford Overseas Study Course at Oxford University during the spring 2005 semester.
Truman Scholarship
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Wales
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Emily Wales, a senior communication, political science and Spanish major at William Jewell, was named a recipient of the 2006 Truman Scholarship by the Washington, D.C.-based Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Truman Scholars are chosen by independent selection panels on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability, and the likelihood of ‘making a difference.’
Each Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000. Scholars also receive priority admission and supplemental financial aid at some premiere graduate institutions, leadership training, career and graduate school counseling and special internship opportunities within the federal government. William Jewell has now claimed four Truman Scholars since the award was initiated in 1977.
Glamour’s Top College Women
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Toson
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Lilia Toson, a senior political science major at William Jewell, was selected as an “Honorable Mention” finalist in Glamour magazine’s “Top Ten College Women” competition. Toson’s profile appeared in the magazine’s October issue. From a national field of hundreds of applicants, the magazine compiles its “Top Ten” list, along with two “Honorable Mentions.”
Each year Glamour sponsors a competition open to junior female college students across the United States. The awards, which have been presented for 49 years, recognize women who have demonstrated campus leadership, community involvement and academic excellence, along with unique personal goals.
Student-Athletes
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Bader
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For the fourth consecutive year, the William Jewell College men’s athletic teams have earned the honor of winning the Heart of America Athletic Conference Commissioners’ Scholarship Award. Jewell’s men’s athletic teams had the highest GPA in the conference with a 2.960.
In addition, the 2005-2006 HAAC Commissioners Male Scholarship winner is junior football player Stephen Bader with a GPA of 3.848. Stephen is the starting kicker for the Cardinals and is a physics major.
“This really is a significant honor,” said athletic director Dr. Jim Redd. “Our team members really value the term student-athlete, and they take their role in the classroom seriously.”
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