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Marshall graduate receives prestigious scholarship
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Andrea D. Marcum, a spring graduate of Marshall University,
is the recipient of the 2002 Alpha Chi Sigma Scholarship, MU chemistry
professor Gary Anderson announced today.
Marcum, a chemistry major, was one of 11 spring graduates to record an
overall 4.0 grade point average. A resident of Wayne, W.Va., and a 1998
graduate of Wayne High School, she plans to attend Marshall's Joan C.
Edwards School of Medicine this fall.
Alpha Chi Sigma is the chemistry professional fraternity. Marcum's scholarship
award includes $1,000 for graduate or professional study and an all-expenses
paid trip to the fraternity's week-long Centennial Conclave in August
in Madison, Wisc.
"This is definitely a premier scholarship in science and technology,"
Anderson said. "The prestige is in winning the scholarship, not the
money." Each of the 45 chapters of Alpha Chi Sigma can nominate one
or more seniors or graduate students each year for the scholarship. Other
chapters are at universities such as MIT, Cornell, UCLA, the University
of Virginia,
Virginia Tech, Case Western and 10 of the 11 Big Ten schools.
"She is a tremendous, hard-working student," Anderson said of
Marcum. "She's a very bright young lady. She's also done a lot of
work outside the classroom, such as working with kids in the after-school
programs at St. John's House at Marcum Terrace and holding several offices
in the chapter, including Master Alchemist and Master of Ceremonies."
Marcum was Marshall's Outstanding Sophomore Chemist in 2000. She is the
second Marshall graduate to win the Alpha Chi Sigma Scholarship in the
past four years. Dorion Liston won in 1999.
Marcum also is the only Marshall student to receive the Barry M. Goldwater
Scholarship in the past five years. That scholarship, named in honor of
the former U.S. senator, is worth a maximum of $7,500 per year.
