{"id":7980,"date":"2019-07-25T16:58:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T20:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=7980"},"modified":"2019-07-26T08:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:56:20","slug":"elizabethtown-college-student-kristin-wilkinson-awarded-kappa-delta-pi-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2019\/07\/25\/elizabethtown-college-student-kristin-wilkinson-awarded-kappa-delta-pi-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Student Kristin Wilkinson Awarded Kappa Delta Pi Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College student Kristin Wilkinson recently was awarded a scholarship from Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, headquartered in Indianapolis. Kristin, of East Amherst, New York, was awarded the $750 Frank, Virginia, and Martha Research Scholarship for undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral students.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/now.etown.edu\/files\/2019\/07\/IMG_3930.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7981 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/now.etown.edu\/files\/2019\/07\/IMG_3930-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2019\/07\/IMG_3930-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2019\/07\/IMG_3930-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2019\/07\/IMG_3930.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2019\/07\/IMG_3930-180x135.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kristin applied for the scholarship, which is based on academic success, involvement in Kappa Delta Pi, and a written essay along with her senior research thesis, last spring. A review committee evaluated the scholarship applications that were submitted from students around the country and selected the recipients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel so honored to receive this KDP Scholarship for my work on my honors thesis,\u201d said Kristin. This topic was really special for me to work on and it&#8217;s extremely under-researched, so I am so grateful to be honored for it.\u00a0\u201cI can&#8217;t wait to continue my research and make a difference for the kids in my future classrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kristin, an education major at E-town, plans to graduate in Dec. 2019. She wrote her thesis on integrating STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math)\u00a0and\u00a0multicultural literature. Kristin aspires to teach middle school math.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1911, Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, is a dynamic learning community that recognizes and enhances growth in scholars and leaders. The Society\u2019s mission is advanced through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognizing and confirming the status of scholars and educators to achieve and sustain preeminence in teaching, scholarship, and service;<\/li>\n<li>Focusing on effectively addressing the needs of members through the phases of their careers as scholars and educators; and<\/li>\n<li>Providing an energetic, diverse learning community that enhances professional growth through high-quality programs, services, and products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kdp.org\/resources\/scholarshipsandgrants\/scholarships.php\">Kappa Delta Pi\u2019s scholarship program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College student Kristin Wilkinson recently was awarded a scholarship from Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, headquartered in Indianapolis. Kristin, of East Amherst, New York, was awarded the $750 Frank, Virginia, and Martha Research Scholarship for undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral students.\u00a0 Kristin applied for the scholarship, which is based on academic success, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":7578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[1215],"class_list":["post-7980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-achievements","tag-student-achievement","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7980"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7984,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7980\/revisions\/7984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}