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 For Immediate Release
 April 8, 2004
Contact: Colleen Peltz
712-852-5275

EMERGING SCHOLARS NAMED AT IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Iowa Lakes Community College is pleased to announce the names of three students who qualify as Emerging Scholars for 2004. 

Jennifer Klein, a Hotel and Restaurant Management student from Emmetsburg; Robert Dillard Jr., a Farm Equipment Technology student from Dickens;  and Jared Weber, a Construction Technology student from Terril all qualify as Emerging Scholars.

Emerging Scholars have taken two or more developmental classes, have earned 24 or more credits at Iowa Lakes, and have earned a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or better.  These students will be honored at a reception at the Emmetsburg Campus on April 22 and again at the college Honors Convocation May 5 in Estherville.

All Emerging Scholars submit an essay to be considered for "Emerging Scholar of the Year."  The Emerging Scholar of the Year has their named engraved on a plaque and dues are paid to Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society.