Office of University Communications
Student receives public affairs scholarship award
Date: May 9, 2008
Contact: Dr. Carol Shoptaugh
(417) 836-5788
“Kelsey demonstrates leadership on and off campus and has used these skills to develop a biotechnology internship program that will benefit both Missouri State students and her field,” said Dr. Carol Shoptaugh, professor of psychology and chair of the selection committee. “This unselfish commitment to the betterment of the community is why she received this honor.”
Beck has worked with a faculty adviser in the biomedical sciences department to develop an internship program for students in the department and is working to create partnerships with companies including Genetech, Monsanto and Glaxo-Smithkline. Beck also serves as vice president of intellectual development for her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega; as director of outreach for the Lutheran Student Center; and as public affairs chair for Phi Eta Sigma. She volunteers at Cox Health Walnut Lawn Urgent Care Center, at the YMCA, and with several campus organizations.
The Joseph N. Boyce/Wall Street Journal Award is a $1,000 award given to one student who exemplifies Missouri State University’s public affairs mission: “To produce citizens of enhanced character, more sensitive to the needs of the community, more competent and committed in their ability to contribute to society and more civil in their habits of thought, speech and action.”