KU News Release

June 23, 2008
Contact: Diana Robertson, Department of Student Housing, (785) 864-7224.

KU announces leaders for new Krehbiel Scholarship Hall

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of Student Housing has announced the Krehbiel Men, the 11 students who will form the leadership team for the university’s 12th and newest scholarship hall.

The fall semester will begin Aug. 21. Students begin moving Aug. 17 into scholarship and residence halls, including the new $4 million Floyd H. and Kathryn Krehbiel Scholarship Hall on the southwest corner of 13th and Ohio streets — a twin to Dennis E. Rieger Scholarship Hall next door.

The Krehbiel Men received training throughout the 2007-08 academic year to prepare for their leadership roles. This past spring, the Krehbiel Men developed the hall constitution and elected officers.

Stephen “Sai” Folmsbee, a junior from Topeka, was elected the first president of Krehbiel Scholarship Hall. The men were selected by KU student housing advisers and the president and vice president of the All Scholarship Hall Council. Applicants were required to take part in an interview and demonstrate previous leadership experience.

Two student leaders fill paid positions with the Department of Student Housing. Mathew J.L. Shepard, a sophomore from Lenora, will be proctor, and Adam L. Fiedler, a senior from Holton, will be the food board manager.

Scholarship hall residents live cooperatively and share household responsibilities for cooking and cleaning. Living in a scholarship hall costs about $1,800 less than living in a traditional residence hall. Applicants submit written essays and references and are selected on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.

The new hall was made possible by a $4 million gift from former Kansas Rep. Carl C. Krehbiel of Moundridge to honor his parents, Kathryn Krehbiel and the late Floyd H. Krehbiel. His mother is a 1945 KU liberal arts graduate and his father, who was Battenfeld Scholarship Hall resident, received a KU degree in 1947. Carl Krehbiel is a 1970 KU alumnus who lived in Stephenson Scholarship Hall as a student. His grandfather, also Carl C. Krehbiel, was a 1913 KU alumnus.

The three-story, 18,000-square-foot scholarship hall houses 50 students in two-person rooms and four-person suites. Like its twin hall, Krebiel Scholarship Hall features quiet geothermal heating and cooling systems and exteriors designed to blend with the neighborhood’s turn-of-the-century homes. A committee of university, community and student representatives worked to develop designs that would recognize and preserve the neighborhood’s history.

KU Endowment managed the gift and construction of the hall. Founded in 1891, KU Endowment is the first foundation of its kind at a U.S. public university.

The Krehbiel Men are listed below by hometown, level in school, major, parents’ names, high school and 2007-08 residence.

HARVEY COUNTY
From Halstead 67056
Casey M. Miles, junior in journalism, son of Kirk and Shelley Miles; Halstead High School; Templin Hall.

JACKSON COUNTY
From Holton 66436
Adam L. Fiedler, senior in astronomy and mathematics, son of Dan and Venita Fiedler; Holton High School; Battenfeld Hall.

SHAWNEE COUNTY
From Tecumseh 66542
Doug W. Brady, sophomore in English and communication studies, son of Clark and Sandy Brady; Shawnee Heights Sr. High School; Templin Hall.

From Topeka 66601
Nathan Michael George, junior in electrical engineering, son of Sabria Wells; Topeka High School; Battenfeld Hall.

Corbin G. Spray, sophomore in pharmacy and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, son of Kathryn Gillispie and Gary Spray; Topeka West High School; Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall.

From Topeka 66614
Stephen “Sai” Folmsbee, junior in biology and biochemistry, son of Nobuko and Mark Folmsbee; Topeka High School; K.K. Amini Scholarship Hall.

NORTON COUNTY
From Lenora 67645
Mathew J.L. Shepard, sophomore in business and environmental studies, son of Paul Shepard; Norton High School; K.K. Amini Scholarship Hall.

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
From Wamego 66547
Paul Tackett, sophomore in civil engineering, son of Robert and Rebecca Tackett; Wamego High School; Stephenson Scholarship Hall.

NEBRASKA
From Omaha 68135
James Gregory, sophomore in architecture, son of James and Celia Gregory; Millard West High School; Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall.

NEW MEXICO
From Santa Cruz 87567
Nathan Paul Salazar, junior in piano and voice, son of Leonard and Carmen Salazar; Templin Hall.

PERU
From Ilo
Esau Julio Ramirez Masco, senior in genetics, son of Elza Victoria Masco di Ramirez Moquegua; Pearson Scholarship Hall.

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