KU News Release

LAWRENCE — Twelve students in the Department of Applied Behavioral Science were recognized for their academic achievements this spring with several awards.

Undergraduate students who received the department’s Outstanding Achievement Awards, Helen Jedlicka Mandigo scholarships and Harley S. Nelson Family Scholarships were honored at an awards ceremony May 15.

Five students received Helen Jedlicka Mandigo Student Scholarships in Human Development and Family Life, which provide $500 to students completing yearlong practicum experiences in their selected specialty programs. The scholarships were named for a 1935 KU graduate who established the scholarship in 2004 through KU Endowment.

Plaques were handed out to four students to recognize outstanding achievement within their areas of academic specialty, including early childhood education, youth development and justice, community health and development or autism and adults with developmental disabilities.

In addition, two students received Harley S. Nelson Family Scholarships, $1,500 merit-based scholarships for students studying humanities or social sciences. The scholarship honors the family of KU alumnus John M. Nelson, who received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in education from KU.

Graduate students received accolades in the spring as well. Kimberly Zonneveld and Matthew H. Newquist, with assistant professors Claudia Dozier and Pamela Neidert as advisers, were recognized for Best Graduate Student Poster from the Kansas Association for Behavior Analysis in April. Also, Kaston Anderson received a Graduate Diversity Fellowship.

The funds for the Jedlicka Mandigo and Nelson scholarships and Outstanding Achievement Awards are managed by KU Endowment, the independent, nonprofit foundation serving as the official fundraising and fund-management organization for KU. Founded in 1891, KU Endowment was the first foundation of its kind at a U.S. public university.

Recipients are listed below by hometown, major, parents’ names, other schools attended and award.

DOUGLAS COUNTY
From Lawrence 66046
Shannon Leigh Tierney, senior in applied behavioral science; Independence (Kan.) Senior High School; Harley S. Nelson Family Scholarship.

From Lawrence 66047
Matthew H. Newquist, doctoral student in behavioral psychology; bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, spring 2008; Best Graduate Student Poster from the Kansas Association for Behavior Analysis.

DICKINSON COUNTY
From Abilene 67410
Amos John Christner, senior in applied behavioral science; son of William and Joan Christner; Abilene High School; Montrose M. Wolf Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Development and Juvenile Justice.

JOHNSON COUNTY
From Overland Park 66207
Laura Dyan White, senior in applied behavioral science; Shawnee Mission South High School; Helen Jedlicka Mandigo Student Scholarship in Human Development and Family Life.

RENO COUNTY
From Hutchinson 67502 and Memphis, Tenn.
Bailey Rene Bosc, senior in applied behavioral science, biology and human biology; daughter of Cindy Bosc of Hutchinson and Michael Bosc of Memphis, Tenn.; Helen Jedlicka Mandigo Student Scholarship in Human Development and Family Life and Todd R. Risley Award for Outstanding Achievement in Autism and Adults with Developmental Disabilities.

SEDGWICK COUNTY
From Wichita 67206
Katelyn Elizabeth Guthrie, junior in applied behavioral science; daughter of George and Terri Guthrie; Trinity Academy; Helen Jedlicka Mandigo Student Scholarship in Human Development and Family Life.

SHAWNEE COUNTY
From Topeka 66606
Abbigail May Long, senior in applied behavioral science and sociology; daughter of Alan and Brenda Long; Topeka High School; Harley S. Nelson Family Scholarship and Helen Jedlicka Mandigo Student Scholarship in Human Development and Family Life.

SEWARD COUNTY
From Liberal 67901
Alexis C. Kruse, senior in applied behavioral science; daughter of Harley and Cynthia Kruse; Liberal High School; Oak Hill School Outstanding Achievement Award in Community Health and Development.

WYANDOTTE COUNTY
From Kansas City 66109
Jessica Rose Cox, senior in applied behavioral science; daughter of Norman and Karen Cox; Sumner Academy of Arts and Science; Barbara C. Etzel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Early Childhood Education.

LOUISIANA
From Lake Charles 70607
Kaston Anderson Jr., doctoral student in behavioral psychology; bachelor’s degree, fall 2007, and master’s degree, spring 2010, both from McNeese State University; Graduate Diversity Fellowship.

MINNESOTA
From Burnsville 55337
Dana Jo Wible, junior in applied behavioral science; daughter of Scott and Kay Wible; Burnsville Senior High School; Helen Jedlicka Mandigo Student Scholarship in Human Development and Family Life.

TENNESSEE
From Memphis 38107 and Hutchinson, Kan.
Bailey Rene Bosc. SEE RENO COUNTY

CANADA
From East St. Paul, Manitoba
Kimberley Lorna Marie Zonneveld, doctoral student in behavioral psychology; master’s degree from the Florida Institute of Technology, spring 2007; bachelor’s from the University of Manitoba, spring 2004; Best Graduate Student Poster from the Kansas Association for Behavior Analysis.