Indiana State University Newsroom

The English department at Indiana State University honored 12 students as this year's recipients of the Hazel Tesh Pfennig Scholarships for their academic accomplishments.

A reception was held in room A-264 of Root Hall Tuesday (April 22).

Students selected by the Pfennig Scholarship Committee include: Danielle Adams of Indianapolis; Harold Bosstick of Farmersburg; Trever Fehrenbach of Terre Haute; Thomas Hardesty of Rosedale; Katherine Hollingsworth of Paris, Ill; Caitlin A. Martin of Clinton; Sarah Minnis of Paris, Ill; Christopher Pearcy of Westfield; Kaeley Plank of Terre Haute; Carol Thomas of Shelburn; Robin Wildman of Washington; and Danek Znika of Hebron.

Recipients of the scholarship are each awarded a $2,000 scholarship to assist with their studies at ISU.

The Pfennig Scholarship is presented annually to English majors and graduate students who demonstrate exceptional academic ability with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. It is made possible by bequest of the late Hazel Tesh Pfennig, a professor of English at Indiana State for 34 years. The scholarship was established in 1972, two years after her death.

Pfennig was a 1917 graduate of Indiana State Normal School. An avid scholar, she received a master of arts from Columbia University, a doctor of philosophy degree from New York University and did graduate work at Oxford University in England.

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Contact: Ray Dolle, Pfennig Scholarship Committee chairman, Indiana State University, (812) 237-3172 or ejdolle@isugw.indstate.edu

Writer: Jennifer Spector, media relations intern, Communications and Marketing, Indiana State University, (812) 237-3773 or jspector@indstate.edu

Photo: Recipients of this year's Hazel Tesh Pfennig Scholarships include (front row from left) Carol Thomas, Katherine Hollingsworth, Caitlin Martin, Kaeley Plank, Danielle Adams, Robin Wildman, (back row) Danek Znika, Christopher Pearcy, Trever Fehrenbach, Harold Bosstick and Thomas Hardesty. Not pictured is Sarah Minnis.