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March 29, 2005

Kansas Wesleyan University student Trena Lackey, Salina, is the recipient of a $400 Rodney

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VanZandt Scholarship from the Kansas National Education Association-Student Program (KNEA-SP) for the 2005-2006 academic year.

Lackey received the award during the KNEA-SP State Representative Assembly on March 11 and 12. The scholarship was established in memory of VanZandt who was Associate Executive Director of Kansas NEA from 1976 until he retired in 1996. The scholarship is designated for a non-traditional student.

“Trena has brought recognition to herself for her achievements in the Teacher Education Program and recognition to our local chapter of KNEA-SP,” said Dr. Kathleen Barrett-Jones, faculty advisor of the Kansas Wesleyan KNEA-SP organization.