Evan Kutzler presents research

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DANVILLE, KY (06/22/2010)(readMedia)-- Evan Kutzler of Franklin was among the prestigious group of Centre College's 2009-10 John C. Young Scholars who presented their research to the public at the College's annual John C. Young Scholars Symposium in May.

The John C. Young Scholars Program at Centre is a senior honors program that enables a select group of outstanding senior students to engage in independent study and research in their major field or in an interdisciplinary area.

Each scholar works closely with a faculty mentor and receives financial support for research and travel. In addition to the scholars presenting their results at the spring public symposium, their papers will be published in journal form by the College. The program represents the very best that Centre has to offer academically: strong, motivated students working closely with faculty mentors on projects of compelling intellectual substance.

Kutzler's research was titled, "Tennessee Prepares for Defeat: Governor Harris, Mobilization and the Collapse of Tennessee." His faculty mentor was Richard Bradshaw, Associate Professor of History.

"There were more applications this year than ever before for Centre's John C. Young Honor's Program," says program director Michael Hamm, Ewing T. Boles Professor of History. "They were excellent applications and they came from a wide variety of programs, from music to chemistry. Choosing seven winners was a difficult task."

The John C. Young Scholars program was initiated through an Excellence-in-Undergraduate-Education grant from the Knight Foundation. Centre was one of eight leading liberal arts colleges (Carleton, Macalester, and Swarthmore, for example) to receive the first of these awards to encourage increased collaboration between faculty and students on extra-class intellectual activities.

Kutzler is the son of Ed and Paula Snyder of Franklin and Frank and Sherrie Kutzler of Fridley, Minn., and is a graduate of Centennial High School.

Founded in 1819, Centre is ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the country's top 50 national liberal arts colleges and is the most affordable college in that group. Centre is ranked by Forbes magazine as No. 14 among all colleges and universities and as No. 1 in the South; Consumers Digest names it the No. 1 educational value among U.S. liberal arts colleges. In addition, over the last 25 years, Centre leads all colleges and universities in the percentage of alumni who give annual financial support.