Kathryn Burns of Seguin honored by Sumners Foundation

BROWNWOOD , TX (05/04/2012)(readMedia)-- Kathryn Burns of Seguin, a graduating senior in the Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom Honors Program at Howard Payne University, was recently honored during the annual Sumners Banquet held on the HPU campus. Burns, who was selected in 2010 as a Hatton W. Sumners Foundation Scholar, was awarded a plaque and expressed her gratitude to the Foundation.

Burns and other graduating seniors, Adam Hardy of Corpus Christi and Chandler Raine of Mesquite, visited with members of the Foundation, the HPU Board of Trustees and Academy of Freedom Board of Directors, as well as Sumners Scholar alumni from HPU.

Current HPU Sumners Scholars present at the banquet included Charity Chambers, a junior from Derby, Kan.; Gabi Guerrero, a junior from Red Oak; Landon Hankins, a junior from Decatur; Kait Kelm, a senior from Lindale; and Kelley Miller, a junior from Brownwood.

The Sumners Scholar program offers students the chance to attend special lectures, seminars and conferences featuring world-renowned leaders from both public and private sectors. It also provides a generous scholarship of $5,500 per semester for two years. Students are selected after an in-depth application and interview by the trustees of the Sumners Foundation.

Named for its founder, former Congressman Hatton W. Sumners of Texas (Democrat, 1912-1947), who served as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation is dedicated to the study, teaching and promotion of self-government.

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Founded in 1889, Howard Payne University is a Christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to God and humanity.

Located in Brownwood, Texas, HPU offers a full array of undergraduate programs and a limited number of graduate programs in a traditional residential academic community. The university also offers selected undergraduate and graduate course work by electronic means and at an extended learning center in El Paso, Texas. HPU maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio, which contributes to the university's reputation of being "a place where everybody is somebody."