Kwasinski Named Michigan Tech Leading Scholar Finalist

HOUGHTON, MI (12/18/2013)(readMedia)-- Michigan Technological University's Leading Scholar Award is a competitive scholarship that is offered to incoming resident and non-resident students with exemplary leadership attributes and outstanding scholarly achievement. This year, there were 43 finalists for the on-campus program held December 8-9. All are high school seniors.

Among the finalists invited to campus was Rebecca Kwasinski of Lane Technical High School.

"The Leading Scholar Award competition is a way to assess talents and skills not otherwise captured in applications," said Ali Carter, Michigan Tech's director of admissions. "These best and brightest students will be the future leaders on campus and in their communities."

Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 130 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.