Students Receive Scholarships posted 6/10/08
Michigan Colleges Foundation honors two Adrian College students for academic achievements

ADRIAN, Mich. – Adrian College is pleased to announce Rebecca Battles and Heather Downing are recipients of the Earhart Emerging Scholarship, which is administered by the Michigan Colleges Foundation (MCF).

Battles and Downing were selected to receive this scholarship due to their academic performance at Adrian College.

According to a letter received from MCF, the program was developed to recognize junior or senior students enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree program at one of their 14 member colleges. Moreover these students must be undertaking and completing an original research program in anthropology, communication/journalism, economics, history, language, philosophy, political science, religion/theology, or sociology.

In addition, Battles and Downing must apply to present their work at the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.

Battles participated in spring commencement at the College in April. She is currently working towards completing her degree in English Writing. Battles is a graduate of Divine Child High School in Dearborn, Mich. and she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold K. Battles.

Downing graduated from the College in December 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. Downing is also a graduate of Marion High School in Marion, Mich. and she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Downing.

The College wishes to congratulate Battles and Downing on this special achievement.