ESU Seniors receive Newberg Awards
Emporia State University
Originally published 01:22 p.m., April 10, 2008
Updated 01:22 p.m., April 10, 2008
Andrea Luthi, an Emporia State University senior from Madison majoring in chemistry, biology and Spanish, was named the Dwight & Ida Curry Newberg Outstanding Senior at the annual Newberg banquet on Monday night, while Lindsay Davis, a senior from Olpe, was named the Newberg Distinguished Senior.
Twenty-one seniors, each with a long list of accomplishments and accolades, were nominated for the Newberg recognition, but Luthi and Davis rose to the top. Luthi, described in a nomination letter as “one of the most brilliant” students at ESU, a “model student who has abundant natural ability and works hard as a student,” will begin the Ph.D. program in chemistry at Northwestern University in the fall.
“Wow!” Luthi said at the podium. “This is really amazing. It’s an honor to be up here to receive this award!” Luthi thanked her parents, teachers, friends and classmates and God, for the “ability to learn and the enjoyment in doing it.”
Davis, a biology major, said she was equally honored. “Looking at the program, there were a lot of quality individuals, so I feel honored,” she said later. Davis will begin a Wichita State University master’s program at the end of May to become a physician’s assistant.
Luthi is a member of the ESU Spanish Club, American Chemical Society, Sigma Delta Pi, Hispanic American Leadership Organization, Beta Beta Beta, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma. She has received presidential academic awards, Outstanding Student in Biology, Shepherd Scholar honors, the Analytical Chemistry Award, the Physical Chemistry Award and the Sigma Delta Pi Study Abroad Scholarship.
Davis is a member of the Caduceus Society, the Biology Club and Beta Beta Beta.
She also is a Shepherd scholar and has received the Presidential Academic Award. She was also named Outstanding Undergraduate Biology Student and appointed to the University Honors Program. She is included in Who’s Who Among American College Students.
Newberg Outstanding Senior nominees from the Emporia area included Kai Kirton of Emporia and Sarah Price of Lyndon.
Dwight Newberg (BSE 1933) and Ida Curry Newberg (LC 1932) established seven endowed funds that provide scholarships to ESU students. Among these are the Newberg Outstanding and Distinguished Senior awards, with $500 and $250, respectively, set aside for the annual recipients.
Dwight Newberg died in 1996 and Ida Curry Newberg died in 2001.