Humanities Student Spotlight:

Reusché Scholarship Positively Impacts Humanities Scholars

Many of the outstanding students enrolled in the College of Humanities have been the recipients of financial support made possible by generous supporters. One such award, the Robert and Mary Reusché Scholarship supports undergraduates in the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences. These students are pursuing the humanities through their majors or minors, or sometimes co-curricularly through the scholars program. There were many Reusché Scholars among the Class of 2006 and what they all have in common is their gratitude towards the Reuschés for their support and the impressive academic accomplishments they have achieved.

“The Reusché Scholarship has helped me to feel stronger about the impact of the personal research I was conducting. It confirmed my belief in the power of the humanitarian community,” says Kathryn Cahill who graduated in June with a degree in women’s studies. She has interests in women artists and making art, and has applied for the Art Education Licensure program to teach at the high school level.

Rachel Wendel, an honors psychology major and women’s studies minor, will attend the Medical University of Ohio (in Toledo) for the Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program. Several Reusché Scholars plan to earn a law degree: English major Britani Bishop plans to attend Capital Law School; political science major Michael Wehrkamp will attend the University of Toledo College of Law where he plans to practice in the field of agro-environmental law; and history graduate Joe Faykosh plans to find employment related to the field of history for a year before beginning study of constitutional law.

There are several prospective graduating Reusché Scholars who have their eye on the future. Among them are Christine Berbelis, an honors linguistics and honors political science major, is planning on attending law school in the autumn of 2007; and Meaghan Kahler, a sophomore majoring in international relations and diplomacy with a minor in dance, hopes to study abroad in Africa and incorporate all of her studies into a future career in helping under-developed nations.