LSU Awarding Tom W. Dutton Scholarship to 10 Students

Award presented to female students for outstanding service

02/20/2020
BATON ROUGE – LSU Campus Life, a department within the Office of the Dean of Students, is awarding the 2019 Tom W. Dutton Scholarship to 10 female students who were nominated for their participation and leadership in campus and community service activities.

2019 Tom W. Dutton Scholarship recipients include:

CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Isiomara Paniagua, senior, social work 

ILLINOIS
Wadsworth, Ill.
Monica Porras, graduate student, higher education administration

LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge, La.
Kaitryana Leinbach, junior, industrial engineering

Gonzales, La.
Aniko Nowakowski, senior, biological sciences

Houma, La.
Jenny Quach, sophomore, biological sciences

Ruston, La.
Elizabeth Guinn, senior, information systems & decision sciences and marketing

NEW YORK
Buffalo, N.Y.
Cheyenne Fouts, senior, renewable natural resources and animal science

BAHAMAS
Nassau
Raeshan Davis, graduate student, Ph.D. in educational leadership & research; higher education administration

MEXICO
Queretaro
Tatiana Gonzalez-Quiroga, senior, international studies and political science

VENEZUELA
Caracas
Nathaly Ysaccis Betancourt, junior, biological engineering

The award is presented annually to female LSU undergraduate or graduate student(s) for their outstanding service to the university community through participation and leadership in community service activities. Additional criteria include full-time status, a 3.0 grade-point average and good academic and disciplinary standing with the university. No student may receive the award more than once while enrolled at LSU.

Award winners will be recognized at the Love Purple, Live Gold Awards on March 31, 2020. The award also carries a $250 or $500 stipend.

The late Tom W. Dutton’s bequest established the award in 1969. Dutton served as a member of the LSU Board of Supervisors from 1940-1967. He also served as the vice chair and the chairman of the Board from 1940-1944 from 1950-1952 respectively. 

LSU Campus Life supports and advises student organizations that uphold the three tenets of Campus Life: Involvement, Leadership and Service. These organizations include Geaux Big Baton Rouge, Homecoming Student Committee, Involvement Krewe, Service Breaks, Student Activities Board and Volunteer LSU. LSU Campus Life also works closely with more than 400 student organizations, countless student organization leaders and organization advisers, and is home to some of LSU’s biggest traditions. LSU Campus Life strives to make LSU an increasingly vibrant campus community.

Visit http://lsu.edu/campuslife for more information. 

 

 

Contact Alison Paz
LSU Campus Life
225-578-5955
apaz6@lsu.edu 

or

Ernie Ballard
LSU Media Relations
225-578-5685
eballa1@lsu.edu