Source: Shannon Connolly, 785-395-2249, srjc@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Andy Badeker, 785-532-6415, abadeker@k-state.edu
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008
K-STATER WINS SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDY IN FRANCE
MANHATTAN -- A violin-playing anthropology student at Kansas State University will spend this summer studying French language and literature in Avignon courtesy of an honor society scholarship sponsored by the Institute of American Universities.
Shannon R. Connolly, senior in anthropology and French, Overland Park, has won a Joseph W. Yedlicka Award from Pi Delta Phi, an honor society devoted to promoting French language and culture. The award will cover tuition and travel to the southern French city, famous for its architecture and its annual summer theater festival.
At K-State, Connolly has been a violinist with the K-State Orchestra and an associated chamber group that will tour England and Scotland over spring break in March. She performs as a dancer with the department of speech communication, theater and dance, and has been treasurer of the K-State French Club. A K-State honors list student, she also belongs to the Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key honor societies.
Connolly is a graduate of Shawnee Mission South High School. She is the daughter of Jacklyn and Matthew Connolly, Overland Park.