Little accepted as 2016 Honors Scholar

May 25, 2016 at 5:00 a.m.

by Staff Reports

Submitted photo Lauren Little, a 2016 graduate of Gentry High School, has been chosen as an Honors Scholar for the fall semester in the Schedler Honors College in at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Little was the valedictorian of the Class of 2016 at Gentry High School and was the recipient of six other scholarships in addition to the Schedler Honors College Scholarship.
Submitted photo Lauren Little, a 2016 graduate of Gentry High School, has been chosen as an Honors Scholar for the fall semester in the Schedler Honors College in at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Little was the valedictorian of the Class of 2016 at Gentry High School and was the recipient of six other scholarships in addition to the Schedler Honors College Scholarship.

GENTRY -- The Norbert O. Schedler Honors College at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway has announced that Lauren Little, of Gentry, has been accepted as a member of the incoming Fall 2016 class of Honors Scholars.

This highly-selective award is made to 75 graduating high school students from Arkansas and elsewhere. Members of the incoming class are selected using the most thorough honors admission process in the nation. This year had the largest applicant pool in the history of the Schedler Honors College, with 687 prospects, of whom 136 underwent full-day interviews on the UCA campus.

Lauren is the daughter of Brian and Melissa Little of Gentry. She is a graduate of Gentry High school, achieving a GPA of 4.1639, and was valedictorian of her class. She is a member of the varsity basketball, volleyball and track team, Gentry High School choir, National Honor Society, Health Occupations Student Association, Odyssey of the Mind and Future Business Leaders of America. She was chosen class secretary and campus queen.

In addition to the Schedler Honors College Scholarship, Lauren has received the following scholarship awards: Gentry Local Scholarship, $1,000; Arvest Bank, $500; Mabel Jordan Memorial Scholarship, $500; GHS FBLA, $300; American Legion Auxiliary, $100; and Gentry United Way, $1,000.

Acceptance into the Schedler Honors College comes with UCA's most prestigious scholarship package, worth over $55,000 over four years, access to a living-learning community in Jefferson W. Farris Honors Hall and participation in a unique interdisciplinary curriculum with ample opportunities for service learning, project-based education, collaborative work, undergraduate research and travel or internship support.

Founded in 1982 by Dr. Norbert O. Schedler, under President Jefferson Farris, the UCA Honors College has graduated more than 1,500 students. Recognized nationwide as a model for its student-centered curriculum, the Honors College seeks to develop high-ability students' capacities for significant scholarship, citizenship and leadership.

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