IU names 2009 Wells Scholars

IU announced last week the addition of 18 entering freshmen and two current IU juniors as Wells Scholars.

The scholarship was created in honor of the late IU Chancellor Herman B Wells, and scholars have gone on to win more than 50 national and international scholarships, fellowships and grants, according to an IU press release.

Incoming freshmen Wells Scholars receive paid full tuition and course-related fees, as well as a living stipend, for four years of undergraduate study on the Bloomington campus. Recipients who are students at IU already receive paid tuition, fees and a stipend for their remaining undergraduate years, according to a press release.

The Wells program also offers special seminars; an optional year of study abroad; support for a summer research or service project, creative activity or internship; and a wide range of extracurricular events and activities.

Freshmen Wells Scholars are nominated by their high schools or the IU Office of Admissions and are selected for having demonstrated exceptional qualities of character, leadership and distinction both inside and outside of the classroom. Current-student Wells Scholars are nominated by IU-Bloomington faculty, according to a press release.