THREE PUPILS AT SOUTHEAST EARN TRUMAN HONOR

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Three students at Southeast Missouri State University have been designated as Harry S. Truman Scholars for 1991 and are entered in the national scholarship competition.

The students are Thomas Hubbard, Cape Girardeau; Kimberly Kunz, St. Louis; and Stephanie Meyers, Freeport, Ill.

Each year, colleges and universities across the nation nominate outstanding third-year students who are seeking to pursue a public service career.

At least one person from each state will receive a scholarship. Those selected will receive up to $30,000 for tuition, fees, books and room and board expenses for their senior year and two years of graduate school.

Scholarship recipients will be recognized at a ceremony in May at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence.

Hubbard is a computer science major who hopes to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Illinois and secure a position with the Department of State or the Department of Defense.

A graduate of Pine Forest High School in Fayetteville, N.C., Hubbard completed two years of college in Seoul, South Korea. He spent one year in Germany, and has been a student at Southeast for the past three semesters.

Kunz graduated from Parkway North High School in 1988 and has been at Southeast since August 1989.

She previously attended the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Florissant Valley Community College.

She is a marketing major who has served as president of the Marketing Club; was named to Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities; and plans to pursue a graduate program at Washington University in St. Louis.

A high school exchange student in Stuttgart, Germany, Kunz has her professional goals set on a career with the Better Business Bureau or U.S. government in marketing and advertising research. Kunz has a 3.6 grade point average in three semesters at Southeast.

Stephanie Meyers is a junior at Southeast with a double major in history and political science. She is a 1988 graduate of Freeport (Ill.) High School. She carries a 3.974 GPA at Southeast.

Meyers has her sights set on graduate work at the University of Illinois, followed by a public service career in behalf of elderly or disadvantaged senior citizens.

A member of Who's Who Among American College Students and recipient of an Earl Gramling Scholarship, she is coordinator of the University Visitor Guide Program.

She also serves as president of the Political Science Club on campus. Last summer, she worked with the U.S. Census Bureau as a census enumerator.