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Engineers Without Borders at MSU one of four finalists for $20,000 national award

The student-led chapter of Engineers Without Borders http://www.ewb-msu.org/ at Montana State University has won regional recognition for its work in bringing clean water to Kenyan schools and is now one of four finalists nationally vying for a $20,000 prize. (To view a slideshow of EWB at MSU’s work, click here http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9445.)

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, APLU, recently announced http://www.aplu.org/page.aspx?pid=2034 that EWB at MSU won one of four W.K. Kellogg Outreach Scholarship Awards. It will now compete against community outreach programs at Michigan State University, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Tennessee Knoxville for the C. Peter Magrath University/Community Engagement Award. The Magrath award carries at $20,000 prize.

EWB at MSU will be presented with the Kellogg award the 12th Annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference, Oct. 24, at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing, Mich. The Kellogg award comes with a $5,000 prize to be used for the group’s efforts.

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwprint.php?article=9867

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