VCU student receives National Merit Award

By Rachael Pawlowski
VCU Communications and Public Relations

Kate Lewanowicz, a Virginia Commonwealth University sophomore political science major with a minor in media studies, recently was awarded the Merit award from the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

Lewanowicz was one of 50 students nationwide to be presented with the prestigious award and only the third VCU student to receive it.

Merit Award recipients are selected based on how they exemplify the NSCS mission to "honor and inspire academic excellence and engaged citizenship for a lifetime."

“We are pleased to recognize the outstanding academic accomplishments of Kate and the students at Virginia Commonwealth University,” said Stephen E. Loflin, executive director of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

Lewanowicz also was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars is the nation’s premier honor organization for high achieving students. Membership is by invitation only, based on grade point average and class standing.

For more, visit http://www.nscs.org/about-nscs.