NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University student Kacy Young of Shreveport is the recipient of a Jo Anne Trow Scholarship awarded by Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society for First-Year Academic Success. Selection is based on maintaining a 3.5 grade point average, academic records, participation in Alpha Lambda Delta activities, campus and community service and the applicant’s essay answers. Young was awarded $3,000.
Young is majoring in history and hospitality management and tourism with experience working at the Natchitoches Convention and Tourist Bureau, and at Cane River National Heritage Area. She is also employed at a downtown boutique and in NSU’s Office of First Year Experience where she assists with the planning and coordination of Freshman Connection, Color Chaos, Demon Days and other events.
“History is my passion, but I also thoroughly enjoy working with others and event planning. I am very involved in many campus activities as well as serve as one of the student coordinators for our on-campus Food Pantry where I help serve a large variety of students,” she said.
Founded in 1924, Alpha Lambda Delta has over a million lifetime members and is present on over 280 campuses. Alpha Lambda Delta’s mission is to “encourage superior academic achievement, to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning, and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their unique roles in society.”
The Jo Anne J. Trow Scholarship was started in 1988 in honor of a past president of Alpha Lambda Delta. Trow is the former vice president for student services at Oregon State University. She served Alpha Lambda Delta as a district advisor from 1974-1979, as secretary from 1979-1983, as president-elect from 1984-1985 and president from 1985-1988. During her presidency, the society’s governing body, the national council, was restructured to provide more streamlined operations.
