Sawan Fellowship's first recipient to be awarded $6,400 Sawan Fellowship's first recipient to be awarded $6,400

The first recipient of the Maha "Maggie" Sawan Fellowship for Graduate Students at Wichita State University will be announced in an award ceremony at 9:30 a.m. today (Friday, Nov. 11) in the student lounge of the Garvey International Center (corner of Hillside and 17th streets).

The Sawan Fellowship award totals $6,400 for the current academic year, and is to be evenly divided between fall 2011 and spring 2012 semesters, said Armin Gerhard, executive director of the Office of International Education at Wichita State.

Don Beggs, president; Ravi Pendse, chief information officer and executive director of Advanced Networking Research Institute; and Elizabeth King, CEO of the WSU Foundation, will congratulate the fellowship recipient.

The Maha "Maggie" Sawan Fellowship for Graduate Students was established by Edwin Sawan, professor emeritus in electrical engineering and computer science at Wichita State University. It is established in memory of his wife, Maha "Maggie" Sawan, who died in 2010, and honors her lifelong dedication to education and service to family and community.