CEAT names 2017 W.W. Allen Scholars

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

(STILLWATER, Okla., March 21, 2017) – Jennifer Litchfield, Oklahoma City, and Wade Witcher, Brown Arrow, OK, have been selected for the prestigious W.W. Allen Scholars Program at Oklahoma State University. The program is designed for top academic students, who also show significant promise in leadership and career ambition.  

The W.W. Allen Scholars program was formed to develop some of the nation's top engineering graduates. This elite award includes more than $135,000 in scholarship, enrichment activities, professional development and national and international travel, followed by full tuition and housing for one year to pursue a Master of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Litchfield is a senior at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City, OK, and is the daughter of Bruce and Linda Litchfield. She plans to major in biosystems engineering and minor in political science at OSU. She serves as team captain for her school’s swim team in addition to holding positions in the National Honor Society and Oklahoma Girls State organizations. She interned for United States Senator James Lankford and has volunteered her time with Youth in Action and Key Club.

“My goals are simply to give 100 percent of my effort, so I can maximize my educational experience,” says Litchfield. “In return, I expect that OSU will fully equip me with the tools I need to be successful post-graduation.”

Witcher will graduate from Union High School in Tulsa, OK, and is the son of Joel and Lisa Witcher. He is planning to study chemical engineering and minor in business management at OSU. He holds distinctions as a Chemistry Science Olympiad, member of Mu Alpha Theta and a Union Legacy Committee member. Additionally, he is a member of the boy’s golf team and volunteers his time at the local Vacation Bible School and on international mission trips.

“I hope my education at OSU produces more than just a degree,” says Witcher. “I hope to be involved in making an impact on the university in the same way it will make an enormous impact on me. I hope to learn from this program to develop skills that are crucial to being a well-rounded, effective engineer.”

Litchfield and Witcher will join the current W.W. Allen Scholars in fall 2017.

“I am pleased to welcome two new outstanding engineering students to our W.W. Allen Scholars Program,” says W. Wayne Allen, scholarship founder. “We hope to give them leadership opportunities while at OSU, plus provide top-level foreign education experiences. Our goal is to prepare them to be as successful personally and professionally as they are academically.”

For more information about the W.W. Allen Scholars Program, go to http://www.ceat.okstate.edu/scholarships/w-w-allen-scholars-program.

For more information on the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at OSU, visit www.ceat.okstate.edu.