K20 Scholar Quyen Nguyen explains light refraction to a young visitor at the National Weather Festival.

Four Oklahoma students are recent additions to the University of Oklahoma K20 Center’s energy scholars program. The program offers scholarships to high school graduates from K20 network schools entering OU to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering and math.

Cody Bryan, Broken Bow; Becca Castleberry, Chickasha; David Nelson, Norman; and, Michael Slemmons, Norman were awarded the scholarships based on their high school academic achievements, leadership and community involvement.

The K20 Scholars program provides four-year scholarships and a one-time award for a laptop computer for each student. In addition, the scholar receives money to design and implement a service-learning project in the student’s local community.
Learn more about the K20 Scholar program.

Senior K20 energy scholars are beginning to conduct their service-learning project. Steven Castleberry is bringing back a science fair for students at Grand Avenue Elementary in Chickasha. While Garret Gann, BreAnna Watterson, and Aimee Yousey are reaching out to middle schoolers at Longfellow Middle School in Norman to get them interested in professional science and mathematics fields.