 AUSTIN, Texas - Waxahachie area student, Neven Simpson, has been selected to receive the prestigious Texas Exes Award for Scholarship and Leadership. Simpson attended Waxahachie High School where she was captain of the volleyball team and president of the school's community service organization, Interact Club. Neven was also very involved in the Waxahachie community, volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, the Special Olympics and numerous other organizations. She will enter The University of Texas at Austin in August and plans to study communications.
Neven was also very involved in the Waxahachie community, volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, the Special Olympics and numerous other organizations. She will enter The University of Texas at Austin in August and plans to study communications. The Texas Exes Awards for Scholarship and Leadership were established in 1982 to help The University of Texas at Austin to be more competitive in attracting top high school graduates. Funded through ten named endowments, awards of up to $10,000 per year for 4 years are given annually to high school seniors in the top 5% of their classes academically who also demonstrate outstanding leadership qualities. This special group participates in many activities and social gatherings hosted by the Texas Exes such as annual spring trips, holiday parties, end of semester lunches, and opportunities to meet with their scholarship donors. Simpson, along with four other students, will be presented with the scholarship at a dinner to be held in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on the University of Texas at Austin campus in September. Last year the Texas Exes awarded $1.66 million in scholarships to 675 students. The Texas Exes was founded in 1885 to praise, promote, and protect the university. Today there are nearly 85,000 members whom the association strives to connect to each other and to the past, present, and future of the university through career counseling, travel, reunions, continuing education, fellowship, and The Alcalde magazine.
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