Westminster Senior Wins Scholarship

Brandon Terlouw, of Chesterfield, and a senior at , has been offered the Chancellor's Scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year from Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, MO.

Matthew Lafever of Chesterfield, a senior at Desmet Jesuit High School and Gavin Weis of Ballwin, a senior at Marquette High School were also selected.

The Chancellor's Scholarship is for $12,000 and is renewable annually as long as the student maintains a grade point average of 3.5 or better.

To qualify for the scholarship, a student must be a Missouri resident, rank in the upper 10 percent of their high school graduation class and have ACT composite scores of 30 or better. The student must also complete a 750-word essay and a 200-word analysis of their leadership activities.

Founded in 1870 as one of the first technological universities west of the Mississippi River, Missouri S&T is one of four campuses of the University of Missouri System and one of the nation's leading technological research universities. More information about Missouri S&T is available at www.mst.edu.