News release
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA — Sachin Dhanda of Hays was recently awarded a Love of Learning Award worth $1,000 from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
Dhanda is one of 200 recipients to receive the award.
Love of Learning Awards are designed to help fund post-baccalaureate professional development for active Phi Kappa Phi members including graduate or professional studies, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, travel related to teaching and research, career development and more.
Dhanda, graduate research assistant at Kansas State University, will use funds from the award to travel to the 2023 annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as the 2024 annual meeting of the Weed Science Society of America in San Antonio, Texas.
Dhanda was initiated into Phi Kappa Phi in 2023 at Kansas State University.
Established in 2007, the Love of Learning program, which gives 200 awards annually, doubled its funding this year and saw a 50% increase in applicants.
The selection process for a Love of Learning Award is based on the applicant's academic achievement, campus and community service, intended use of award funds as it relates to academic and career goals, and a personal statement.