MANHATTAN — Riley Burbank, junior in elementary education from St. John, has received the Marie O. Ronen Scholarship from Kansas State University. Riley is the daughter of Jill Burbank and Roger Burbank.

This annual award was established by Jim and Cibyl Ronen, also of St. John, in memory of Jim’s mother, a former teacher who expected all A’s from her students, especially her son.

Jim graduated from Emporia State Teachers College in 1960 with a degree in business. He worked for the First National Bank and Trust of St. John for 44 years and was president of the bank when he retired in 1994. Cibyl (Teichman) Ronen graduated in 1960 from what was then K-State’s College of Human Ecology — now the Health and Human Sciences. Jim and Cibyl have two grown children, Brent and Shelby (Bauer). Shelby also graduated from K-State with a degree in social work in 1991. Both mother and daughter were active in the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Brent graduated from Fort Hays State University with a communications degree in 1987.

Eligible students of the Marie O. Ronen Scholarship must be graduates of USD 350 and maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. The recipient may receive the scholarship for up to five years.

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