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Future Iowa State engineering students awarded Gates Millennium Scholarships

 

Jonathan DeBarge Morgan, ME, and Donathan LeBarge Morgan, EE, twin brothers from Kansas City who have elected to attend Iowa State in the fall, have both received Gates Millennium Scholarships from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In addition, Donathan has been selected to receive a college E2020 scholarship. The brothers were featured in the stltoday.com article "Mirror-image twins in Kansas City are rare winners of a Gates scholarship."

The Morgan twins were recruited to Iowa State by Derrick Rollins, assistant dean for diversity in the College of Engineering, who is stepping up recruiting efforts among underrepresented populations.

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