Webster Groves' Wunsch named UD Plastino Scholar

2016 Jul 25

Emily Wunsch, an Honors student with a dual major in exercise science and Spanish studies and a minor in chemistry at the University of Delaware, has been named one of six David A. Plastino Scholars for "exhibiting extraordinary talent, promise and imagination."

Funding from the program will enable Wunsch, a senior from Webster Groves, Mo., to assist with health care outreach programs in Latino communities in the U.S. Southwest. She hopes to gain insights into developing a new program in Delaware.

Wunsch and her fellow scholars were welcomed to the program at this year's annual dinner, held May 4 on UD's campus. At that celebration, the program's 2015 scholars gave presentations describing their own now-completed projects.

Established in 2007 by a generous gift from Plastino, a 1978 graduate of UD's College of Arts and Sciences, the Plastino Scholars Program awards grants to undergraduates to support self-designed, off-campus projects reflecting their passion. The awards give students a chance to discover and follow their interests, with projects that might involve research, community service or any other form of personal growth and enrichment.

The amount of each award will depend on the nature of the experience proposed. Except in unusual circumstances, the maximum individual award will be $6,000.