{"id":348492,"date":"2015-04-29T02:33:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T07:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=348492"},"modified":"2015-04-30T02:20:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T07:20:32","slug":"ut-tyler-senior-gets-prestigious-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=348492","title":{"rendered":"UT Tyler Senior Gets Prestigious Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/04\/U-T-Tyler-Sign1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/04\/U-T-Tyler-Sign1-150x91.jpg\" alt=\"U-T Tyler Sign\" width=\"150\" height=\"91\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-348493\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; A senior at The University of Texas at Tyler, Natalie Haynes of Plains, has received a scholarship from The Explorer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Club to study Maya archaeology in Belize. Haynes was awarded a 2015 TEC Youth Exploration Fund scholarship in the amount of $1,500. The club offers scholarships to high school, collegiate and post-graduate students in support of exploration and field research. With the award, Haynes will travel this summer to Belize where she and other student-scholars will assist excavation teams and collect data through the Mayan Research Program. &#8220;I am so grateful for the funding I have received from The Explorer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Club,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Haynes, a social sciences major. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Their generosity will help support me on a trip that I have looked forward to and hoped to have the opportunity to go on for a very long time. I thank them for making this possible for me.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The program offers UT Tyler students and other student scholars worldwide the opportunity to participate in real-world research and study of the Mayan Indian culture through the Blue Creek Archaeological Project at the Blue Creek Research Station in Tulix Mul, Belize.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Natalie is a wonderful, multi-talented student. She is the sixth UT Tyler recipient of TEC Youth Exploration Fund support, ensuring that UT Tyler remains the single, most-awarded university in the country,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said UT Tyler associate professor of anthropology, Thomas Guderjan who will lead the UT Tyler group and co-founded the program in 1992. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Explorer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Club is the most prestigious organization of its kind in the world, having launched polar exploration, Heyerdahl\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Kon Tiki expedition and many others. The Explorer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Club flag has even been with UT Tyler to Central America.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Upon graduation, Haynes plans to attend graduate school to continue her studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; A senior at The University of Texas at Tyler, Natalie Haynes of Plains, has received a scholarship from The Explorer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Club to study Maya archaeology in Belize. Haynes was awarded a 2015 TEC Youth Exploration Fund scholarship in the amount of $1,500. 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