Washburn Lawyer, v. 48, no. 1 - Washburn University School of Law

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Fall 2010 Entering Class
FUN FACTS
144 students from 23 different states, spanning the nation from New York to Florida to California to Alaska
• 62 percent are from Kansas • One is a seventh generation Kansan • One is from South Korea, one is from
China, and one is from the Virgin Islands • 66 different undergraduate schools, with the top three being the
University of Kansas (31), Kansas State University (13), and Wichita State (12) • Other undergraduate schools
include Duke, Fordham, George Washington, Purdue, Rice, Spelman and the U.S. Air Force Academy • State
universities include Colorado, Georgia, Minnesota, North Carolina, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and
Wyoming • 6 percent have post-graduate degrees • Average age is 26 years old • Various backgrounds and
experiences: CASA volunteers, homecoming king, mock trial competitors, executive offi cer in the U.S. Air
Force, U.S. Army Captain, former U.S. Marine, numerous Eagle Scouts, missionaries to Chile, Russia, Hong
Kong, China, and Nicaragua, newspaper reporter, member of the Organization for Women Mystery Writers,
mechanical engineer, chemical engineer, pilot, teachers, social workers, and women’s rights advocates • This
class golfs, hunts, fi shes, rides bikes, plays tennis, swims, and runs • Others work on cars, play guitar and
drums, study medieval times, scuba dive, and snow shoe. One spends time screenwriting/fi lmmaking.