Pictured, from left, are Warsaw Community High School Principal Troy Akers, IU School of Business Assistant Dean Jason VanAlstine, Warsaw Community High School Career Center Principal Ronna Kawsky, senior Ciara Stout, Stout’s mother Amber Dippon, IU Kokomo Director of Admissions Angie Siders, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Managemen IU Kokomo Todd Gambill and WCHS Class of 2018 Vice Principal Angela Huffman.

WARSAW — Warsaw Community High School senior Ciera Stout was surprised with a full-ride scholarship to IU Kokomo on Friday, Dec. 15. Representatives from the university visited the high school to give Stout and her mother, Amber Dippon, the big news.

The Herbert Presidential scholarship will cover all tuition and mandatory fees for four years. The scholarship also encourages study abroad with an additional available stipend and will provide Stout with a laptop.

According to a press release from WCHS, “Stout interviewed with a panel of three faculty members on Dec. 9, in Kokomo. Fifty percent of the score total was weighted on the interview; the other 50 percent was based on Stout’s high school academic credentials.”