Five members of freshman honor society receive national scholarships

This year, the Florida State University chapter of Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society has received the most scholarships ever awarded to a university by the freshman honor society's national office, including its top award.

Juliana Crump (pictured at left) of Miami Shores, Fla., who graduated from Florida State in April with bachelor's degrees in political science and sociology, received Phi Eta Sigma's top honor, the 2012 Thomas Arkle Clarke National Scholar Leader of the Year Award. The $10,000 scholarship is awarded to one student a year.

Crump is the third Florida State student to receive the prestigious award since it was established in 2006. She plans to attend George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration in Washington, D.C., and then pursue a career in public administration.