Welcome to a new week, Shawnee Mission!
? Today’s forecast: Mostly sunny, with a 40% chance of showers in the evening. High: 66. Low: 45
? One thing to know today
Two college students from Johnson County were awarded the 2023 Resonance Scholarship, earlier this month from Signal Theory and The BrandLab.
Mill Valley High grad Aliya Kisivo, a Shawnee native who is now a freshman studying journalism at the University of Kansas, and Blue Valley Northwest grad Amy Truong, an Overland Park native who is now a junior studying marketing at Kansas State University, each receive $5,000 for the scholarship.
The 2023 Resonance Scholarship is intended to celebrate progress toward more equitable standards in advertising and marketing, according to a press release.
“The Resonance Scholarship is part of our opportunity pillar, as it allows participation in higher education opportunities that traditionally have not been as accessible to young people of color as to the dominant culture in the industry,” said Kelli Williams, CEO of The BrandLab KC.
The two students also receive a paid internship at Signal Theory as part of the award.
More about the recipients:
Kisivo is a first-generation American and serves as secretary of the KU Ad Club, according to the press release. She’s also on the board of the KU Black Student Union and started a podcast as a way to talk about diversity issues in hopes of building open dialogue.
Truong is also a member of the KSU Women in Business Club and Tri-Alpha, the National Honor Society for first-generation college students, according to the press release. She’s a 4.0 student at K-State and is also working toward certificates in marketing technology and data analytics.
Click here to read more about the scholarship and recipients.
? Public meetings Monday
- Fairway Planning Commission, 6 p.m. [View agenda]
- Prairie Village City Council Work Session, 6 p.m. [View agenda]
- Shawnee City Council, 6 p.m. [View agenda]
- Shawnee Mission Board of Education 6 p.m. (Special Public Comment Meeting begins at 5:30 p.m.) [View agenda]
- Overland Park Independent Citizen Advisory Board on Racial Profiling and Non-Biased Policing, 6:30 p.m. [View agenda]
- Merriam City Council, 7 p.m. [View agenda]
- Shawnee City Council Committee, 7 p.m. (begins immediately following city council meeting) [View agenda]
? Post’s top stories since Friday
- ? 5 to Try: Post readers pick JoCo’s best auto shops
- Shawnee Mission hires Lawrence educator to lead diversity efforts
- Mission looks at Sylvester Powell Community Center’s long-term ‘viability’
- 3 men injured in crash after fleeing scene of Shawnee self-storage theft
- Checking in on JoCo’s biggest redevelopment projects: Part 1
? Other local news
- A man recently shot while allegedly trying to break into an AirBnB rental property in north Overland Park has been charged. [Fox 4]
- Overland Park-based NBKC landed the top spot on the Kansas City Business Journals’ annual rankings of the top large banks in the Kansas City area. [Kansas City Business Journal]
- The number of Kansas teenagers who say they drink alcohol or use tobacco has dropped to historically low rates. [Topeka Capital-Journal]
? A thousand words
Merriam Police recently collected more than 105 pounds of old medications to dispose of safely. Nice work! Photo via Twitter.
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