Sara Husher of Winner is one of the candidates for Miss Wesleyan at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell.
The titles of Scotchman and Miss Wesleyan are given to honor two seniors based on campus leadership, service, community leadership, academics and character.
Husher is a biology major and a member of the CHAOS (science club), Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Zeta honor societies and the DWU volleyball team. She has volunteered for new student orientation, the regional science fair and Mitchell animal rescue. Husher was an international health care intern at the Gap Medic program in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and volunteered for a medial portion of the DWU Uganda service learning trip.
She has worked as a research assistant at DWU and as a certified nursing assistant at Firesteel Healthcare for two years. She received the Hughes grant in aid award for educational experiences, the St. Joseph Hospital endowed scholarship award and the S.D. Opportunity grant award.
Husher is the daughter of Linda and Phil Husher of Winner.
After graduation, Husher will work as a post baccalaureate research fellow at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Md, while working on a master in public health degree.
The winners will be announced at an honors convocation on April 27.
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