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Contact: Ralph
Derickson
Wanita
(Nita) Sipe Elison
Her
fellowship begins in January 2005 and will last
eight months. When Elison works for a senator,
congressman or a congressional committee as part
of her fellowship, she will receive $15,000.
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LEXINGTON,
Ky. (Dec. 12, 2003) -- – Wanita
(Nita) Sipe Elison, a University of Kentucky
graduate student and a political science instructor
at Lexington Community College, has been selected
to receive a Congressional Fellowship on Women
and Public Policy from the Women’s
Research and Education Institute, Washington,
D.C.
Her
fellowship begins in January 2005 and will last
eight months. When Elison works for a senator,
congressman or a congressional committee as part
of her fellowship, she will receive $15,000.
Nita
is a graduate of Lexington’s Bryan
Station High School. She has bachelor’s
degrees from Eastern
Kentucky University (history and social studies),
University of Maryland (psychology), and Saint
Leo University (human resources administration).
She has master’s degrees in education from
EKU and in international relations from Troy State
University. She also is a retired U.S. Air Force
captain. She taught for five years at Saint Leo
University, Newport News, Va.
Ernest
Yanarella, UK political
science professor and Elison’s graduate
adviser, said, “I'm very proud of Nita. She
is multi-dimensional. I'm sure she will represent
Lexington and UK very well with Congress.”
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