Ten Kansas University undergraduate students have been chosen to serve as Hall Center Scholars for the upcoming school year.

These students, whose interests represent a wide array of disciplines, will have exclusive opportunities to interact with the authors, scholars and public intellectuals who speak in the Hall Center Humanities Lecture Series.

The 2014-2015 Hall Center Scholars are:

• Saran Davaajargal, a sophomore in economics and mathematics from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

• Emma Halling, a senior in American studies and women, gender & sexuality studies from Elkhart, Ind.

• Alex Kong, a senior in pharmaceutical studies from Lawrence

• Alexander Kuhn, a senior in history and Russian, East European & Eurasian studies from Shawnee

• Leigh Loving, a senior in genetics, from McPherson and from Mendota Heights, Minn.

• Micah Melia, a senior in anthropology from Prairie Village

• Cassandra Osei, a senior in history and Latin American & Caribbean studies from Shawnee

• Julia Reynolds, a junior in the history of art from Knoxville, Tenn.

• Sebastian Schoneich, a senior in biochemistry and philosophy from Lawrence

• Corbin Stephens, a senior in economics and pre-med from Colby

The Humanities Lecture Series speakers for 2014-2015 will be Katherine Boo, John Symons, Amy Wilentz, Anna Deavere Smith, Natasha Trethewey and James Oakes.

For more information on the Hall Center Scholar program or the Humanities Lecture Series, contact the Hall Center at 864-4798 or hallcenter@ku.edu.