Emily M. Strout, of Houston, has been awarded the Gammill Family Foundation Scholarship for Nursing School from Missouri State University-West Plains.
Strout, a 1995 graduate of Moi Girls High School in Nairobi, Africa, is a sophomore nursing major at Missouri State-West Plains. She is the daughter of Matoka Michori and Martha Kwamboica, both of Nairobi, Kenya.
MSU-West Plains empowers students to achieve personal success and to enrich their local and global communities by providing accessible, affordable and quality educational opportunities. MSU-West Plains offers associate degrees and credit and non-credit courses, and serves as a delivery site for bachelor’s and master’s degrees offered by Missouri State University in Springfield.