Oklahoma State University chemistry major, Meranda Golbek was recently awarded a 2015-2016 ACS Hatch Land Grant Scholarship.

Clifford and Kitty Hach founded the Hach Company and established the Hach Scientific Foundation in 1982 to encourage students to pursue chemistry at the undergraduate level. Two decades later, the Foundation narrowed its focus in response to the high demand of chemistry education at the secondary level. The new direction resulted in three programs: the Land Grant Scholarship Program for undergraduate chemistry majors seeking a high school teaching career; the Second Career Teacher Scholarship Program for career chemists to become teachers; and the High School Chemistry Grant Program to support high school chemistry teachers in improving the teaching and learning of chemistry in their classrooms.

Along with her Chemistry degree, Golbek is obtaining a Secondary Teacher Certification option through the OSUTeach program with a Pre-Medical focus. She is a dedicated student in the Oklahoma State University Honors College, an active ambassador for the OSUTeach program, a member of the OSUTeach Club, the American Chemical Society, National Residential Hall Honorary, and Pre-Health Club.