Felly Chiteng Kot, Ph.D. student in higher education in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, has received a scholarship award from The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Minnesota. The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America actively promotes our national heritage through historic preservation, patriotic service, and educational projects. The NSCDA, founded in 1891, is an unincorporated association of 45 corporate societies with over 15,000 members. Chiteng Kot is conducting his doctoral research on the topic of university partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa.