Mantel among academic award winners

Amanda Mantel was one of nearly 100 students honored with one or more academic awards at the end of the 2021-22 school year at Central Methodist University.

Mantel, of Mountain View, MO, earned the following honors: Dr. George Heslar Leadership and Service Memorial Scholarship, and the John C. Hinkle Scholarship.

Students earning awards were honored by their respective academic departments and were recognized in the program for the May commencement ceremony.

Since its founding in 1854, CMU has evolved into a university that confers master's, bachelor's and associate's degrees through programming on its main campus in Fayette, Mo., and through extension sites and online.