(KAIR)--An intern for the City of Atchison, and senior at Benedictine College, has received a scholarship as she pursues a Master’s in Public Administration, with an emphasis on city/county management.

According to a release from the City of Atchison, Olivia Ortiz has worked as a management intern for Atchison since the spring of 2021. Now, Ortiz earns a Virgil Basgall Scholarship for next year, as she prepares to attend the University of Kansas School of Public Affairs and Administration.

The scholarship was recently awarded as part of the Kansas City/County Management Conference at the University of Kansas, in Lawrence.

Atchison City Manager Amy Finch, in the release, calls Ortiz “a fantastic intern who will no doubt make a great city manager one day,” saying that the scholarship award “is a well deserved honor.”

During her time as intern, Ortiz has, according to the release, “taken on such tasks as running the city’s Citizen’s Academy, supporting and filling in for the city clerk, researching policy issues, and teaching staff newer technology.”

Ortiz is graduating from Benedictine College with majors in Political Science and Philosophy.