ND senior named to USA Today academic team | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › ND senior named to USA Today academic team ND senior named to USA Today academic team Published: February 14, 2007 Author: Kyle Chamberlin Megan Towle, a University of Notre Dame senior fromLeawood,Kan., has been named to the 2007 All-USA College Academic third team by the national newspaper USA Today. Her accomplishment is recognized in a profile appearing in the Feb. 15 print edition of the paper as well as on the Web at http://allstars.usatoday.com/ . An honors anthropology and international peace studies major, Towle has been a member of the Deans List each semester at Notre Dame. She is a co-founder of the Touching Tiny Lives Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting a program for children fromLesotho,South Africa, affected by HIV/AIDS. Towle also recently was awarded theBritishSchoolsand Universities Foundation Marshall Scholarship, allowing her to pursue a graduate degree in humanitarian studies at theUniversityofLiverpool. USA Today has been recognizing outstanding undergraduates for 18 years with its All-USA College Academic Team Program. The newspaper names 20 students each to its first, second and third teams based on academics, breadth and depth of activities and leadership, and how they have extended their academic skills beyond the classroom. TopicID: 21306 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn