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Prestigious Scholarships Recipient Archives

2022-23 Awards

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Caden Williams, Environmental Science & Management; Geology
     

Critical Language Scholarship

  • Savannah Ealy (Chinese), Linguistics
  • Eric Hickerson (Swahili), Plant Sciences
  • Anushka Kulkarni (Bangla), Music
  • Zachary Houghton (Korean), Linguistics (Finalist)
  • Moriah Shih (Chinese), Global Disease Biology (Finalist)
  • +2 recipients and 2 finalists who prefer not to be listed
     

DAAD RISE Scholarship

  • Aaron Guerra, Environmental Policy Analysis & Planning; Environmental Science & Management; Political Science Public Service
     

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship

  • Chiran Shunmugam, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Aman Singla, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
     

Freeman-ASIA Scholarship

  • Keller Kramer, International Relations; Agricultural & Environmental Technology

 

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award

  • Savannah Ealy (Taiwan), Linguistics
  • Rivka Keith (Spain), Psychology
  • Kevin Palacios (Spain), Political Science
  • Moriah Shih (Taiwan), Global Disease Biology
  • Aubrey Schoeman (Greece), Theatre & Dance; History (Finalist)
  • +1 recipient and 1 finalist who prefer not to be listed

Graduate Degree Award

  • 2 finalists who prefer not to be listed

Ministry of Education and Culture Award

  • Danielle Galietti (Iceland), Fine Arts (Finalist)

Research Program Award

  • Colette Curran (Argentina), Landscape Architecture
  • Elise Reynolds (Ghana), Nutritional Biology
  • Marie Fleming (Madagascar), Ecology (Finalist)
  • Marika Miner (Kyrgyzstan), Political Science (Finalist)
  • Sarah Niederholzer (Australia), Anthropology (Finalist)
  • Danielle Steffen (Denmark), Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular & Development Biology (Finalist)
  • Anamaria Trujillo (Colombia), Anthropology (Finalist)
  • Nicole Yang (Belgium), Sustainable Environmental Design (Finalist)
  • +1 recipient and 2 finalists who prefer not to be listed

Urban Planning & Sustainable Design Award

  • Andrea Nguyen (Singapore), Transportation, Technology & Policy (Finalist)


Kanders Churchill Scholarship

  • 1 finalist who prefers not to be listed


Marshall Scholarship

  • Ibrahim Dagher, Philosophy (Finalist)


Quad Fellowship

  • Sophia Simon, Ecology
     

Rhodes Scholarship

  • Ibrahim Dagher, Philosophy (Finalist)


Schwarzman Scholarship

  • Sandra Kim, Philosophy (Finalist)

 

2021-22 Awards

Critical Language Scholarship

  • Gurshan Rai (Punjabi), Cellular Biology
  • Moriah Shih (Chinese), Global Disease Biology
  • Charles Sills (Arabic), History
  • Carlie Rae Whiteman (Portuguese), Communications
  • + 1 recipient who prefers not to be named
  • + 2 finalists
     

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Debate Coach Trainer

  • 1 finalist

English Teaching Assistant Award

  • Andrew Ngo (Mexico), Global Disease Biology
  • Anna Kristina Moseidjord (Colombia), English, History    
  • Diana Garcia (Mexico), History, Economics
  • Hope Fisher (Colombia), Hydrology
  • Michael Wheeler (Germany), History, Economics

Graduate Degree Award

  • Teja Dusanapudi (United Kingdom), English, American Studies
  • Brittaney Key (Iceland), International Relations
  • + 3 finalists

Research Program Award

  • Aaron Anderson (Italy), Horticulture and Agronomy
  • Patrick Cunningham (Germany), Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Melissa Taha (Jordan), Chemical Engineering
  • Christina Thomas (New Zealand), Native American Studies
  • + 4 finalists
     

Fulbright US-UK Summer Institutes

  • 1 finalist
     

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Lynnette Hersh, Psychology
  • Neeraj Senthil, Biomedical Engineering

2020-21 Awards

Critical Language Scholarship

  • Marium Khan (Urdu), Cognitive Science
  • Camille Randolph (Arabic), International Relations
  • Alisha Singh (Punjabi), Political Science/Public Service, Statistics
  • Jason Sutherland (Japanese), Animal Science, Japanese
  • Aron Tillema (Arabic), Study of Religion
  • Sunny Yan (Chinese), History
  • + 2 finalists

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award

  • Trevor Brandon-Harris (Andorra), Linguistics, Computer Science
  • Meghan Crebbin-Coates (Netherlands), Art Studio, Theatre and Dance    
  • Hanna Rivera (Spain), International Relations
  • Alisha Singh (Spain), Political Science/Public Service, Science and Technology Studies
  • Lauren Low (Alternate/India), Community and Regional Development
  • Phoua Yang (Alternate/Thailand), Genetics and Genomics
  • + 3 finalists

Graduate Degree Award

  • Tiger Garcia (United Kingdom), Managerial Economics
  • + 1 finalist

Research Program Award

  • Tiffany Chen (Vietnam), Animal Science
  • + 7 finalists
     

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Keely Ji, Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Maya Mysore, Biomedical Engineering
     

Knight-Hennessy Scholarship

  • 1 finalist
     

Marshall Scholarship

  • Naomi Murray, Evolution, Ecology & Biodiversity
  • Valencia Scott, Anthropology, International Relations
     

Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship

  • Nina Forest, International Relations
     

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship

  • Chidubem Nnaji, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Rishi Sharma, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
     

Udall Undergraduate Scholarship

  • Janae Bonnell, Environmental Toxicology

2019-20 Awards

Critical Language Scholarship

  • Nancy Juarez, (Arabic), International Agricultural Development
  • + 2 finalists
     

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award

  • Jenna DeKeater (Malaysia), Anthropology
  • Sage Lauwerys (Spain), Human Development, Spanish
  • + 4 finalists        

Research Program Award

  • Martha Delaney (Germany), Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • James “Huck” Rees (Fiji), History, Geology
  • +5 finalists
     

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

  • Jumana Esau, English
  • + 1 finalist
     

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Naomi Murray, Evolution, Ecology & Biodiversity
  • Jayashri Viswanathan, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
     

Knight-Hennessy Scholarship

  • + 1 finalist
     

Rhodes Scholarship

  • Julianne Cravotto, History, Political Science (Finalist)
     

Schwarzman Scholarship

  • + 2 finalists
     

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship

  • Alejandro Cervantes, Political Science/Public Service, Economics
  • Harjeet Mann, Biological Sciences
  • Sukhdev Mann, Biological Sciences
     

Udall Undergraduate Scholarship

  • Frances Neill, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems, Environment (Honorable Mention)

2018-19 Awards

Critical Language Scholarship

  • Esther Hsu (Japanese), Japanese, English
  • Beshara Kehdi (Arabic), Cultural Studies
  • Marika Miner (Chinese), Political Science
  • Siena Belda (Chinese) (Finalist), Economics
  • +2 finalists

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Graduate Degree Award

  • Kimberly Boyle, International Relations, Netherlands – Maastricht University
  • Jasmine Stoltzfus, International Relations, United Kingdom – Queen’s University Belfast Award in Global Security and Borders
  • +3 finalists

English Teaching Assistant Award

  • Araiba Khan (Malaysia), International Relations
  • Elizabeth Lee (South Korea), Communication
  • Tammy Tang (Taiwan), Sociology, Chinese
  • +7 finalists

Research Program Award

  • Cristina Fries (Argentina), English
  • Giulia Galo (Belgium), Anthropology
  • Sarah Hart (Colombia), Performance Studies
  • Ashley Serpa-Flack (Portugal), History
     

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

  • Nitika Mummidivarapu, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
     

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Analisa Milkey, Biological Sciences
     

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship

  • Wai Lone (Jonathan) Ho, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

2017-18 Awards

Critical Language Scholarship

  • Andrew Johnson (Persian)
  • +1 finalist

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Graduate Degree Award

  • Brian Lee, Economics, Taiwan – National Taiwan University Award in Agricultural Economics
  • +2 finalists

English Teaching Assistant Award

  • Ashley Bernardo (Malaysia), Biological Sciences
  • Olivia Coffman (Sri Lanka), International Relations
  • Monserrat Garcia (Spain), Sociology
  • Katelyn Guy (Mexico), Political Science, Spanish
  • Jacqueline Kingsley (Czech Republic), Community Development
  • Gopika Mavalankar (Spain), International Relations
  • Evelyn Vasquez (Mexico), English
  • +1 finalist

Research Program Award

  • Catherine Harvey (Spain), Materials Science & Engineering
  • Daniela Peguero (South Africa), Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Nicholas Robinson (Iceland), Geography
  • Maria Sanchez (Austria), Global Disease Biology (Combined Community Grant)
  • +1 finalist
     

Fulbright US-UK Summer Institutes

  • Jillian Nguyen, Cinema and Digital Media, Communication
     

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Joleen Cheah, Biological Sciences
  • Osamu Yasui, Biomedical Engineering
     

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship

  • Gabriella Mukai, Animal Science
     

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship

  • Kausalya Raman, Design, Economics
     

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

  • Julianne Cravotto, History, Political Science (Finalist)

2016-17 Awards

David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship

  • Asher Lazarus, International Agricultural Development
     

Critical Language Scholarship

  • Sarah Gilkerson (Arabic), History
  • Erin Humphreys (Arabic), International Relations
  • Tammy Tang (Chinese), Sociology, Chinese
  • +2 finalists
     

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Graduate Degree Award

  • +3 finalists

English Teaching Assistant Award

  • Amanda Eke (Malta), Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
  • April Kersh (Germany), English
  • Joshua Paull (Colombia), History, International Relations
  • Ana Skomal (Malaysia), Food Science
  • +1 finalist

Research Program Award

  • Nina Fontana (Ukraine), Ecology
  • Jennifer Hoover (India), Textiles
  • Gillian Irwin (Indonesia), Music
  • +4 finalists
     

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Joy Doong, Biomedical Engineering (Honorable Mention)
  • Lara Ibrahim, Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Honorable Mention)
  • Aron Sarmasi, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science (Honorable Mention)
     

Marshall Scholarship

  • Zion Mengesha, Linguistics, Philosophy (Finalist)
     

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship

  • Catherine Rivas, Global Disease Biology
  • Ioannis Kournoutas, Psychology
  • Sina Zarandi, Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior

2015-16 Awards

Critical Language Scholarship

  • John Kevin Dayao (Chinese), Cognitive Science
  • Chiara Therese Macaraig (Korean), Psychology
  • Kamaal Thomas (Chinese), International Relations
  • Joanne Torres (Chinese), Chinese, Communication
  • +1 finalist
     

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award

  • Natalie Boyd (Germany), English, Linguistics
  • Albion Fitzgerald (Italy), English
  • Estevan Sanchez (Morocco), African American and African Studies, History
  • Rebekah Solomon (Spain), Human Development, Spanish

Research Program Award

  • Courtney Jallo (Sri Lanka), International Agricultural Development
  • Bradley Petkus (Switzerland), Chemical Engineering
  • +3 finalists
     

Fulbright US-UK Summer Institutes

  • Julianne Cravotto, History, Political Science
     

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Kimberley Berg, Genetics and Genomics (Honorable Mention)
  • Lara Ibrahim, Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Honorable Mention)
     

Marshall Scholarship

  • Aaron Hsu, Mathematics, Statistics (Finalist)
  • Estevan Sanchez, African American and African Studies, History (Finalist)
     

Rhodes Scholarship

  • David Belcher, Political Science (Finalist)
     

Schwarzman Scholarship

  • James Rizzo, Political Science
     

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

  • Jessica Jones, Community and Regional Development (Finalist)
     

Udall Undergraduate Scholarship

  • Shanice Britton, Animal Science, Tribal Public Policy (Honorable Mention)

2014-15 Awards

Critical Language Scholarship

  • Jacob Adams (Arabic), International Relations, Linguistics
     

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award

  • Emily Moline (Spain), Linguistics
  • +1 finalist

Research Program Award

  • Megan Ammirati (China), CGOM
  • Lacie Feller (Germany), Biomedical Engineering
  • David Jefferson (Ecuador), Law
  • Cheng Su (China), Agricultural & Resource Economics
  • Christine Sur (Indonesia), Ecology
  • Caitlin Watt (Spain), Integrative Genetics & Genomics
  • +4 finalists
     

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Atrin Toussi, Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, Religious Studies
  • Jessica West, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  (Honorable Mention)
     

Marshall Scholarship

  • Caroline Vissers, Animal Science (Finalist)
     

Rhodes Scholarship

  • Caroline Vissers, Animal Science (Finalist)
     

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship

  • Lauren Salinero, Biotechnology
     

Udall Undergraduate Scholarship

  • Jessica Jones, Community and Regional Development, Environment (Honorable Mention)

2013-14 Awards

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Andrew Magee, Animal Biology
  • James Lucas, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honorable Mention)
     

National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship

  • Abraham Corrales, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
     

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship

  • Anna Peare, Community and Regional Development
     

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

  • Scott Blood, Political Science Public Service (Finalist)