2021 Scholars

August 31: Carmen Del Real, master's student in veterinary biomedical science, Christa Griffin, junior in aeronautical technology, Emmanuel "Manny" Ugwuegbu, junior in biology and pre-medicine, Shyanne Jones, senior in agricultural education, and Cory Gamblin, master's student in architecture were selected for the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. They all received opportunities to further their education abroad.

July 20: Congratulations to Lauren Ailslieger, May 2021 graduate in Economics with a secondary major in International Studies. She has been awarded an $8,500 Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship in support of her graduate education.

May 13: Lydia Waner, junior in fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology, biology, and Spanish; and Brett LaFleur, junior in interior design, have earned an honorable mention in the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Scholarship competition.

May 4: Three students and one alumna have been recognized by the https://us.fulbrightonline.org/ for travel abroad in the next academic year. Kya Crocker, senior in anthropology, and Cole Wilson, senior in biochemistry, are Fulbright award grantees. Geneva Fink, a December 2020 graduate in human development and family science, and Lindsay Curl, 2017 graduate in biology, are Fulbright alternates.

April 14: Broderick Sieh, junior in mechanical engineering, was awarded a $7,500 scholarship from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy Integrated University Program.

March 31: Arnaldo X. Torres-Hernandez, graduate student in chemistry, earned an honorable mention in the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. This fellowship supports outstanding students conducting STEM research.

March 30: Matt Wade, junior in Political Science with a minor in Middle East studies, has received a 2021 Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic in the summer of 2021. The CLS funds immersive summer language study in 15 different foreign languages.

February 4: Two pre-veterinary students awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to study abroad. Destiny Serrano, senior, will be working in Thailand, and Caitlin Snyder, sophomore, will be working in South Africa.