2018-2019 Departmental Scholarship Awards

The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce the recipients of the departmental scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year. In total, $42,700 has been awarded to nine students. The students were chosen from nearly 40 applicants, and include undergraduate, master’s and PhD students. In addition to scholastic achievement, awardees were selected on the strength of their personal narratives describing their research achievements, participation in department or other academic activities, evidence of teaching excellence, and professional goals.

Four awards were given for the Coyne scholarship. These were given to

Behnaz Moradijamei, a 3^rd year PhD student working with Dr. Higgins
Nelson Walker, an incoming PhD student working with Dr. Hefley
Haoyu Zhang, a 4^th year PhD student working with Dr. Hefley
Congxing Zhou, a 1^st year master’s student working with Dr. Hefley

In addition, six students receive funding from a variety of departmental scholarships. These are

Andrea Garcia, an undergraduate from [???Kansas High School], received the Iman scholarship
Chenshuang Lu, a 4^th year PhD student working with Dr. Hsu, received the Fryer scholarship
Narmadha Mohandumar, a 3^rd year PhD student working with Dr. Hefley, received the Siepman scholarship
Nelson Walker, an incoming PhD student working with Dr. Hefley, received the Statistics scholarship
Jennifer Delzeit, a master’s student working with Dr. Hsu, received the Waller scholarship
Jia Liang, a 4^th year PhD student working with Dr. Song, received the Lin scholarship

All of these awards are made possible by generous support from faculty, staff and alumni of the Statistics department. For more information about these scholarships and other forms of financial assistance, please visit these sites