Anna Cumming, an Honors College senior majoring in history and political science in the College of Social Science, has been selected as a finalist for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation established the Gates Cambridge Trust for the purpose of awarding scholarships to enable the brightest of the world’s young leaders […]
A Michigan State University alumna and a senior have earned prestigious scholarships to pursue graduate study abroad. Clara Lepard, an Honors College alumna who earned a degree in zoology in 2017 from the College of Natural Science, has earned a Rhodes Scholarship. And Celia Hallan, an Honors College senior majoring in international relations in James Madison […]
Abigail Shotwell, an Honors College senior majoring in microbiology in Lyman Briggs College, has been nominated by Michigan State University for the Churchill Scholarship – a nationally competitive STEM award that pays for graduate school in the United Kingdom. Established in 1959, the Winston Churchill Foundation’s Scholarship Program offers 14 American students of exceptional ability and outstanding […]
Two Michigan State University undergraduate students and one alumna are finalists for two respected awards – the Mitchell Scholarship and Rhodes Scholarship. Celia Hallan, an Honors College senior majoring in international relations in the James Madison College and environmental geography in the College of Social Science, has been named a finalist for the nationally competitive […]
East Lansing, Michigan – The Udall Foundation has awarded Michigan State University undergraduate Ashley Archer an honorable mention for the nationally competitive Udall Scholarship. The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college sophomores and juniors for leadership, public service, and commitment to environmental problems or issues in American Indian nations. Each year, the foundation awards scholarships to 60 outstanding […]
Michigan State University undergraduate student Amber DeJohn has earned the nationally competitive Beinecke Scholarship, which pays for graduate studies in the arts, humanities and social sciences. DeJohn is an Honors College junior majoring in political theory and constitutional democracy in James Madison College and economic geography in the College of Social Science. She is MSU’s 3rd Beinecke […]
Two Michigan State University Honors College students – mechanical engineering junior Michael Bigelow and microbiology junior Abigail Shotwell – have received honorable mentions for the nationally competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The National and International Fellowships and Scholarships (NIFS) Office, administered by the Honors College, helps interested undergraduate and graduate students to pursue major national and international […]
Fifteen outstanding undergraduate students, graduate students and alumni from Michigan State University have been selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), along with thirteen honorable mentions. The program is the country’s oldest graduate fellowship program that directly supports graduate students in various STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. NSF Graduate Research Fellows […]
Rebecca Carlson, a graduating senior at Michigan State University, has been named a Hertz Fellow – one of only 12 selected nationwide. The Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award is awarded to students pursuing an advanced degree in the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences. The foundation received 721 applications from students across the country planning to earn […]
Michigan State University has nominated a current Udall Scholar and an honorable mention from last year for the nationally competitive Udall Scholarship. The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college sophomores and juniors for leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to American Indian nations or to the environment. Each year, the foundation awards up to $7,000 for […]
