Michigan State University Honors College member David Zoltowski has been named a finalist for the Churchill Scholarship. Established in 1959, the Winston Churchill Foundation’s Scholarship Program offers 14 American students of exceptional ability and outstanding achievement the opportunity to pursue graduate degrees in engineering, mathematics, or the sciences in Churchill College at the University of Cambridge in […]
David Zoltowski, an Honors College member and captain of the Michigan State University men’s swim team, is a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship. Zoltowski has been selected to interview for the scholarship in Indianapolis on November 22. The Rhodes Trust, the oldest of the major international competitive award foundations, provides 32 of the most outstanding […]
Michigan State University Honors College members Irina Pushel and David Zoltowski have been nominated for a prestigious scholarship award – the Churchill Scholarship. Pushel is a senior majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology/biotechnology in the College of Natural Science. Zoltowski is a senior majoring in electrical engineering in the College of Engineering. Pushel immigrated to […]
Kent Dell, an Iraq War veteran and senior in the Michigan State University Honors College, has been accepted into the Presidential Fellows Program. Dell is MSU’s 8th Presidential Fellows Program winner. He graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in public policy and is now pursuing his master’s degree in public policy through the Department of […]
Rebecca (Becca) Farnum, Michigan State University’s Marshall Scholar from 2012, recently celebrated the program’s 60th anniversary at a reception attended by the Prince of Wales. The event was held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, United Kingdom. “The Marshall Scholarship is, at its core, about forming relationships between people. The 60th Anniversary reception was a […]
Arabic, Mandarin and Korean are the languages four Michigan State University students will study abroad as recent recipients of a Boren Scholarship. This year 868 applications were received from undergraduate students across the country and 165 David L. Boren Scholarships were awarded. Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in […]
Eighteen National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows from Michigan State University have been selected for 2014 – the largest class of fellows at MSU since the program began in 1952. There are 31 fellows active on the East Lansing campus, which is also a record-setting number for the university. “I’m very proud of our […]
Craig Pearson, Michigan State University’s 16th Marshall Scholar, has been admitted into the National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars program. In the fall, Pearson will begin his doctorate in clinical neurosciences at the University of Cambridge funded by the Marshall Scholarship. His final two years will be spent working with a co-mentor at the National […]
Two Michigan State University students pursuing STEM-related degrees have won the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Additionally, two other MSU students received honorable mentions. The Goldwater Scholarship was awarded to John Suddard-Bangsund and David Zoltowski, providing both with funding for undergraduate tuition and living expenses. They become the 39th and 40th Goldwater Scholars from Michigan State University since […]
Elizabeth Brajevich, a self-described worm lover and double-major sophomore at Michigan State University, has been nominated for the Udall Scholarship. The Udall Foundation honors Morris K. Udall’s legacy of public service by encouraging the continued use, enjoyment, and exploration of our nation’s natural resources, by training professionals in environmental issues, and by training Native Americans in health […]
