Michigan State University has nominated four outstanding undergraduate STEM students for the nationally competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Each year, the Goldwater Foundation seeks scholars committed to a career in science, mathematics, or engineering who display intellectual intensity and who have the potential for significant future contribution in their chosen field. Those students are given funding […]
Michigan State University has nominated two Honors College seniors for the nationally competitive James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program. Each year, the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace holds a rigorous national competition to select approximately 12-14 graduating seniors to serve as research assistants. They are matched with senior fellows […]
Nikkita Ngalande, an Honors College senior majoring in actuarial science in the College of Natural Science, has been named a Rhodes Scholar from her home country of Zambia. Ngalande is the 19th Rhodes Scholar from Michigan State University. The Rhodes Trust, the oldest of the major international competitive award foundations, provides 100 of the most outstanding undergraduates […]
Three Michigan State University undergraduate students are finalists for two highly respected awards – the Mitchell Scholarship and Rhodes Scholarship. Eli Pales, an Honors College senior majoring in political science-pre-law in the College of Social Science and journalism in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, has been named a finalist for the Mitchell Scholarship. […]
Garrett King, an Honors College senior majoring in physics in the College of Natural Science, has been nominated by Michigan State University for the Churchill Scholarship – a nationally competitive STEM scholarship 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 […]
Michigan State University has nominated eight undergraduate students and one alumna for nationally competitive graduate school scholarships: the Marshall Scholarship, the Mitchell Scholarship and the Rhodes Scholarship. All of the scholarships support students attending graduate school in the United Kingdom or Ireland. The MSU nominees for the Marshall Scholarship are: Abigail Crick, a senior majoring […]
Seventeen exceptional undergraduate and graduate students, and alumni, from Michigan State University have been selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), along with 17 honorable mentions. The program is the country’s oldest graduate fellowship program that directly supports graduate students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. NSF Graduate Research Fellows benefit […]
Charles Booher, an Honors College sophomore majoring in fisheries and wildlife in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and public policy in the College of Social Science, has received 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 […]
Gabriel Moreau, an Honors College sophomore majoring in physics in Lyman Briggs College and music in the College of Music, has been named a recipient of the nationally competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Moreau is the 44th Goldwater Scholar from MSU since Congress established the scholarship program in 1986. The Goldwater Foundation seeks scholars committed to […]
Grant Burton, an Honors College junior majoring in psychology in the College of Social Science, has been nominated by Michigan State University for the nationally competitive Beinecke Scholarship. The scholarship pays for graduate school for students studying the fields of art, humanities or social science. MSU has produced three Beinecke Scholars since 2011, which is when […]
