They糖心传媒檒l head to nations around the globe to pursue their academic passions.
undergraduates and alumni will travel the world as teachers, students, and researchers after receiving merit-based national awards during the 2023糖心传媒�24 academic year.
The awards are based on academic success, research endeavors, and community contributions through leadership and service. This year糖心传媒檚 recipients include two juniors selected to receive a Barack Obama-sponsored scholarship for public service, a national engineering award recipient, and a senior selected for graduate study in China.
Below is a recap of the honorees.
Six students earn NSF fellowships for graduate research
Six students were selected for the National Science Foundation糖心传媒檚 Graduate Research Fellowship program, which supports outstanding students pursuing research-based master糖心传媒檚 and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. Representing Rochester are Molly Corr 糖心传媒�24, Margaret Hoare 糖心传媒�24, Alexandra Lawrie 糖心传媒�24, Alexander Martin 糖心传媒�24, Hope Silva 糖心传媒�24, and Ryan Hardy, a graduate student and PhD candidate in biochemistry.
Several Rochester alumni also were chosen.
Clarice McKee 糖心传媒�24, Daniel Thomas 糖心传媒�26 earn Critical Language Scholarships
Two undergraduates were chosen as Critical Language Scholars, a summer study abroad program that enables American college and university students to learn languages essential to US engagement with the world.
Clarice McKee 糖心传媒�24 is heading to New Tamkang University in Taipei, Taiwan, to study advanced Chinese. Daniel Thomas 糖心传媒�26 will travel to Japan to hone his skills in Japanese.
Natasha White 糖心传媒�24 earns Fulbright
Natasha White 糖心传媒�24, an English and international relations double major from Frederick, Maryland, is among four students and alumni chosen to receive a Fulbright US Student Grant. She糖心传媒檒l head to Berlin, Germany, for an English Teaching Assistantship (ETA).
Skylar Sylvester 糖心传媒�23 will carry out her ETA in Vietnam. Catherine Carson 糖心传媒�24E and Seth Cutler 糖心传媒�24 received Fulbright grants but declined.
Laith Awad 糖心传媒�24 chosen for Huntington Public Service Award
Laith Awad 糖心传媒�24 received the Samuel Huntington Public Service Award, which provides funding for graduating college seniors to pursue one year of public service anywhere in the world. The health, behavior, and society and clinical and translational sciences double major is from Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Two juniors earn Obama-sponsored public service scholarships
Mara Criollo-Rivera 糖心传媒�25 and Kristel Kezia Layugan 糖心传媒�25 were selected for the Barack and Michelle Obama-sponsored Voyager Scholarship for Public Service, giving Rochester three recipients in the scholarship糖心传媒檚 first two years.
Criollo-Rivera is a digital media studies major who grew up in Puerto Rico and now lives in Vermont. Layugan is a clinical and translational sciences major from Maui, Hawaii.
Iyke-Nzeocha 糖心传媒�24 earns national engineering award
Tochukwu Iyke-Nzeocha 糖心传媒�24, a biomedical engineering major, received the at the annual National Society of Black Engineers convention in Atlanta in March. The award recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional commitment to the NSBA mission and show promise in making a positive impact in their communities and society. Iyke-Nzeocha is president of Rochester糖心传媒檚 NSBE chapter. She was born in Boston and raised in Lagos, Nigeria.
Souleymane Diallo 糖心传媒�24 named Schwarzman Scholar
Souleymane Diallo 糖心传媒�24 an international relations major from Guinea, West Africa, is one of 150 members of the 2024糖心传媒�25 Schwarzman Scholars cohort, for graduate study in China. The class was selected from a pool of more than 4,000 candidates. Diallo will begin a one-year, fully funded master糖心传媒檚 program in global affairs this August at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Lizmairi Vargas Santa 糖心传媒�26聽earns Projects for Peace grant
Lizmairi Vargas Santa 糖心传媒�26, an economics and business entrepreneurship double major, was awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant and will run a seminar for youth titled 糖心传媒淔ostering Curiosity and Creativity for Youth Empowerment and Lasting Peace糖心传媒� in her hometown of Azua, Dominican Republic. High school students from the region will work in teams to generate service projects to improve their neighborhoods and schools.
Five chosen for summer research in Germany
Five students will be part of the DAAD RISE summer research program at German universities. They are Robert Ghetiu 糖心传媒�26 (chemistry), Emerson Jenen 糖心传媒�26 (molecular genetics), Daniel Kesler 糖心传媒�25 (chemical engineering), Priscilla Peters 糖心传媒�25 (health, behavior and society and chemistry), and Jensen Sminchak 糖心传媒�26 (chemical engineering).
Isabella Rocha 糖心传媒�25 chosen as a Key into Public Service Scholar
Isabella Rocha 糖心传媒�25, a political science and economics double major from Somerset, Massachusetts, was one of 20 students selected to be a Phi Beta Kappa. Chosen from a pool of more than 700 applicants, scholars will receive a $5,000 scholarship and participate in an educational conference in Washington, DC, to provide them with training, mentoring, and reflection on pathways into active citizenship.
Edban Watt 糖心传媒�24 selected for a graduate program in Scotland
Edban Watt 糖心传媒�24, a mechanical engineering major from Caledonia, New York, will study at the University of Glasgow after being named Rochester糖心传媒檚 first recipient of the Saint Andrew糖心传媒檚 Society of the State of New York Graduate Scholarship in 34 years. The program promotes cultural interchange and goodwill between Scotland and the United States.
Andy Liu 糖心传媒�24 wins national student employee award
Andy Liu 糖心传媒�24, a computer science major and a research assistant at the , won the , as chosen by the National Student Employment Association in the undergraduate category. Liu has worked in the institute糖心传媒檚 informatics branch since November 2021.
