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The Office for Nationally Competitive Scholarships |
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UNT students gain recognition in national scholarship competitions
From InHouse, UNT's faculty and staff news source
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The Office for Nationally Competitive Scholarships assists undergraduate and graduate students with identifying and pursuing externally funded research and study opportunities.
The office, directed by James Duban, provides guidance and mentoring for students who want to compete for such postgraduate awards as Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, James Madison, Harry S. Truman, Andrew W. Mellon, and National Science Foundation scholarships and fellowships. Faculty serve on committees to assist students who qualify for and apply for these awards.
Here are the 49 students nationally recognized during 2007-08:
- Osbert Bastani
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Mathematics Fellowship (Texas A&M)
Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Dakota Carter
Joint Admission Medical Program Scholarship
- Korok Chatterjee
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention
Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist
- Eileen Chen
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Kirk Michael Cooper
U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship
- Sara Draznin
Teach for America Assignment
- Jerry Du
Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist
Siemens Competition Regional Finalist
- Karis Durant
Texas Conference for Women Scholarship
- Vidya Eswaran
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Nupur Grover
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Alexis Lynn Hall
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
- Allie Hallmark
NextGen American Humanics Scholarship
- Harry Han
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Christopher Heiden
Fulbright U.S.-Germany International Education Administrators Program Semifinalist
- Cynthia Henry
Lynn F. Anderson Fellowship (in Government Finance)
- L'areal Hudson
National Black MBA Association Scholarship (Dallas Chapter)
- Joseph Ifokwe
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Undergraduate Fellowship
National Institutes of Health Summer Internship
- Wilson Jackson
Carnegie Foundation for Peace, Junior Fellows Finalist
- Pouline Kibicho
PEO International Peace Scholarship
- Christopher King
Chris Hill Creative Passion Award
- Thomas Krenik
Siemens Competition Regional Finalist
- Yen-Nan Lin
National Science Foundation REU Summer Fellowship (University of Idaho) 2008 Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience & Technology Research Experience for Undergraduates, Honorable Mention
- Haley E. Hagg Lobland
Young Investigator Prize: IV Scientific Technical Conference on Advances in Petroleum
And Gas Industry and Petrochemistry (Lviv, Ukraine)
IUPAC Student Poster Award: POLYCHAR 15: World Forum on Advanced Materials (Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Kshitij Manchanda
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Mario Marchan
Joint Admission Medical Program Scholarship
- Joseph Matthew Martin
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
- Cameron McCord
Department of Defense SMART Scholarship for Service Department of Homeland Security HS_STEM Summer Internship
- Jaimin Patel
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Ankita Patro
Coca Cola Scholarship Semifinalist
- Joel Anthony Paulson
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
National Merit Scholarship Finalist
- Amy Proctor
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Ratul Pujari
Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Ananth Ram
National Science Foundation REU in Mathematics (Texas A&M)
Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
National Merit Finalist
- Vijay Ram
Coca Cola Scholarship Competition Semifinalist
- Vinay Ramesesh
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Intel Science Talent Search Finalist
Siemens Competition Regional Finalist
- Robert Eugene Rogers
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Joshua Rollins
Boston University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- Ryan Schuette
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
- Graham R. Sowa
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
- Brittney Stewart
Oxbridge Academic Programs, Foundation for International Education Scholarship
- Whitney Stewart
Oxbridge Academic Programs, Foundation for International Education Scholarship
- Samuel Thompson
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Intel Science
Talent Search Semifinalist
Siemens Competition Regional Finalist
- Jonathan Too
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
- Lauren Veronie
Fulbright Grant Semifinalist
Frank Huntington Beebe Fellowship Finalist
- Betty K. Wan
NextGen American Humanics Scholarship
- Marie-Alexandra Watts
Hatton W. Sumners Scholarship
- Andrea Wheat
National Science Foundation REU in Plant Cell Biology (U.C. Riverside)
- Charis Wong
PEO International Peace Scholarship
- Di Wu
Siemens Competition Regional Semifinalist
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