NCS Recipients

Boren Scholarship

• Six students win coveted Boren scholarships
  • Dillon Evans, Modern Languages, Chinese - Leadership Minor (cadet, honors)
  • Phillip Ly, Strategic & Security Studies - Leadership Minor (cadet)
  • Meghan McPeak, Modern Languages,Chinese and Strategic & Studies
  • Daniel Shearer, East Asian Studies (cadet)
  • Kat Torres, Political Science, Pre-Law (honors)
  • Rhiannon Smith, Psychology and Modern Languages, Russian

Critical Language Scholarship

• Critical Language Scholarship selects two seniors as finalists and three as alternates
  • Bailey Pieplow, Spanish and Modern Languages, Chinese 
  • Zoe Rumbaugh, East Asian Studies and Modern Languages, Chinese (honors)

Cox-State Department Diplomacy Seminar

• Sophomore and junior attend competitive State Department seminar
  • Zoe Rumbaugh, East Asian Studies and Modern Languages, Chinese (honors)
  • Dylan Gonzalez, International Affairs and Political Science, Pre-law (cadet)

Fulbright Scholarship

• Seven from UNG selected for Fulbright awards
  • Kelly Reid, Athletic Training
  • Monica Pizano, Modern Languages, Spanish
  • Lydia Pelletier, Elementary & Special Education
  • Abigail Meyers, Elementary & Special Education (honors)
  • Aquila Reyes, Elementary & Special Education
  • Noah Bryan, History
  • Kat Torres, Political Science, Pre-law (honors)

Fund for Education Aroad

• Freshman and junior win Fund for Education Abroad scholarships
  • Robbie Griffin, Strategic and Security Studies (cadet)
  • Ketsia Malala, Management

Gilman Scholarship

• Eight students win Gilman international scholarships
  • Caleb Brooks, Film & Digital Media, Media Studies 
  • Haley Menees, Biology - Chemistry minor (honors)
  • Hannah Menees, Biology - Chemistry minor (honors)
  • Kimberly Burns, East Asian Studies
  • Maggie Simmons, Modern Languages, Chinese
  • Makae Bythewood, Elementary & Special Education
  • Philip Weed, Cybersecurity (veteran)
  • Stephanie Castillom Psychology
• Gilman awards nine students with scholarships to study abroad
  • Mikalyn Wilkes, Elementary & Special Education
  • Maren Cooper, International Affairs (cadet)
  • McLaren Christensen, International Affairs (honors)
  • Gicel Sagastume, Elementary & Special Education
  • Christian Cruce, Strategic & Security Studies
  • Cassandra Canakis, Marketing - Japanese minor 
  • Denise Gonzalez, Accounting
  • Anh Tran, Marketing - Graphic design minor
  • Christy Villeda, Nursing

HACU National Internship

• Melissa Silva, Modern Languages, Spanish - Communications minor 

IME Becas Scholarship

• Jim Ramierz-Ruiz, Middle Grades Education, Mathematics & Social Studies

Jeanette Rankin Scholarship

• Andrea Dailey, Psychology

NBCC Minority Fellowship Program for Addictions Counselors

• Ryan Austin, Counselting (graduate student)

Newman Civic Fellow

• Communication major named Newman Civic Fellow
  • Justin Bray, Communcation, Public Relations

NSF GRFP

• Alumna wins prestigious National Science Foundation graduate fellowship
  • Jasmin Williamson, Biology (honors)

Oak Ridge National Lab Summer Internship

• Christian Sims, Physics

Posters on the Hill

• Two physics majors to participate in Posters on the Hill
  • Rebecca Corley, Physics
  • Susanne Steel, Physics

REU

• Cole Parker, Mathematics - Statistics minor (honors)
• Gina Diodati, Chemistry/Physics - Mathematics minor (honors)
• Ikechukwu Obi-Okoye, Physics & Engineering (honors)

Teach Thailand Corp

• One senior and one alumnus to teach in Thailand
  • Jacey Sherman, English, Teacher certification
  • Trevor Bowman, Kinesiology

Ty Cobb

• Crystal Figueroa, Biology

WaPoNs Internship

• Program links students with national security experts
  • Jacob Malimban, Computer Science & Cybersecurity (honors)
  • Thomas Vella, Strategic & Security Studies, International Affairs