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    2020-2021 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
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