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Four undergraduate researchers studying STEM-related fields have been nominated by Michigan State University for the nationally competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. 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.  The Goldwater Scholarship provides funding […]

Two Michigan State University Honors College seniors interested in international affairs have been nominated for a nationally competitive research assistant fellowship through the Carnegie Junior Fellows Program within the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The two nominees are Varsha Koduvayur and Brittany Zwierzchowski. Koduvayur is majoring in international relations and comparative cultures and politics in […]

Michigan State University Honors College member David Zoltowski has been named a finalist for the Churchill Scholarship. Established in 1959, the Winston Churchill Foundation’s Scholarship Program offers 14 American students of exceptional ability and outstanding achievement the opportunity to pursue graduate degrees in engineering, mathematics, or the sciences in Churchill College at the University of Cambridge in […]

Michigan State University Honors College members Irina Pushel and David Zoltowski have been nominated for a prestigious scholarship award – the Churchill Scholarship. Pushel is a senior majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology/biotechnology in the College of Natural Science. Zoltowski is a senior majoring in electrical engineering in the College of Engineering. Pushel immigrated to […]

Rebecca (Becca) Farnum, Michigan State University’s Marshall Scholar from 2012, recently celebrated the program’s 60th anniversary at a reception attended by the Prince of Wales. The event was held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, United Kingdom. “The Marshall Scholarship is, at its core, about forming relationships between people. The 60th Anniversary reception was a […]

Arabic, Mandarin and Korean are the languages four Michigan State University students will study abroad as recent recipients of a Boren Scholarship. This year 868 applications were received from undergraduate students across the country and 165 David L. Boren Scholarships were awarded. Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in […]

  Eighteen National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows from Michigan State University have been selected for 2014 – the largest class of fellows at MSU since the program began in 1952. There are 31 fellows active on the East Lansing campus, which is also a record-setting number for the university. “I’m very proud of our […]