Fellowship and Scholarship Award News in the College

The students of the College below have recently received prestigious fellowships and/or scholarship. We are so proud to share these incredible accomplishments. 

Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Established by Congress in 1986, the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program is designed to attract outstanding students into careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit to students who are sophomores or juniors during the current academic year and who have excellent academic records and demonstrated interest in and potential for careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.

  • Alice Lo
    Class of 2022
    Biology, Biochemistry
    Chemistry (Minor)
  •  Eduardo Williams-Medina
    Class of 2022
    Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism

Critical Language Scholarship

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Students spend eight to ten weeks abroad studying one of 15 critical languages. The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. Koch will be studying Urdu while Pukys will be studying Russian.

  • Anna Koch
    Class of 2020
    Cognitive Science
    International Studies
    Film Studies, Italian (Minors)
  • Kasey Pukys
    Class of 2022
    Economics
    International Studies
    Russian (Minor)

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

The Fulbright Student Program aims to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.  Four of CWRU’s applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program achieved the below selection milestones during this last application cycle:

Alternate to complete a Study/Research project in Moldova:

  • Kimberly Osbern
    Class of 2021
    French
    International Studies
    Russian, Spanish (Minors)

Semi-Finalists:

  • Katherine Anderson
    Class of 2021
    Biology
    Spanish
    Chemistry (Minor)
  • Emma Risley
    Class of 2021
    History
    Political Science
    Theater Arts
    African/African-American Studies (Minor)
  • Eunice Suberu
    Class of 2021
    Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism
    Chemistry, Dance, and Psychology (Minors)

Projects for Peace

The Center for International Affairs and the Office of Undergraduate Studies are pleased to announce the winners for both the 2020 and 2021 Projects for Peace competitions. This $10,000 grant, offered through the Kathryn W. Davis Foundation, was created for undergraduate students to create grassroots projects for the summer—anywhere in the world—which promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties.

Due to the global pandemic, the 2020 winning project entitled “Donation of Medical Equipment to Environmentally Sustainable Health Clinic in Borneo, Indonesia” was unable to be implemented but is now moving forward remotely during Summer 2021. The aim of their project is to establish a partnership between the CWRU chapter of MedWish International and The Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI) Clinic, an Indonesian non-profit based in the city of Sukadana located at the foot of the Gunung Palung National Park. ASRI’s mission is to protect the surrounding environment, improve community health, and protect Bornean residents from the effects of corporate greed. In addition to the donation of medical equipment and supplies, a comprehensive educational plan for ASRI staff on device setup, everyday use, and troubleshooting has been developed and will be implemented as well.

Recent alumni participating on this project are:

  • Jasmine Haraburda
    Class of 2021
    Biology
    Chemistry, Philosophy (Minors)
  • Brian Zhang
    Class of 2021
    Biology
    Chemistry, Psychology (Minors)