Scholarships and Fellowships

Sharon Jones (left), professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Lindsay Weir ’11 work with residents of Blantyre, Malawi, to help develop locally sustainable drinking water resources within the city.

July 30, 2010

Professor Sharon Jones and Lindsay Weir ’11 Featured in International Educator Magazine

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Work by Professor Sharon Jones and Lindsay Weir ’11 and the College’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) to develop locally sustainable drinking water resources in Malawi and Honduras has been featured in the July/August edition of International Educator magazine. The article, “Water, Water…Anywhere?” focused on students and faculty who are helping people in the [...]

Bradley Williams '10 works with Jena Newman '04, senior art director for Catapult Marketing. As part of Williams' independent study with Lew Minter, Newman provided a professional perspective on his graphic design project.

April 30, 2010

Jenny Boyar ’08, Amanda Pisetzner ’10, and Bradley Williams ’10 Receive Fulbrights

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Bradley Williams ’10 (Marriottsville, Md.) believes the semester he spent studying in Argentina was one of the most exciting times of his life. “I didn’t know anyone upon arriving, and I quickly found that I had much to learn with respect to the language,” says Williams. “However, I left with some unforgettable memories, made many [...]

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April 7, 2010

Ashley Cramer ’10, Alyssa Batula ’09, Ryan McGinnis ’09, and Scott Crown ’08 Receive Graduate Research Fellowships from National Science Foundation

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Awards consist of a $30,000 annual stipend; Eight students and alumni also receive honorable mentions Ashley Cramer ’10 (East Stroudsburg, Pa.) is passionate about research. “I first became interested in performing research because I’m a very hands-on person, and the hands-on nature of research helps me to better learn and apply concepts. I had always [...]

Lauren Huyett '11 Receives Goldwater Scholarship

March 21, 2010

Lauren Huyett ’11 Receives Goldwater Scholarship

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Award is the nation’s premier undergraduate honor in math, science, and engineering; Ross Moretti ’12 receives an honorable mention Lauren Huyett ’11 (Blandon, Pa.), a chemical engineering major, has achieved national distinction as the recipient of a Goldwater Scholarship. Awarded for academic merit, the Goldwater is the premier undergraduate award of its type in the [...]

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January 27, 2010

Expanded Scholarships at Rochester’s Simon School of Business

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Lafayette has a special partnership with the business school Lafayette students and recent grads interested in pursuing full-time graduate studies at a top-tier business school promise to benefit from an expansion of scholarship opportunities at the University of Rochester’s Simon Graduate School of Business. In 2006, Lafayette joined a small number of undergraduate colleges and [...]

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January 11, 2010

Khadija Abdel Hafiz-Sokaria ’12 and Jasmine Little ’11 Receive Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad

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Awards will support their travel to Egypt, South Africa, Vietnam, and Brazil Two Lafayette students have received Gilman Scholarships to support their semester abroad experiences this spring. Khadija Abdel Hafiz-Sokaria ’12 will study in Egypt and Jasmine Little ’11 will study in South Africa, Vietnam, and Brazil. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau [...]

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August 7, 2009

Kelsey Boyd ’11 Receives Fellowship from Environmental Protection Agency

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Award will help fund her research with Steve Mylon, assistant professor of chemistry Kelsey Boyd ’11 (Lafayette, N.J.), a policy studies major, has received a Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship for Undergraduate Environmental Study from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). GRO fellowship recipients can receive up to $19,250 per year of academic support, including [...]

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July 8, 2009

Lucas Zmroczek ’10 Receives Scholarship from Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society

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Honor is awarded due to high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and future contributions to the engineering profession Lucas Zmroczek ’10 (Leesport, Pa.) has received an undergraduate scholarship from Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. Tau Beta Pi scholarships are awarded on the competitive criteria of high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and [...]

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June 15, 2009

Frank Sabatini ’09 Receives Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship

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He plans to use $50,000-per-year award to study law at Harvard University Frank Sabatini ’09 has been selected from more than 1,000 students nationwide to receive a 2009 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship.Sabatini, who graduated May 23 with an A.B. with a major in English, will use the award to attend law school at [...]

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June 1, 2009

Kristen Lahoda ’08, Ricardo Rodriguez ’09, and Elizabeth Roman ’09 Receive Fulbright Grants

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Lafayette has had 24 students receive awards in the past 10 years Kristen Lahoda ’08, Ricardo Rodriguez ’09, and Elizabeth Roman ’09 have been awarded Fulbright Grants to study and teach abroad. Lafayette has had 24 students receive Fulbright Grants in the past 10 years.The students received assistantships to teach conversational English to secondary school [...]

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