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Whitman Students and Alumni Earn Wide Range of Awards in 2013-14

Forty-seven Whitman College students and alumni earned an impressive variety of prestigious fellowships, scholarships and grants in 24 unique programs during the academic year 2013-14.

The programs represented by Whitman recipients range from the Fulbright U.S. Student program (four recipients) to the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (three winners) to the Killam Fellowship administered by Fulbright Canada (two recipients). Whitman's success with the Fulbright program secures the college's official standing in 2013-14 as a "Top Producer" of Fulbright awards in its category as a liberal arts school. Announcement of Fulbright's top-producing universities and colleges is slated for January 2015. Schools will be recognized in the Chronicle of Higher Education at that time. Here is the full list of Whitman fellowship, scholarship and grant recipients and their chosen programs in 2013-14:

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

  • Hanne Jensen '14 (English Teaching Assistantship, Germany)
  • Karah Kemmerly '14 (English Teaching Assistantship, Germany)
  • John Masla '14 (English Teaching Assistantship, Malaysia)
  • Nathan Sany '14 (English Teaching Assistantship, Brazil)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

  • Becky Nevin '13 (astrophysics, University of Colorado)
  • Mackenzie Gerringer '12 (honorable mention)
  • Kelly Jedd '11 (honorable mention)
  • Andrew Molina '12 (honorable mention)
  • Nathan Neff-Mallon '12 (honorable mention)
  • Charles Trexler '11 (honorable mention)

Rotary International Global Grant

  • Curt Bowen '09 (Semilla Nueva, economic and community development, Guatemala)

Critical Language Scholarship (U.S. Department of State)

  • Rania Mussa '14 (Arabic, Tangier, Morocco)
  • Jacqueline Rees-Mikula '16 (Japanese, Himeji, Japan)
  • McCaulay Singer-Milnes '14 (Hindi, Jaipur, India)

Humanity in Action Fellowship

  • Jackie Bonilla '16 (Copenhagen program)
  • Beverly Li '14 (Berlin program)

Killam Fellowship (through Fulbright Canada)

  • Audrey Thimm '16 (McGill University)
  • Clint Vorauer '15 (University of British Columbia)

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

  • Katie Gray '15 (RISE Scholarship, research, Technische Universität Dortmund)
  • Clint Vorauer '15 (University Grant, Hochschule Anhalt, Köthen)

Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs

  • Emma O'Rourke-Powell '12 (leadership development, San Francisco program)

ARCS Fellowship (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists)

  • Abby Sloan '14 (graduate study, University of Washington)

NIH/IRTA (Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award)

  • Nathan Radakovich '14 (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Md.)

Watson Fellowship

  • Isabel Zarate '14 (alternate, "Integrating Immigrants Into Mainstream Education," independent travel and study in Australia, Spain, Sweden, Mexico and the United Kingdom)

French Teaching Assistants Program (TAPIF)

  • Paul Cathcart '14 (English teaching assistantship, Amiens)
  • Anne Gaskins '14 (English teaching assistantship, Lille)
  • Rachel Geiter '14 (English teaching assistantship, Créteil)
  • Cara Patten '14 (English teaching assistantship, Rouen)
  • Leah Siegel '14 (English teaching assistantship, Aix-en-Provence/Marseille)
  • Amelia von Wolffersdorff '12 (English teaching assistantship, Lyon)

Princeton in Asia Fellowship

  • Lauren McCullough '12 (JUMP! Foundation, Hangzhou, China; declined offer)
  • Forrest Watkins '14 (English teaching, Jishou Teacher's College, Jishou, China)

Princeton in Latin America Fellowship

  • Mariana Vasquez-Crede '14 (Liceo Cientifico, Dominican Republic)

Davis Projects for Peace

  • Keiler Beers '14 and Genevieve Jones '14 ("Peace Through Preservation of Life: Harm Reduction on the U.S.-Mexico Border")

Gilman International Scholarship

  • Aislyn Booth '15 (Valparaiso, Chile)
  • Arika Wieneke '15 (Valparaiso, Chile)

Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship (NOAA)

  • Nevé Baker '15

Sitka Arts Fellowship

  • Zoe Ballering '12 (2013 residency, Sitka, Alaska)
  • Cathryn Klusmeier '14 (2014 residency, Sitka, Alaska)

Spanish Teaching Assistants Program (NALCA)

  • Kelsey Getz '11 (English teaching assistantship, Cantabria)
  • Katie Gorman '14 (English teaching assistantship, Cantabria)
  • David Hancock '12 (English teaching assistantship, Pais Vasco)
  • McKenzie Momany '14 (English teaching assistantship, Cantabria; declined award)

KGI (Keck Graduate Institute) Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

  • Rachel Barton '15 (undergraduate research, Claremont, Calif.)

Wild Gift Fellowship

  • Lisa Curtis '10 (social entrepreneurship project, West Africa)

Washington Bus Fellowship

  • Gladys Gitau '16 (leadership training in public policy and politics)
  • Sayda Morales '15 (leadership training in public policy and politics)
  • Angela Tang '17 (leadership training in public policy and politics)

Clinton Global Initiative University

  • Joretha Houlies '17 (Arizona State University)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Fellowship

  • Sarah Debs '15 (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle)
  • Allison Good '15 (Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle)
  • Heather Johns '15 (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle)
  • Tatiana Kaehler '15 (Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle)

 

Published on Nov 24, 2014
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