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Olivia George<\/p><\/div>\n
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Simone Edwards<\/p><\/div>\n
Two Honors College students have received two of the most prestigious awards in the country.<\/p>\n
Simone Edwards received the J. William Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship, the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program. She is the first UTC student to be awarded the Fulbright scholarship in at least 30 years.<\/p>\n
Each year, the Student Program picks about 1,900 recipients to travel around the world to improve relationships and cultural understanding between the U.S. and other countries.<\/p>\n
Olivia George was chosen for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The highly competitive and acclaimed fellowship is awarded to outstanding students in the STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics) fields for graduate study.\u00a0It gives George a three-year stipend of $34,000 a year for graduate school as well as $12,000 a year toward the school of her choice, with all tuition and fees waived.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho wins nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships offers one indication of a university\u2019s overall academic excellence,\u201d says Honors College Dean Linda Frost. \u201cStudents who win them are one answer to the question: Are our students nationally competitive on the academic scene? This year, the answer is a resounding \u2018Yes.\u2019 UTC\u2019s students are doing just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edwards, who graduated this month with a degree in political science, is traveling to Guatemala where she will spend a year teaching English. She will receive a stipend while living in the Central American country.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just really grateful,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s only because of God\u2019s many blessings that I was able to be awarded such a prestigious award. I\u2019m also grateful to everyone who believed in me when I didn\u2019t believe in myself, especially Leslie Pusey in the Office of National Scholarships. I\u2019m excited to get started!\u201d<\/p>\n
Former Fulbright Scholars include 59 Nobel Laureates, 82 Pulitzer Prize winners and 16 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients as well as students who have gone on to be heads of state, judges, ambassadors, CEOs, and university presidents.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour selection for a Fulbright award is an achievement for which you can be justly proud,\u201d program officials told Edwards in her acceptance letter. \u201cFulbright is the world’s largest and most diverse international educational exchange program. As a grantee, you will join the ranks of distinguished participants in the program.\u201d<\/p>\n
George, who graduated this month with a degree in chemical engineering, plans to attend Georgia Tech to pursue her Ph.D. in materials science and engineering, focusing on nanotechnology research.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy research interests range from biomedical nanomaterials\u2014which is what I have been research here at UTC under the direction of Dr. Soubantika Palchoudhury\u2014to clean energy to material structures and developing novel materials to have useful, tailored properties on both the nano and the macro scales,\u201d George says.<\/p>\n
<\/h4>\nOther Honors College students also landed impressive awards:<\/h4>\nHannah Horton<\/strong><\/h4>\nA major in political science and public service with a focus in international relations\/comparative politics, she earned the Critical Language Scholarship award from the U.S. Department of State to study the Korean language. Students who receive the scholarship apply their learned skills in their professional careers.<\/p>\n
Tes Cherian<\/strong><\/h4>\nA major in biochemistry and president of the Honors College Council, she was accepted to the Amgen Scholars Program at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C. Students spend 10 weeks at the NIH, performing research while working with other Amgen Scholars to learn about health disparities and develop leadership skills.<\/p>\n
A\u2019Jacia Wash<\/strong><\/h4>\nA psychology major, she has been offered a teaching assistant position at Education University in Hong Kong through the Princeton in Asia Fellowship. For more than a century, Princeton in Asia has offered fellowships focused on education, public health, environmental sustainability, economic development and social justice.<\/p>\n
Aaron Crawford<\/strong><\/h4>\nA mechanical engineering major, he landed a research\u00a0Internship with the Army Aviation Development Directorate (ADD) at the NASA Ames Research\u00a0Center in Silicon Valley, California. He will participate in hands-on research, investigating real-life practical engineering problems such as rotary-wing vehicles and computational fluid dynamics.<\/p>\n
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Two Honors College students have received two of the most prestigious awards in the country.<\/p>\n
Hannah Horton<\/strong><\/h4>\nA major in political science and public service with a focus in international relations\/comparative politics, she earned the Critical Language Scholarship award from the U.S. Department of State to study the Korean language. Students who receive the scholarship apply their learned skills in their professional careers.<\/p>\n
Tes Cherian<\/strong><\/h4>\nA major in biochemistry and president of the Honors College Council, she was accepted to the Amgen Scholars Program at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C. Students spend 10 weeks at the NIH, performing research while working with other Amgen Scholars to learn about health disparities and develop leadership skills.<\/p>\n
A\u2019Jacia Wash<\/strong><\/h4>\nA psychology major, she has been offered a teaching assistant position at Education University in Hong Kong through the Princeton in Asia Fellowship. For more than a century, Princeton in Asia has offered fellowships focused on education, public health, environmental sustainability, economic development and social justice.<\/p>\n
Aaron Crawford<\/strong><\/h4>\nA mechanical engineering major, he landed a research\u00a0Internship with the Army Aviation Development Directorate (ADD) at the NASA Ames Research\u00a0Center in Silicon Valley, California. He will participate in hands-on research, investigating real-life practical engineering problems such as rotary-wing vehicles and computational fluid dynamics.<\/p>\n
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Two Honors College students have received two of the most prestigious awards in the country.<\/p>\n
A major in biochemistry and president of the Honors College Council, she was accepted to the Amgen Scholars Program at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C. Students spend 10 weeks at the NIH, performing research while working with other Amgen Scholars to learn about health disparities and develop leadership skills.<\/p>\n
A\u2019Jacia Wash<\/strong><\/h4>\nA psychology major, she has been offered a teaching assistant position at Education University in Hong Kong through the Princeton in Asia Fellowship. For more than a century, Princeton in Asia has offered fellowships focused on education, public health, environmental sustainability, economic development and social justice.<\/p>\n
Aaron Crawford<\/strong><\/h4>\nA mechanical engineering major, he landed a research\u00a0Internship with the Army Aviation Development Directorate (ADD) at the NASA Ames Research\u00a0Center in Silicon Valley, California. He will participate in hands-on research, investigating real-life practical engineering problems such as rotary-wing vehicles and computational fluid dynamics.<\/p>\n
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