Awards and Honors 2021

Awards to Seniors

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award
Jamie Berkson – English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain
Lucy Ordman – English Teaching Assistant Award in Brazil
Olivia Truesdale – English Teaching Assistant Award in South Korea
Vani Dewan – Research/Study Award in India “Neuroscience:  Investigating Resilience Against the Effects of Early Life Trauma”
 
Napier Scripps Fellows
Samhita Kadiyala
Franchesca Fu

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship 
Samhita Kadiyala “Back to Business: An Entrepreneurship Program for Opportunity Youth in California’s Inland Valley”

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Tselot Aklilu “Maroon Resistance: The Role of Displacement and Flight in Liberating the Black Body”

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Melody Chang- to study Mandarin
Olivia Truesdale-to study Korean
Jaimie Ding-to study Korean

Awards This Year to Non-Seniors

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Petie Schill- to study Swahili

Davis Project for Peace Award
Elena Lev “EstudiAmigos/Study Buddies: Building Community and Resilience with Low-Income Students in Northern California”

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Tsion Mamo “Political Media: The Role of Fictional Policing on Real Policing Incidents”

Awards to Alums

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award 
Lianne Sturgeon (’19) – Research/Study Award in Brazil “Urban Studies: The Racial Rebranding of Liberdade within the Immigration Narrative of São Paulo”
Meghana Ravikumar (’17) – English Teaching Assistant Award in Mexico
Samantha Yu (’20) – English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain
Zoe Cardwell-Copenhefer (’20) – English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain (Fulbright renewed for second year)
Anezka Boyle (’20) – English Teaching Assistant Award in

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Awardees:
Susanna Barrett, Chemistry – Chemistry of Life Sciences
Laine Goudy, Life Sciences – Genomics

Honorable Mention:
Meredith Nix, Chemistry – Chemistry of Life Sciences

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