Students in the College of Letters & Science consistently win prestigious awards, scholarships, fellowships and other recognition for academic, athletic and service achievement.
| Recent MSU grad, aspiring teacher receives national fellowship Jena Burke, Montana's only recipient of a James Madison Fellowship2011, will receive up to $24,000 over two years to support her while she earns a master's degree in education at The University of Montana, attends a summer institute next year in Washington, D.C. The fellowship will teach her more about the history and principles of the Constitution so she can inspire her own students. Read more... |
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| Two MSU students win prestigious Goldwater Scholarship Daniel Barta, paleontology, and Casey Donoven, mathematical sciences, won the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship in 2011. The Goldwater is the nation's premiere scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering. The scholarship will give Barta and Donovan up to $7,500 a year for tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Read more... |
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| MSU grad student tracks trout to help restoration efforts in upper Clark Fork Mariah Mayfield, a graduate stuent in the Department of Ecology, received the EPA's Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship, which will allow her to expand her work tracking trout populations in the Upper Clark Fork River. Hers was one of 10 such awards given to master's degree students across the nation and one of 138 given to all graduate students in 2010. Read more... |
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| L&S student receives 2010 Goldwater Scholarship Tim Brox, a physics major from Fresno, Calif., who explores the hidden world inside glaciers, received the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship in 2010. The Goldwater is the nation's premiere scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering. The scholarship will give Brox up to $7,500 a year for tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Read more... |
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| Parsons is MSU's first Native American ROTC grad And in August, Cadet Captain Parsons was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. In doing so, Parsons, an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation, become the first Native American to complete and graduate from MSU's ROTC program Parsons demonstrated an excellence at synthesizing her passions for both her psychology major and the military experiences. Read more... |
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| MSU math major, basketball player succeeds in both arenas Jamie Thornton was one of 40 top seniors who received an MSU Award of Excellence 2010. Thornton earned a 3.96 grade point average, was captain of the women's basketball team, helped start a recycling program in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse and involved herself in other community service activities around Bozeman. Read more... |
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| Roberts' affinity for German adds up to Fulbright Scholarship Jill Roberts, a math education major with a German studies minor, will take her affinity for German language and culture to Germany during the next school year as a recipient of a coveted Fulbright Fellowship. As a Fulbright recipient, Roberts will teach English in the German state of Brandenburg and study German methods of teaching math. Read more... |
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| Two MSU chemistry students receive Goldwater scholarships Joe Azzarelli and Ben Naab, students in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, received Goldwater Scholarship in 2009. The Goldwater is the nation's premier scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering. Recipients receive up to $7,500 a year for tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Read more... |
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| MSU's Colvin receives prestigious 'Irish Rhodes' scholarship Shane Colvin was one of just 12 recipients of a 2008 George J. Mitchell Scholarship, often called the Irish Rhodes Scholarship. Colvin, a senior with three majors (biochemistry, music and cell biology), used the one year of postgraduate study in Ireland funded by the scholarship to earn a master's in musical therapy from the University of Limerick. Read more... |
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| MSU student receives Fulbright for Indonesian research Brent Leavell, a master's degree student in geography, received a Fulbright grant to spend 10 months in Indonesia learning how the Indonesian culture supports its economy, especially in traditional village markets. Based on the islands of Bali and Java, he spent considerable time interviewing, observing and surveying villager. Read more... |
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| Rudy soars high with second national title MSU's Ellie Rudy, a student in cell biology and neuroscience, won her second indoor national championship in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships held at the University of Arkansas with a winning height of 14 ft., 1.25 inches. Rudy is the only female MSU athlete to win an NCAA championship. Read more... |
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| Physics student wins prestigious international scholarship SPIE, an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light, provides scholarships to outstanding students based on their potential for long-range contribution to optics and photonics. Nikolay Makarov, a doctoral student in physics, was the 2008 recipient of the D.J. Lovell Scholarship, the Society's largest and most prestigious award. Read more... |
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