In the News: Sareta Gladson is a 2018 SMART Scholar

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Sareta Gladson, a freshman aerospace engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science from San Pedro, California, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, was recently named a recipient of a Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The award will fully…

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In the News: Jade Rhoads Earns Prestigious Pickering Fellowship

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Jade Rhoads’ interest in pursuing an advanced degree in international affairs and working in the Foreign Service began during her service in the military. Rhoads served active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2005-09—stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, and deployed to Iraq during the years of 2006 and 2008, primarily in the Al Anbar…

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In the News: Bethany Murphy Receives the Prestigious NOAA Hollings Scholarship

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Bethany Murphy ’20, a first-generation environmental engineering major from Massachusetts, is one of just 120 annual recipients of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship.  Named for Senator Ernest “Fritz” Hollings of South Carolina, the award provides up to $9,500 per year for two years of full-time study for students…

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In the News: Anthony Veasna So Receives Soros Fellowship for New Americans

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Anthony Veasna So has received a 2018 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans to support his studies in the graduate program in creative writing in the University’s College of Arts and Sciences. So joins 29 other new Soros Fellows, selected from 1,765 applicants this year. Paul and Daisy Soros, immigrants themselves, chose to…

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