Award Winners
Students Recognized for Garnering National Scholarships
The Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA) held two recent events to recognize student scholars, both those who are completing their undergraduate degrees and those who are up and coming. The CFSA works with students to help them determine which scholarships might fit their academic goals, figure out the application process and submit a…
Read MoreSamantha Usman receives highly competitive Astronaut Scholarship
A rising senior in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences is flying high upon learning of her latest academic achievement. Samantha Usman ’16, a double major in physics and mathematics, has just been named a recipient of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s (ASF) award. She will use the $10,000 prize to continue her research on…
Read MoreAlexis Lian – Fulbright update
Alexis Lian, ’11 shares some news from her year in France teaching English: I have been teaching English at three elementary schools in Bourg-en-Bresse, just north of Lyon, and it has been absolutely incredible. The children are just adorable and all of my colleagues have been so helpful and accommodating. I have been learning so…
Read More6 Questions With…Perry Copes II (CLS and Boren Fellowship)
Perry Copes II, from Philadelphia, PA, is earning his MA in International Relations from the Maxwell School with a focus on Global Security and Emerging Markets. In 2013, he was selected for the Critical Language Scholarship Program to study Persian in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. While at SU, he worked as a graduate assistant for the Institute…
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