23 NSCS Members Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

April 11, 2011 - PRLog -- Twenty-three NSCS members from across the nation have won scholarships from the Goldwater Foundation, which honors undergraduate students who excel in math, the sciences and engineering.

The foundation awarded 275 scholarships for the 2011–2012 academic year to sophomores and juniors. The one- and two-year scholarships cover the cost of tuition, room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 annually.

Goldwater Scholars are selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,095 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide.

Below is a list of NSCS members who received the 2011 Goldwater Scholarship:

•   Mitchell Hughes, University of Alabama
•   Ersilia   Anghel, University of Arizona
•   Joey Kim, University of Delaware
•   Minh Than, University of Colorado-Boulder
•   Emily Brennan, Auburn University
•   Joshua Cohen, Massachusettes Institute of Technology
•   Chun Yong, Goergia Insitute of Technology
•   Kent Griffith, Indiana University at Bloomington
•   Mytrang Do, Louisiana State Univ
•   Sean Collins, University of Michigan
•   Allison   Del Giorno, Georgia Institute of Technology
•   Kaitlin   Tyler, Michigan State University
•   Daniel Barta, Montana State University
•   Jess Hebert, Georgetown University
•   Hillary   Moss, Stony Brook University
•   Casey Rimland, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
•   Ishan Patel, Oregon State University
•   Magdalena Bielinski, Drexel University
•   Wen Xu, University of Pittsburgh
•   Robert Ehemann, Middle Tennessee State University
•   Thomas Markovich, University of Houston
•   William Day, Virginia Commonwealth University
•   Mary Centrella, University of Wyoming

About the Scholarship
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by the United States Congress in 1986 in honor of former United States Senator and 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, a Republican from Arizona. Its goal is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.

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NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation's only interdisciplinary honors organization to invite first and second year college students. NSCS has more than 725,000 members and more than 280 chapters in 50 states.