{"id":14736,"date":"2014-06-09T17:30:58","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T17:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=14736"},"modified":"2014-06-12T18:05:34","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T18:05:34","slug":"national-scholarship-programs-come-calling-for-baylor-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2014\/06\/national-scholarship-programs-come-calling-for-baylor-students\/","title":{"rendered":"National scholarship programs come calling for Baylor students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14739\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/goldwater-june14.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor Goldwater Scholars\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/goldwater-june14.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/goldwater-june14-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/goldwater-june14-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With recognizable names like <a href=\"https:\/\/goldwater.scholarsapply.org\" target=\"_blank\">Goldwater<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cies.org\" target=\"_blank\">Fulbright<\/a>, some of the most prestigious scholarships in the nation have revealed their winners in recent weeks &#8212; and it should come as no surprise that Baylor is again well-represented among the recipients.<\/p>\n<p>These awards provide the\u00a0students with a means to pay for ongoing\u00a0studies while\u00a0shining prestige on the university, the recipient,\u00a0and his or her individual department. The following Bears, each of whom is either a senior or 2014 graduate, will use their awards to fling green and gold afar in many different disciplines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.baylor.edu\/artsandsciences\/2014\/03\/27\/goldwater_scholars_2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Boys<\/a>, a University Scholar from Allen, Texas, won a Goldwater Scholarship and will pursue his doctorate\u00a0in molecular biology.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=142778\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Cross<\/a>, BA &#8217;14, a University Scholar from Flower Mound, Texas, received a Fulbright Scholarship\u00a0and will teach English in Germany next year.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.baylor.edu\/artsandsciences\/2014\/03\/27\/goldwater_scholars_2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Gibson<\/a>, a mathematics and Russian double major from Houston, received Goldwater Scholarship honorable mention recognition. He plans to pursue a PhD in mathematics.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.baylor.edu\/artsandsciences\/2014\/03\/27\/goldwater_scholars_2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Holden<\/a>, a chemistry major from Allen, will pursue her doctorate\u00a0in chemistry after receiving a\u00a0Goldwater Scholarship.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=142778\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Keim<\/a>, BS &#8217;14, a chemistry major from Salisbury, Md., was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and will pursue a master\u2019s degree in synthetic organic chemistry at the University of Nottingham.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=142778\" target=\"_blank\">Elijah Maletz<\/a>, BA &#8217;14, an international studies and economics double major from Hood River, Ore., will teach English in Mongolia after receiving his U.S. Student Fulbright Award.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=142778\" target=\"_blank\">Erin McInerney<\/a>, BME &#8217;14, a choral music major and French minor from Fairview, Texas, received a French Government English Teaching Assistantship.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=142778\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus Sotelo<\/a>, BS &#8217;14, a biology major from Houston, received a Rotary Global Grant Scholar award and will pursue a master\u2019s in public health at the London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maybe someday we\u2019ll be hearing about these students eradicating disease or influencing a new generation to study in America, armed with an understanding of the English language. For now, we wish them the best as they represent Baylor around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, scholarship winners!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>[Pictured above: Boys, Holden and Gibson, courtesy the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.baylor.edu\/artsandsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baylor Arts &amp; Sciences blog<\/a>]\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With recognizable names like Goldwater and\u00a0Fulbright, some of the most prestigious scholarships in the nation have revealed their winners in recent weeks &#8212; and it should come as no surprise that Baylor is again well-represented among the recipients. These awards provide the\u00a0students with a means to pay for ongoing\u00a0studies while\u00a0shining prestige on the university, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-honors","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}