We’re proud to recognize the following UWB recipients of merit-based scholarships, fellowships and awards. Congratulations!
2012-2013 Academic Year
Justin Nygard, CIEE Language Intensive Focus Track (LIFT) Scholarship
Major: Global Studies
Study Abroad Program: Intensive Chinese Language and Culture, CIEE Study Center in Nanjing, China
Shauniece Drayton, Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Major: Community Psychology
Study Abroad Program: Zambia - Student Centered Health Education and Outreach: A Story of Urban and Rural Community Development
Meliaokalani Lam, Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Major: Environmental Studies
Study Abroad Program: Peruvian Field Studies: Ecology and Community from the Andes to the Amazon
Michael Wright, Boren Scholarship Alternate
Major: Law, Economics and Public Policy
Study Abroad Program: The Russian Far East, School of Russian and Asian Studies in Vladivostok, Russia
Christopher Nelson, Fulbright Research/Study Grant
Class of 2013, Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Grant Proposal:"Understanding the Expanded Nursing Scope of Practice in Denmark and Greenland", University of the Arctic Consortium, Denmark
Ty Edwards, Fulbright Research/Study Grant
Class of 2013, Master of Arts in Cultural Studies
Grant Proposal: "Support Services for International Student Populations in Higher Education", University of British Columbia, Canada
Aspasea McKenna, 2013 Clinton Global Initiative University
Major: Business
Project: "Using soccer as a development tool to increase primary education rates, combat poverty and break down gender and inter-ethnic divides"
Yekaterina Klepanchuk, 2013-14 Coro Fellow in Public Affairs
Major: Global Studies
Placement: Pittsburgh, PA
Rachel Kearns, NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Major: Biology
Placement: Physical Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Christopher Nelson, Mary Gates Venture Scholarship
Major: Nursing
Project: "Policy Recommendations for Greenlandic and Danish Nursing"
Jenia Ostrovskaya, Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Major: Biology
Project: "Planarians Do Not Require Light Stimulus for Functional Regeneration of Photoreceptors"
Paulette Costanza, Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Major: Environmental Studies
Project: "Linking People, Highlands, and Climate: Climate change on high-elevation socio-ecological systems in the tropical Andes"
Marcus Johnson, Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Major: Global Studies
Project: "The Multi Dimensions of Blackness: Cultural Hegemony in the US and Abroad"
Alejandra Perez, Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship
Major: Society, Ethics, & Human Behavior
Project: "Beyond Dreaming: Scholarship List for Undocumented Students in Washington State"
Sarah Reeves, GO! Scholarship for Study Abroad
Major: Community Psychology, Environmental Studies
Study Abroad Program: SIT Nepal: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples
Study Abroad Ambassadors, Recipients of UW Bothell Study Abroad Scholarship
2011-2012 Academic Year
Pundeep Dhunna, Mary Gates Scholar, 2012 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities
Major: Global Studies
Research Project: "Ethnic Vietnamese but Cambodian - Ambiguous Identities"
Marcus Johnson, Mary Gates Scholar, 2012 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities
Major: Global Studies
Research Project: "Dimensions of Blackness in the Dominican Republic"
Mahala Lettvin, Mary Gates Scholar, 2012 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities
Major: American Studies
Research Project: "Between Longing and Belonging: Identity Struggles for Chilean exiles in the U.S."
Gabriela Wright-Trejo, Mary Gates Scholar, 2012 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities
Major: Global Studies
Research Project: "El Motor de Conocimiento: Mercedes Sosa, el conocimiento indigena y la politica involucrada"
Shahrzad Mahmoudi, Association of Women in Computing Scholarship
Major: Media and Comunication, Minor: Information and Technology
Benjamin Wiselogle, Gates Cambridge Scholarship Nominee
Class of 2012, BA in Global Studies
Proposed Program: Master's in Development Studies at University of Cambridge
Lan Le, GO! Scholarship for Study Abroad
Major: Biology
Program: BNHS India - Health Issues in a Developing Nation Exploration Seminar
Christopher McRae, Edward E. Carlson Leadership Award
Class of 2012, BA in Community Psychology
Future Plans: PhD in Family and Community Studies and Curriculum and Instruction at Clemson University
Ana Valentina Humphrey, UW Class of 1954 Achievement Scholarship
Class of 2012, BA in Community Psychology
Project: "Legal Research Regarding the Value of Cross-Cultural Communication and Cultural Competence"
57 UW Bothell students, Washington State Opportunity Scholarship
Hung Dang, Fulbright Scholar, U.S.–Japan International Education Administrators Program
Role: Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs
Project: To strengthen knowledge of the Japanese education system and student learning styles in order help devise programs to increase the persistence rate of international students visiting the U.S. from Asia
Christopher McRae, Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Class of 2012, BA in Community Psychology
Project: "Building a Supportive Learning Community: Developing Best Practices for Veterans in Higher Education"
Advisor: Eric Stewart, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Ronnie Thibault, Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Class of 2012, BA Society, Ethics, & Human Behavior
Project: "Can Autistics Redefine Autism? The Cultural Politics of Autistic Activism"
Advisor: Benjamin Gardner, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
UWB General Scholarship Winners