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Joseph Riley, a third-year student in the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences, has received a 2012 Truman Scholarship. Given by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, the award goes to college juniors who exhibit exceptional leadership potential and who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in public service.
These graduates and students are among more than 1,500 U.S. citizens who will study, research, and teach English abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Biomedical engineering major Hannah Meredith is the first University of Virginia student to receive a scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
Nine UVa students are among approximately 575 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who will be going overseas this summer to study languages with Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State. These students will spend seven to 10 weeks in intensive language institutes and in cultural immersion in countries where these languages are spoken.
Kim, 20, of Annandale, is a third-year biology major in the College of Arts & Sciences.
The Truman Scholarship provides financial support for graduate study and leadership training. Wallace, who is double-majoring in politics and economics, plans to pursue a law degree and a master's degree in public policy, with a career goal of becoming a prosecutor.
Two University of Virginia students have been awarded a 2011 Davis Projects for Peace award for their program to create a business training curriculum in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Nelson, a fourth-year political and social thought major in the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences, has received a Rhodes Scholarship.
Eight University of Virginia students and alumni have received Fulbright scholarships. They will be going overseas to further their education in such topics as philosophy, biology, architecture, languages and art.
NSF fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $30,000, along with a $10,500 annual cost-of-education allowance for tuition and fees, a one-time $1,000 international travel allowance and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. or foreign institution of graduate education they choose.
Matthews has received a Fulbright US Student Award to study "Transformations of Public Space in Turkish Ottoman-Byzantine Cities: Istanbul, Bursa and Iznik."
"I am very honored to receive this award," said Heil, a third-year student. "It represents my commitment to the environment and provides me with an avenue to meet similar students at a four-day conference in Tucson, Ariz."
The four are among 278 students who received scholarships, given by the Goldwater Foundation to second- and third-year students who intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering.
Selam Asihel and Razan Osman have been awarded a 2010 Davis Projects for Peace award for their program to bring together Muslim and Coptic Christian orphans in Egypt.
Will Jacobs, a fourth-year engineering and physics major at the University of Virginia, has received a 2010 Gates Scholarship.
Henry, 21, who will graduate in May with masters' and bachelor's degrees in environmental science, will be able to work in Asia for a year with the Luce Scholarship.
Spencer, 23, will pursue a master's degree in evidence-based social intervention, which he said would help him evaluate the effectiveness of his not-for-profit organization that trains college athletes to be HIV educators.
Two University of Virginia doctoral students, Rosemary Ann Cox-Galhotra and Elizabeth Anne "Beth" Hart, have received National Science Foundation graduate fellowships, which will start in the 2009-10 academic year. The three-year fellowships provide about $30,000 to each student each year.
Thushara Gunda, an environmental sciences major at the University of Virginia, has received a 2009 Udall Scholarship to support her research into in hydrogeological sciences.
Courtney Mallow and Evelyn Hall have received a Davis Projects for Peace prize for a proposal to empower women in Bluefields, Nicaragua.