Student honors and awards

Jonathan T. Ashby ’10 received a UNCF/Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Award. He was one of only 15 students to receive the award, which goes to African American students studying in the field of biomedical research. He will be mentored by a Merck scientist and will receive two summer research internships at a Merck research facility. A portion of the award will also go toward his tuition, room and board, and fees.

Emma Etheridge ’08 has won a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, which will allow her to teach English in Venezuela, where she plans to continue to study the intersection of African and Hispanic cultures in Latin America.

Daniela McFarren ’09 and Ezel Poslu ’09 are among the students who will receive $10,000 from The Davis Projects for Peace for their project, “Peace in Jail,” which is intended to establish a youth technology and student center in the recreational area of the San Pedro Men’s Prison in La Paz, Bolivia.

Ashesh Prasann ’08 has been named a Junior Fellow in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for 2008-09. Prasann will work in the South Asia program and will also be a research assistant on a new Carnegie project that will analyze the current and future strategic military balance among India, Pakistan, and China.

Ed J. Walters ’08, has been awarded a Clarendon Scholarship by the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Walters will use the scholarship to earn a M. Sc. (master of science degree) in comparative social policy at Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world and a leader in learning, teaching, and research.

Honors graduate Emma Kate Goehring, Class of 2008, was awarded a bachelor’s degree with honors in American Studies at this year’s Commencement. Due to an administrative error, she did not receive appropriate recognition during the ceremony. The College offers its heartfelt congratulations for her outstanding achievement and wishes her every success in the future.