Top row, from left: Frederick Hitti '07, Alexander Rupert '07, Gwen Rudie '07,
Christina Behrend '07, and Mita Sharma '08. Lower row, from left: Phuong Luong
'07, Adrienne Lee '07, and Kenneth Muigai '07. (Photo by Sarah Benelli)
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Four Dartmouth students were nominated and all were selected to receive this
year's prestigious Barry M. Goldwater
Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation award, which provides
scholarship support for sophomores or juniors who plan to pursue careers in
math, science, or engineering. The four, Christina Behrend, Frederick Hitti,
Gwen Rudie, and Alexander Rupert, are members of the Class of
2007. This year's 323 Goldwater Scholars were chosen from a field of 1,081,
all nominated by faculty members at colleges and universities nationwide.
Behrend, from Englishtown, N.J., is an engineering major, and she wants to
earn a Ph.D. that combines her interests in neuroscience, engineering, and
robotics. Hitti, now living in Hanover but originally from Old Westbury, N.Y.,
is working on a major in biochemistry and molecular biology, and he hopes to
pursue an M.D./Ph.D. in neuroscience. Rudie, from Madison, Wisc., is a physics
and astronomy major, and she will pursue a Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics.
Rupert, from Seattle, Wash., is working toward a double major in chemistry and
psychology, and he hopes to earn a Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry.
Three members of the Class of 2007 have been awarded a Rockefeller Brothers
Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color. Adrienne Lee, from
Winchester, Mass., Phuong Luong, from Brooklyn, N.Y., and Kenneth Muigai, from
New York, N.Y., all plan to pursue an M.A. in education or other
education-related advanced study. The fellowship, awarded to juniors, provides
support for graduate school and loan repayment. All fellows must plan to teach
a minimum of three years in a public elementary or secondary school. This is
the second year that all the Dartmouth nominees received awards. Lee is
majoring in psychology, Luong is pursuing an environmental studies major, and
Muigai is working toward a major in English modified with film studies.
Mita Sharma, a member of the Class of 2008 from
Princeton Junction, N.J., has been chosen for the
Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program, an international competition that
recognizes academic excellence and leadership potential. She is one of only 100
sophomores worldwide, and one of 16 U.S. honorees. She intends to major in
neuroscience and minor in chemistry. The award aims to nurture the educators,
policy makers, and business leaders of the future, by creating an international
network to share ideas and work collaboratively.
"These awards all formally acknowledge what we already inherently know:
that Dartmouth students are academic leaders," says Kristin O'Rourke,
Dartmouth's scholarship
advisor. "Our students are poised to do great things after they
graduate, and these impressive national awards recognize that."
By SUSAN KNAPP
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