Fordham University congratulates its students who won prestigious scholarships and fellowships during the 2007-08 academic year. This year’s list, which includes both undergraduate and graduate students, features a record number of 10 Fulbright Scholarship winners.
The array of awards reflects the diversity of Fordham’s roughly 14,700 students and the diligent work and dedication of the St. Edmund Campion Institute for Prestigious Fellowships. Among the winners are a Bourse Chateaubriand Fellow, two Gates Cambridge Scholars and, in a first for the University, one Morris K. Udall Scholar and one Henry Luce Scholar.
The award recipients are listed below in alphabetical order.
Afua Atta-Mensah, LAW
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Graduate Student Award
Catarina Aballe, FCLC junior (communications)
Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University/IFSA Butler Scholarships
Douglas Ballas, FCLC ’08, (theology)
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Undergraduate Award
Samantha Beattie FCRH junior (economics)
Institute for the International Education of Students IES Scholarship
Christopher Beck, GSAS ’08 (history)
Bourse Chateaubriand Fellowship for Study in France
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Graduate Student Award
Emily Bell, CBA junior
DIS Danish Institute Award
Daniel Blessing, FCRH junior (physics/Operational Technology Division in Quantico)
FBI Honors Internship
Caitlin Breen, FCRH junior (communications)
Syracuse University Grant
Matthew Cashman FCRH sophomore (biological sciences with a concentration in ecology)
DAAD RISE Summer Research Internship in Science & Engineering
Chanel Cathey, FCRH ’08 (communications and political science)
Jackie Robinson Undergraduate Scholarship
Katherine Chang FCRH junior (IPE)
Syracuse University Grant
Joseph Clair GSAS (philosophy)
Gates Cambridge Trust Scholarship
Allison Cleary, FCRH junior (history)
Arcadia University Scholarship
Brendan Coffey, FCRH’ 08 (English and philosophy/Korea TA)
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Undergraduate Award
Sarah Coyne, CBA junior
Institute for the International Education of Students IES Scholarship
Kathryn Cusimano, FCLC junior (communications/political science)
Arcadia University Scholarship
Elizabeth Davis, CBA junior
Syracuse University Grant
Miriam Delos Santos, GSAS, (IPED)
St. Gallen Symposium Student Award
Daniel DiPasquale, FCRH sophomore (mathematics)
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Program (REU)
Juan Duran, FCLC sophomore (natural science)
Yale Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship
Jenna Duryeee, FCRH junior (French/IPE)
Boston University Scholarship
Sophia English, FCLC junior (social work/Spanish)
Gilman Scholarship
John Flynn, FCRH sophomore (economics)
New York City Mayoral Internship
Jessica Frederick, CBA junior
Syracuse University Grant
Devin C. Gladden, FCRH junior (IPE/environmental studies)
U.S. Department of State Summer Internship
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
Woodrow Wilson School’s Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship Program/Summer Institute at Princeton
Gilman Scholarship
Compton Scholarship
School for International Training SIT Fund Scholarship
Alietta Gordon, FCRH ’08 (urban studies)
NYC Teaching Fellowship
Andrea Gorniok, FCRH junior (Spanish)
Syracuse University Grant
Meghan Greco, FCRH junior (communications)
Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University/IFSA Butler Scholarship
Mario Grosso, CBA junior
Arcadia University Scholarship
Cristina Grullon, FCRH junior (history)
The Council on International Educational Exchange CIEE Scholarship
Jhin Han, GSAS (IPED)
Catholic Relief Services International Fellowship
Marcia Harr, GSE
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Graduate Student Award
Marsiyana Henricus, FCRH ’08 (chemistry)
Merage Foundation for the American Dream Fellowship
Emily Hibbetts, GSAS, (IPED)
Catholic Relief Services International Fellowship
Jonathan Hogan, FCRH ’08 (communications)
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Undergraduate Award
Patrick Hopkins, FCRH junior (urban studies)
Syracuse University Grant
Danielle Kavanagh-Smith, FCRH junior (IPE)
Baisley Award
Alyson G. Kelly, FCRH junior (IPE)
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Finalist
Dwayne Kelly, FCRH junior (urban studies/pre-med)
NAACP ACT-SO Community Service Award
Joanna Kelly, FCLC junior (history)
Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University/IFSA Butler Scholarship
Ashley Lauria, FCRH junior (chemistry)
Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Scholarship
Alice Leung, CBA junior
Syracuse University Grant
Fiefel Ling, FCLC junior (religious studies)
Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University/IFSA Butler Scholarship
Samantha Liu, FCLC junior (French/Italian studies)
The Council on International Educational Exchange CIEE Scholarship
Caitlin Ludden, FCRH junior (sociology)
DIS Danish Institute Award
Rachel Lushinsky, FCRH junior (political science)
Syracuse University Grant
Artyom Matusov, FCLC ’06 (international/intercultural studies)
Chicago Transit Authority Presidential Fellowship
John McCarthy, FCRH junior (philosophy)
Institute for the International Education of Students IES Scholarship
Jennifer McMillan, FCRH junior (history)
Syracuse University Grant
Mohsin Mohi-Ud-Din, FCRH ’07 (IPE and Middle Eastern studies/Morocco)
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Undergraduate Award
Matthew Moran, FCRH ’08 (political science/urban studies)
NYC Urban Fellows Program
Patricia Morizio, FCRH junior (IPE)
U.S. Department of State Summer Internship
Emily Murphy, GSE, (Hong Kong TA)
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Graduate Student Award
Kara Noran, FCRH ’08 (German andIPE)
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Undergraduate Award
Anna Maria Oprescu, FCLC junior (psychology)
Mayo Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship
Kathleen O’Rourke, FCRH junior (psychology)
Arcadia University Scholarship
Pamela O’Sullivan, FCRH junior (psychology)
Boston University Scholarship
Elizabeth Pfeiffer, GSAS, (IPED)
Catholic Relief Services International Fellowship
Andrew Puntel, FCRH ’04 (music)
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Undergraduate Award
Emilano Reyes, CBA ’07 (marketing)
Jose E. Serrano Scholarship for Diplomatic Studies
Lauren Romeo, FCRH junior (communications)
The Council on International Educational Exchange CIEE Scholarship
Andres Romero, GSAS, (IPED/Indonesia)
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant – Graduate Student Award
Joel Rowe, FCLC junior (anthropology)
School for International Training SIT Fund Scholarship
Gilman Scholarship
Allison Schlapp, FCRH junior (political science)
Boston University Scholarship
Christine Schwall, FCRH junior (biology)
DAAD RISE Summer Research Internship in Science & Engineering
Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Scholarship
Jeremiah W. Schwarz, FCRH ’03 (history and American studies)
Henry Luce Scholarship
Gates Cambridge Scholar
Elizabeth Silva, FCRH junior (comparative literature/Italian studies)
Arcadia University Scholarship
Anthony Talarico, FCRH junior (history)
Syracuse University Grant
Mohammad Usmani, FCLC sophmore (natural science/mathematics)
Princeton Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship
Seena Vali, FCRH junior (mathematics)
Arcadia University Scholarship
Jan Waszkiewicz, FCRH junior (IPE/economics)
U.S. Department of State Summer Internship
Ji Zhang, LAW
Commercial & Federal Litigation Section Minority Fellowship