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Senior Noah Meyer awarded NSF grant for graduate studies
April 9, 2021 | 2012 Highlights: Entrepreneurship, Research, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University senior Noah Meyer, who studies physics and applied mathematics, has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
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Three WFU students named 2021 Goldwater Scholars
March 31, 2021 | Faculty, Scholars, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Joseph McCalmon, Ashley Peake and Samuel Schwartz have been named 2021 Barry S. Goldwater Scholars. The three are among 410 college students from across the U.S. to receive the award for the 2021-22 academic year.
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Wake Forest senior Savarni Sanka named Rhodes Scholar
November 22, 2020 | Admissions, Recognition, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest senior Savarni Sanka has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Sanka, who is from Raleigh, N.C., plans to pursue a masters in public policy and masters of science in refugee and forced migration studies.
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Eight Wake Forest students and alumni awarded Fulbright Scholarships
May 15, 2020 | Scholars, Top Stories, University Announcement
Eight Wake Forest students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships to teach English and conduct research during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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WFU student-researcher wins prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
April 8, 2020 | Recognition, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Hannah Scanlon, a junior mathematics major from Raleigh, N.C., has been named a 2020 Barry S. Goldwater Scholar. Scanlon was selected as one of 396 college students from across the U.S. and is one of 12 in North Carolina to receive the award for the 2020-21 academic year.
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Senior Dylan King awarded 2020 Marshall Scholarship
December 10, 2019 | Admissions, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Senior Dylan King, a senior mathematics and computer science major from Walnut Cove, N.C., has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship.
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Seven WFU Fulbright Scholars named
May 10, 2019 | Alumni, Recognition, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Six members of Wake Forest University’s Class of 2019 and one member of the Class of 2018 have been awarded grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2019-20 academic year.
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Angela Harper named Gates Cambridge Scholar
April 19, 2018 | Admissions, Recognition, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Angela Harper (’17), a physics student already pursuing a master’s degree at the University of Cambridge as Wake Forest’s first Churchill Scholar, has been selected for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship to earn her Ph.D. at the distinguished British institution.
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Mathematics student named Goldwater Scholar
April 13, 2018 | Admissions, Recognition, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Dylan King, a sophomore mathematics and computer science major from Walnut Cove, N.C., has been named a 2018 Barry S. Goldwater Scholar. King was selected as one of 211 students from around the country to receive the award for the 2018-19 academic year.
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Angela Harper named Churchill Scholar
January 26, 2017 | Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest senior Angela Harper has been named one of 15 Churchill Scholars who will study at the University of Cambridge for the academic year 2017-18. She is the first Wake Forest student to receive this highly selective award.