<p>Just announced in Tech's student newspaper (March 24th), the Daily Toreador, are three Texas Tech Honors College students who have been awarded Goldwater scholarships for 2006. Here's a copy of the article:</p>
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<p>For three Texas Tech Honors College students, college life just got $7,500 easier.</p>
<p>Hosam Attaya, Bobbak Mansouri and Suzanne McDonald were three of the 323 national recipients for the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, a national award given to students in engineering, mathematics and science</p>
<p>Attaya, Mansouri and McDonald competed with 1,081 applicants across the country for the merit-based scholarship, which covers student fees and tuition for two years, according to a recent news release.</p>
<p>Much like other merit-based scholarships, achievements and career plans were key factors in the scholarship process.</p>
<p>Regarding the three Red Raider recipients, some can say they already have had some outstanding accomplishments and are have set some lofty goals with a high standard.</p>
<p>Attaya, a junior cell and molecular biology major from Lubbock, said the scholarship program looks for "what you do well in classes to be a 'top-notch' researcher."</p>
<p>Attaya said he also was glad to receive the scholarship because it is pursued by more than 1,000 of the most intelligent students across the country.</p>
<p>"It's a national competition with the best students from universities around the country," he said. "It's a pretty stiff competition, because you have people (competing) from Yale, Harvard, CalTech, schools like that."</p>
<p>Attaya gave credit to Christina Ashby-Martin, Honors College faculty coordinator for National and International Scholarship, for the award. Ashby-Martin consulted the scholarship applicants weekly and showed them ways to improve their applications.</p>
<p>"If anybody needs to be commended, it's Ashby-Martin," he said.</p>
<p>After he graduates, Attaya said he would seek a doctorate degree in cell and molecular biology and genetics. </p>
<p>Attaya currently researches cotton fibers and their development. Attaya said he can integrate his research experience in his postgraduate studies.</p>
<p>The other scholarship applicants have similar resumes.</p>
<p>Mansouri, a junior cell and molecular biology major from Lubbock who researches cognitive abilities with children's learning, plans to pursue a doctorate in neurobiology and neurology, according to the news release. </p>
<p>For McDonald, a sophomore electrical engineering major from Allen, some can say she is shooting for the stars, literally. </p>
<p>Along with the other three recipients, McDonald also plans to seek a doctorate, but in applied mathematics and astronomical engineering, the news release states. One of her goals to develop manned and unmanned probes for exploring the solar system.</p>
<p>The scholarship is named after the late Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., who spent more than three decades in the U.S. Senate. Goldwater also ran for president in 1964 before losing to the incumbent president, Lyndon B. Johnson. </p>
<p>The Goldwater Scholarship, established in 1986, is the "premier undergraduate scholarship of its type," according to the news release.</p>
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