Great year for prestigious academic scholarships for Northwestern

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<p>Quite a year for the Office of Fellowships at Northwestern and its director Sara Vaux. Vaux has built Northwestern into one of the top schools (and now pushing for the top school) in terms of getting prestigious fellowships. Considering how few are awarded (12 Mitchells, 14 Churchills, 18 Luces, 32 Rhodes, 37 Gates and 40 Marshalls), it's quite a feat.</p>

<p>Northwestern scholarships won this year:
Northwestern just had three winners for the Goldwater scholarships (tied for most in the nation) (science and medicine study)
Two Churchill scholarships (tied for most in the nation) (study at Cambridge )
Four Gates scholarships (tied for most in the nation, five and most in the nation if you count the Northwestern grad who applied during his first year at Stanford med school) (study at Cambridge)
Two Rhodes scholarships (tied for second in the nation) (study at Oxford)
One Marshall scholarship (study at Oxford)
24 Fulbright scholarships (fourth in the nation) (study abroad)
One Mitchell scholarship (study in Ireland)
One Luce scholarship (study in Asia)</p>

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<p>Nice. I love Professor Vaux.</p>

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<p>The president said NU reached a new record of 29 Fulbrights in his final state of the university speech last month. I think the 24 was for year 2008.</p>

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<p>^^ The 24 is the ‘official’ count for the current year. However, Northwestern has 29 if you count the former students who were not included as being part of the current Northwestern recipients (similar to the fifth Gates scholar).</p>

<p>Also, in checking the State of Northwestern address, Northwestern also has a Rotary scholar who will study at Oxford next year.</p>

<p>Creating an infrastructure for students to thrive at Northwestern and win these scholarships has evidently been a priority for Bienen. Bienen’s State of Northwestern University address (<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2009/03/stateofu.html):%5B/url%5D”>http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2009/03/stateofu.html):</a></p>

<p>Northwestern students and recent graduates demonstrated the strength of our six undergraduate colleges by earning awards in all the country’s elite scholarship competitions. Among the awardees were four students who will study in Oxford, England next year. They are: </p>

<p>Mallory Dwinal, a senior in Weinberg, and Anya Yermakova, a senior in Weinberg Bienen; both Rhodes Scholars. </p>

<p>Samuel Kleiner, a Weinberg senior and one of my own students, a Marshall Scholar.
Amanda Craig, a 2008 Medill graduate, a Rotary Scholar. </p>

<p>Seven students will study in Cambridge next year on Gates and Churchill Scholarships. The Gates winners are: Braxton Boren, a 2008 Bienen grad; Kristin Buterbaugh a Weinberg senior; David Dillon, Weinberg 2008; Chandler Robinson, Weinberg 2006; and Victor Roy, Weinberg 2007. The Churchill winners are: Yonathan Kahn, a senior in Weinberg and Bienen; and Rene Boiteau, a Weinberg senior.</p>

<p>In addition, 2008 Gates Scholar Andrew Gruen, a 2007 Medill grad, has been awarded a Luce Scholarship for study in Asia. Lauren Parnell, a 2007 Education and Social Policy graduate, is one of 12 Mitchell Scholars headed to Ireland, and a record 29 current or former students have embarked on Fulbright grants this year.</p>

<p>These successes result from the combination of having excellent students and strong mentoring and support from the Office of Fellowships and the undergraduate research program. Strengthening our efforts in these two areas has been an objective of mine, and I’m very pleased with how well this has worked.</p>