We are proud to recognize and congratulate Lehigh students, alumni and faculty who have received competitive scholarships and fellowships.
Boren Scholars
2023-2024
1. Timmy Dillard '25 in Brazil
2. Sam Ginn '24 in Serbia
3. Claire Kirshenbaum '24 in Indonesia
2022-2023
1. Allison Duane '23 in South Africa
2021-2022:
1. Hiwot Demelash ’22 in Ethiopa
2. Dan Rudiak ’23 in Morocco
3. Emma Santini ’22 in Indonesia
2016-2017:
1. Toni Isreal '17 in Jordan
Critical Language Scholars
2020-2021:
1. Ari Ehrenfeucht '23 in Russian
2. Busara Hall '23 in Mandarin
3. Nick Masri '23 in Mandarin
4. Dan Rudiak '23 in Morocco
5. Nicholas Masri ’23 in Chinese
2019-2020:
1. Samantha Margolis '21 in Arabic
2017-2018:
1. Diana Rivas Garcia '19 in Mandarin
DAAD Rise Scholars in Germany
2023-2024
1. Jonathan Valenzuela (Ph.D. candidate) '25
2. Nathan Kent '26
3. Alexandra Wnuk '25
4. Amanda Rosenbaum '26
2022-2023
1. Caleb Geren '25
2. Kathleen Gifford '24
3. Andrew Koerner '24
4. Prabin Panta '24
2021-2022:
1. Nina Cialone ’24
2. Muhammed Delen ’24
3. Giavanna Gast ’24
4. Lauryn Holgado ’24
5. Josie Koelsch ’23
2019-2020:
1. Jack Heller '21
Fulbright Scholars
2023-2024
1. Brooke Cannon '24 in Greece
2. Caroline Mierzwa '23 in Spain
3. William Yaeger '24 in Peru
2022-2023
1. John Blake '23 in Germany
2021-2022
1. Nora Abbott ’22 in Denmark
2. Salma Elboute ’22 in United Arab Emirates
3. John Kershner (Ph.D. candidate) in Germany
2019-2020
1. Kendra Beazer '23 in United States
2018-2019
1. Jessica Condolo Hubsch '19 in Portugal
2. Sunny Huang '16 in Taiwan
3. Owen Loughlin '18 in Greenland
4. Mareesa Miles '18 in Ecuador
5. Timothy Davis '16 in Germany
2018-2019
1. Deanna Kocher '18 in Canada
2. Diana Rivas '20 in Mexico
2016-2017
1. Evan Gaj '17 in Poland
Gilman Scholars
2023-2024
1. David Okeh '26 in Belgium
2. Ana Mendoza '27 in UK
3. Kendalin Flores '26 in South Korea
4. Sarah Wilhem '25 in Germany
5. Sophia Barro '25 in Netherlands
6. Jeremy Baidoo '24 in Germany
7. Roman Mitchell '24 in Germany
8. Dina Gofman '25 in Spain
9. Charlotte Imperatore '25 in Spain
10. Gus Maass '27 in Spain
11. Colin Arnold '26 in Germany
12. Jackie Jiang '27 in South Korea
13. Liana Secondino '25 in France
14. Gay Soe '25 in Argentina, Spain, Africa
15. Karen Liang '25 in South Korea
16. Archer Benedict '26 in Belgium
17. Karina Makhani '26 in Barcelona
18.Lesly Maria Hernandez '27 in Costa Rica
19. Nyobe Bandele '24 in France
20. Julie Wright '26 in DR
21. Lexy Guazzone '26 in Singapore
22. Felix Colon '25 in Austrailia, Chile, & Italy
2022-2023
1. Christie S. Ortega '23 in Germany
2. Samantha Powers '23 in Denmark, UK, Finland
3. Cindy Tran '24, in South Korea
4. Jingwen Wei '23 in Japan
5. Martiza Mones (Poblano) '25 in Ireland
6. Annie Jiwon Seong '24 in Germany
7. Lya Joseph '25 in Chile
8. Isabela Giraldo '25 in Denmark Estonia Finland
9. Vaniah Barrera '25 in Ecuador
10. Xinyi (Nix) Huang '25 in Ireland
11. Amir Mahdi Jemal '23 in Spain
12. Spencer Finley Duff '25 in Italy
13. David Vincent Ruiz '24 in Belgium
2021-2022
1. Georgia Becker ’24 in Spain
2. Amber Bierly ’25 in France
3. Samantha Cardenas ’23 in Netherlands
4. Alexa Couto ’25 in United Kingdom
5. Alejandro Del Valle Valdez ’23 in Switzerland
6. Grace Enriquez ’22 in Switzerland
7. Bryce Erdman ’18 in Germany
8. Ishan Gauro ’24 in Spain
9. Delaney Gemmel ’24 in Spain
10. Erik Glasthal ’19 in Ireland
11. Rachelle Huh ’23 in South Korea
12. Sumin Lim ’23 in South Korea
13. Jennifer Liu ’23 in Belgium
14. Daisy Lopez ’24 in Spain
15. Zena Meighan ’24 in Japan
16. Rehan Naeem ’23 in Spain
17. Amelie Pankov ’24 in France
18. Annie Seong ’24 in Germany
19. Michael Stevanovich ’23 in Colombia
20. Sabrina Trabish ’23 in Netherlands
21. Cindy Tran ’24 in South Korea
22. Jingwen Wei ’23 in Japan
23. John Whitall ’24 in Argentina
24. Joshua Yang ’22 in South Korea
25. Ada Zheng ’25 in Japan
26. Tiffany Zhu ’24 in Italy
2020-2021
1. Busara Hall '23 in China
2. Alicia Zamudio '22 in Denmark
2019-2020
1. Gabriela Alves '22 in Spain
2. Lynn Brownell '21 in Ireland
3. Victoria Campbell '20 in South Africa, Denmark, Argentina
4. Ya Donkor '23 in Japan
5. Steven Escobar-Mendez '22 in Chile, Nepal, Jordan
6. Allison Graham '22 in Australia
7. Alexandra MacVicar '21 in Turks & Caicos Islands
8. Mericel Mirabal '22 in Spain
9. Grace Miller '21 in Austria
10. Jessica Mun '21 in Spain
11. Christie Ortega '23 in Germany
12. Taylor Pistone '21 in United Kingdom
13. Mikayla Spott '21 in Denmark
14. Kenneth Straw '22 in Czech Republic
15. Jingwen Wei '23 in Japan
2018-2019
1. Julaisei Caguana-Salazar '20 in United Kingdom
2. Cherease Douglas '22 in South Africa
3. Alexandra Gainey '22 in China
4. Stephanie Huynh '20 in Thailand
5. Jia Mei Li '21 in China
6. Ana Madrigal '20 in Spain
7. Meghan Murphy '22 in Austria
8. Caroline Suddath '21 in Ireland
9. Andy Wu '20 in Hong Kong
2017-2018
1. Nia Baker '19 in Ghana
2. Ryan Groves '20 in Czech Republic
3. Matt Kuehnle '19 in China
4. Long Ping Shao '19 in China
5. Gili Remen '19 in Spain
6. Karen Huang '19 in Italy
7. Sage Chasen '20 in Germany
8. Diana Rivas Garcia '19 in China
9. Kimberly Meija '19 in Spain
10. Paige Hapeman '19 in Multi-Country
NSF Graduate Research Fellows
2018-2019
1. Michelle Kent '19 at Colorado School of Mines
2016-2017
1. Courtney Au-Yeung in Materials Research - Ceramics
2. Lorraine Carnes in Geosciences - Geomorphology
3. Angela Lawrence in Mechanical Engineering
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates
2023-2024
1. Luke Weaver '24 at University of Michigan / CERN Switzerland
2. Matt O'Connell '26 at Lousiville
3. Ray Kennedy '26 at Rittschof Lab at the University of Kentucky
4. Tahmina Raisa '25 at John Hopkins
2022-2023
1. Cameron MacMahon '24 at Georgia Tech
2. Casey Dolan '25 at Stevens Institute
3. Andy Chung '24 at University of Minnesota
4. Julian Martucci '25 at Colorado School of Mines
5. Nikki Pasterczyk '25 at The Scripps Research Institute
6. Ellen Henry '25 at Montana State University
2021-2022
1. Giavanna Gast ’24 at University of Maine
2. Cameron MacMahon ’22 at Michigan State University
3. Eva Wolfe ’23 at University of Wisconsin-Madison
4. Will Yaeger ’24 at Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, Maine
2020-2021
1. Philip Kaufinger '22 at Coe College
2. Josephine Koelsch '23 at North Carolina State University
3. Sophia Martino '24 at Temple's Pervasive Computing
4. Samuel Ward '22 at University of Nebraska
2019-2020
1. Benjamin Brindle '22 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics
2. Kayla McMillan '22 at Duke University
Project GO Scholars
Project GO is a nationwide program open to all qualified ROTC students offering fully-funded opportunities in critical language education, overseas study, and cross-cultural experience.
2021-2022
1. Maura Campbell ’24, Arabic in Morocco
2. Sacha Joseph ’25, Arabic in Jordan
3. Daniel Rudiak '23, Arabic in Morocco or Oman
2020-2021
1. Ari Ehrenfeucht '23
2. Dan Rudiak '23
RUHR Fellows in Germany
2023-2024
1. Anna Patti '26
2. Lexy Guazzone '26
3. Amanda Rosenbaum '26
4. Adam Zimmerman '26
5. Alexandra Wnuk '25
2022-2023
1. Elizabeth Bielen '25
2. Ilias Chekkori '24
3. Samuel Miller '25
4. Nada Stojanović '25
2021-2022
1. Maura Campbell ’24*
2. Xinyi Cui ’18, G’22
2019-2020
1. Jack Heller '21
2. Eric Wolf '20
Schwarzman Scholars at Tsinghua University, Beijing China
2020-2021
1. William Peracchio '21
2018-2019
1. David Morency '18
Faculty Fulbright Scholars
2022-2023
1. Dr. Hugo Ceron Anaya, Fulbright Specialist in Brazil
2. Professor Maria Barbara Zepeda Cortes, Fulbright Faculty Research in Mexico
3. Dr. Nandini Deo, Fulbright Faculty Research in India
2020-2021
1. Professor Herman Nied, Fulbright Faculty Research in Austria
2019-2020
1. Dr. Jill Sperandio, Professor Emeritus, Ambassador's Distinguished Scholars Program in Ethiopia
2. Dr. Arup Sengupta, Senior Fulbright-Nehru Research in India
2017-2018
1. Professor Israel Wachs, Fulbright Faculty Research in Israel
2016-2017
1. Professor Jill Sperandio, Fulbright Faculty Research in Azerbaijan
2. Professor Dinissa Duvanova, Fulbright Faculty Research in Kazakhstan
Previous Winners Prior to Department's Inception
2015-2016
1. Talia Dunyak '16, Fulbright Combined Grant, Austria
2014-2015
1. Celia Fung '15, Fulbright Research, Swaziland
2. Kylie Gray '15, Fulbright ETA, Uruguay
3. Jennifer Markham '16, NSF REU, Colorado State University, Chemical Engineering
4. Carlie Skellington '15, Fulbright ETA, Indonesia
5. Jonathan Witt '15, Buick Achievers Scholarship
2013-2014
1. Victoria Herrmann '12, awarded a U.S. Student Fulbright award in Canada
2. Matthew Kilgore '15, awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program award
3. Edward Jacob Puzycki '14, awarded Fulbright ETA, Physics
2012-2013
1. Michael German '15 (PhD), awarded a U.S. Student Fulbright award in India
2. Victoria Herrmann '12, awarded a Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellows position
3. Victoria Herrmann '12, awarded Gates Cambridge, International Relations
4. Thomas Janis, awarded a U.S. Student Fulbright award in Turkey
5. Claire Sullivan '09, awarded a U.S. Student Fulbright award as an English Teaching Assistant in Vietnam
2011-2012
1. Lisa Cheung '09, awarded a Fulbright scholarship to teach in Spain
2009-2010
1. Kelly Ashton '09, awarded a Fulbright grant to teach in South Korea
2. Amanda Dilger '10, awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for research in biology
3. Toni Marraccini '09, awarded a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship for graduate studies in South Africa
4. Pamela McGaha, MBA '94, awarded a Fulbright grant for research in Australia
5. Ashley Pritchard '09, awarded a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship for studies abroad at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
2008-2009
1. Andrew Mastbaum '09, awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for research in Physics
2. Jared Maxson '09, awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for research in Physics
3. Deborah Ou-Yang '08, awarded a Fulbright grant to teach in South Korea
4. Anne Rodriguez '09, awarded Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholarship
5. Thethan Soe '08, awarded Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship for graduate studies in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania
6. Chelsea Stone '07, awarded a Fulbright grant to teach in Spain
2007-2008
1. Rebecca Guzman '07, awarded a Fulbright grant to teach in Indonesia
2. Whitney Ryan '09, awarded a Saint Andrew's Society Scholarship in Scotland at the University of Aberdeen
Winner Stories
Giavanna Gast ‘24 - Germany
It’s not every college student who can say their summer job impacted the future of the aerospace and automobile industries. But not every college student is Giavanna Gast ‘24.
Gast spent last summer in Germany researching new applications for micro-casted, 3-D printed class, thanks to winning a DAAD Rise scholarship. This scholarship allows students to spend a summer in Germany working as an intern, and covers their expenses while living there.
What first drew Gast to the DAAD Rise program was the unique opportunity for study that no other scholarships she was accepted to could offer. “I could have an unconventional study abroad experience where I was really living and working in the country, which is a different experience than taking classes in a country,” Gast said.
She first applied for the scholarship her freshman year, but was not accepted. However, just going through the process gave her valuable skills and knowledge. She was able to hone her essay-writing skills and discovered a formula that worked for her, specifically by using personal stories to connect with the reader.
When she applied again her sophomore year, she took what she learned and created a stronger application. When Gast learned she had been accepted, she called her mom and best friend to share the good news, then spent the rest of the day thinking about her upcoming summer and the research that she would be doing.
“I was just really elated and over the moon, I’d worked so hard for it and applied to so many different programs, but this was literally my top choice, program and project,” Gast said.
An IDEAS major who is passionate about learning from mechanical engineers, material scientists and entrepreneurs, Gast appreciated that her time in Germany helped her explore what she wants in a future career. She was able to learn more about the field that she was working in, discovering what she did and did not like about it while being immersed in groundbreaking research.
This time abroad also helped Gast grow personally. She gained new perspectives and valuable cultural experiences through spending the summer in a completely new country. She was also able to travel to many countries throughout Europe and learn about their cultures and histories.
“That was something that really shaped the way that I view the world and I think will help me understand different people, and work better with people from different cultures, in the future,” Gast said.
-Grace Roche
Logan Whitall ‘24 - Argentina and Antarctica
Despite traveling to one of the most desolate regions on Earth, Logan Whitall ‘24 has to pack light.
Traveling on multiple flights, Whitall departed Lehigh University in February for Ushuaia, Argentina for a months-long trip where the engineering student will be studying the impacts of climate change on one of the most geographically extreme regions of the world, spending time in both Patagonia and neighboring Antarctica.
“I’m going to a very cold place,” Whitall said. “I had to get some equipment that was good for the area.”
To help cover some of the costs of the trip, Whitall applied for and received a Gilman Scholarship. Gilman helps fund study abroad experiences for students who might otherwise not have the means.
“It was not that bad of an application, not too rigorous, and it was definitely helpful,” Whitall said.
An IDEAS major studying both mechanical engineering and environmental science, Whitall hopes that the combination of biology and environmental science classes he will take in Argentina will allow for him to explore more about what he wants to do with his career.
“I want to take the time to learn about the local culture and local ecosystems,” Whitall said. “Learn about the climate and how its change has affected those areas.”
Whitall’s classes in Patagonia will all be taught in Spanish, a language that he knows semi-fluently. After taking classes, he will embark on an independent study period that will include a 10-day trip to Antarctica.
“I really wanted to go to Antarctica,” Whitall said. “I figured I’d never go there if I wasn’t doing this program.”
Whitall does not know at this point exactly what the independent study would look like, and intends to play it by ear as he continues with his classes. He will return to the United States after a three-month period of classes followed by his research.
According to NOAA, just over 2 million square kilometers in sea ice have been lost in the arctic regions since 1990. One NOAA study revealed the rate of negative impacts of climate change occur quicker in the arctic than anywhere else in the world.
Whitall hopes that seeing this first-hand will allow him to undertake his own mission to help resolve climate change.
“I hope this program teaches me more about respecting nature and how humanity has affected the climate negatively,” Whitall said. “How can we work towards change in that direction?”
-Eddie Fuhrer
When I graduate at the end of this year, I will leave behind a dedication to community service that will last after I am gone.
Michael Stevanovich ‘ 23
Gilman Winner Experience Panama
