We’re proud to recognize the following UWB recipients of merit-based scholarships. Congratulations!
2012-2013 Academic Year
Jenia Ostrovskaya, Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Major: Biology
Project: "Planarians Do Not Require Light Stimulus for Functional Regeneration of Photoreceptors"
Paulette Costanza, Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Major: Environmental Studies
Project: "Linking People, Highlands, and Climate: Climate change on high-elevation socio-ecological systems in the tropical Andes"
Marcus Johnson, Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Major: Global Studies
Project: "The Multi Dimensions of Blackness: Cultural Hegemony in the US and Abroad"
Alejandra Perez, Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship
Major: Society, Ethics, & Human Behavior
Project: "Beyond Dreaming: Scholarship List for Undocumented Students in Washington State"
Sarah Reeves, GO! Scholarship for Study Abroad
Major: Community Psychology, Environmental Studies
Study Abroad Program: SIT Nepal: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples
Study Abroad Ambassadors, Recipients of UW Bothell Study Abroad Scholarship
2011-2012 Academic Year
Pundeep Dhunna, Mary Gates Scholar, 2012 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities
Major: Global Studies
Research Project: "Ethnic Vietnamese but Cambodian - Ambiguous Identities"
Marcus Johnson, Mary Gates Scholar, 2012 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities
Major: Global Studies
Research Project: "Dimensions of Blackness in the Dominican Republic"
Mahala Lettvin, Mary Gates Scholar, 2012 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities
Major: American Studies
Research Project: "Between Longing and Belonging: Identity Struggles for Chilean exiles in the U.S."
Gabriela Wright-Trejo, Mary Gates Scholar, 2012 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities
Major: Global Studies
Research Project: "El Motor de Conocimiento: Mercedes Sosa, el conocimiento indigena y la politica involucrada"
Shahrzad Mahmoudi, Association of Women in Computing Scholarship
Major: Media and Comunication, Minor: Information and Technology
Benjamin Wiselogle, Gates Cambridge Scholarship Nominee
Class of 2012, BA in Global Studies
Proposed Program: Master's in Development Studies at University of Cambridge
Lan Le, GO! Scholarship for Study Abroad
Major: Biology
Program: BNHS India - Health Issues in a Developing Nation Exploration Seminar
Christopher McRae, Edward E. Carlson Leadership Award
Class of 2012, BA in Community Psychology
Future Plans: PhD in Family and Community Studies and Curriculum and Instruction at Clemson University
Ana Valentina Humphrey, UW Class of 1954 Achievement Scholarship
Class of 2012, BA in Community Psychology
Project: "Legal Research Regarding the Value of Cross-Cultural Communication and Cultural Competence"
57 UW Bothell students, Washington State Opportunity Scholarship
Hung Dang, Fulbright Scholar, U.S.–Japan International Education Administrators Program
Role: Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs
Project: To strengthen knowledge of the Japanese education system and student learning styles in order help devise programs to increase the persistence rate of international students visiting the U.S. from Asia
Christopher McRae, Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Class of 2012, BA in Community Psychology
Project: "Building a Supportive Learning Community: Developing Best Practices for Veterans in Higher Education"
Advisor: Eric Stewart, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Ronnie Thibault, Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Class of 2012, BA Society, Ethics, & Human Behavior
Project: "Can Autistics Redefine Autism? The Cultural Politics of Autistic Activism"
Advisor: Benjamin Gardner, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
UWB General Scholarship Winners