The students are Po-Shen Loh, a junior math major from Madison, Wisconsin; Victor Tsai, a junior geophysics major from Albany, California; and Joseph Wasem, a sophomore physics major from Pullman, Washington.
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation awards these academic merit scholarships to undergraduate sophomores and juniors from across the nation. The recipients were chosen from 1,093 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide.
The one- and two-year scholarships will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.
The Goldwater Foundation is a federally endowed agency. The scholarship program, honoring the late Senator Barry M. Goldwater, was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship is one of the premier undergraduate awards of its type in these fields. The foundation, to date, has awarded 3,962 scholarships worth approximately $39 million dollars. The trustees plan to award about 300 scholarships for the 2004-05 academic year.
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Written by Deborah Williams-Hedges