|
News Release
April 4, 2007
Two Boise State Chemistry Students Awarded Prestigious Goldwater
Scholarships
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation has
announced that two Boise State University undergraduate students have been named
Goldwater Scholars. Alina M. Schimpf and Lisa J. Young are among only four Idaho
students selected this year to receive the prestigious award, which includes a
scholarship to cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to
$7,500.
Schimpf is a sophomore majoring in chemistry and math. She was awarded a 2006
Department of Chemistry summer research fellowship and a 2007 INBRE summer
fellowship. A 2004 graduate of Boise High School, she is vice president of the
Chemistry Club, a former member of Boise State’s track team, and she teaches
science classes at the Discovery Center of Idaho.
Young, a sophomore chemistry major with an environmental studies minor, received
the Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award for the 2005-06 academic year. A 2005
Boise High School graduate, she is also a member of the Chemistry Club, a member
of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and in the Honors College. Both
Young and Schimpf received awards from the Chemistry Club to attend the American
Chemical Society national meeting in Chicago over spring break, where Schimpf
presented a paper.
Schimpf and Young are the second and third Boise State students to earn this
honor. Amber M. Hibberd, also a chemistry major, was named a Goldwater Scholar
in 2004. Hibberd, who graduated in 2006, is now working on her master’s degree
at Princeton University.
Goldwater Scholars are selected from a field of mathematics, science and
engineering students nominated by the faculty on the basis of academic merit.
Nationally, 174 of the scholars are men, 143 are women, and virtually all intend
to obtain a Ph.D. as their degree objective. Twenty-eight scholars are
mathematics majors, 223 are science and related majors, 54 are engineering
majors and 12 are computer science majors. Many have dual majors in a variety of
mathematics, science, engineering and computer disciplines.
The Goldwater Foundation is a federally endowed agency established in 1986 to
honor Sen. Barry M. Goldwater. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier
undergraduate award of its type in these fields. Recent Goldwater Scholars have
been awarded 69 Rhodes Scholarships, 86 Marshall Awards and numerous other
distinguished fellowships.
-30-
Contacts: Sharon McGuire, Vice President for Undergraduate Studies, (208)
426-4030,
sharonmcquire@boisesetate.edu; Gerald J. Smith, Goldwater Foundation,
(703) 756-6012, goldh20@vacoxmail.com
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
Where you see blue, we see a metropolitan research university of distinction,
the largest institution of higher education in Idaho, and a place of science,
business, nature and art. Discover the New U Beyond the Blue.
The Office of Communications and Marketing
-
Boise State University
1910 University Drive -
Boise Idaho 83725-1030
Located in Capitol Village, 2225 W. University Drive
208-426-1577
(fax)208-426-4001
email
communications@boisestate.edu
Last reviewed on
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
|