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2023 Merit Awards Recipients, Alternates, and Finalists

Office of Merit Awards 2022-2023 Award Recipients. Congratulations to all our applicants!

Nationally competitive awards offer students & alumni the means to accomplish their goals.

Boren Fellowship/Scholarship

  • Kyle Ballard, SIS/MA
  • Evan Barnard, SIS/MA
  • Nicolas Burch, SIS/MA
  • Latoya Jackson, SPA/MA
  • Nicholas Lemon, SIS/MA
  • Avinash Persaud, SIS/MA
  • Rachel Ricciardi, SIS/MA
  • Alexander Rubin, SPA/MA
  • Talia Soorenko, SIS/MA
  • Frank Spathanas, SIS/MA
  • Benjamin Willis, SIS/MA
  • Matthew Schopmeyer, SIS/BA

Alternates:

  • Christa Hoskins, SIS/MA
  • Joseph Lind, SIS/BA

 Gaither Junior Fellows Program

Finalists: 

  • Ethan Wong SIS/BA (finalist)

  • Louis Savoia SIS/BA (finalist)

Critical Language Scholarship

  • Keon Neghabat SIS/BA
  • Sadie Gray, CAS/BA
  • Geoffrey Box, SIS/MA
  • Madison Ianniello, SIS/BA
  • Jessica Hill, SIS/MA
  • Marissa Harold, SIS/BA
  • Camryn Allen, SiS/BA
  • Riley Phoenix, SIS/BA
  • Momal Rizvi, SIS/BA
  • Julia Norman, SIS/MA

Alternates:

  • Sarah Holston, SIS/PhD
  • Wiley Reid, SIS/MA
  • Spencer Dingman, SIS/BA
  • Jordan Scoggin, CAS/BA
  • Brandon Samples, SIS/MA
  • Mahelet Gennene, SIS/MA

CLS SPARK:

  • Juan Villasmil, SIS/BA 

Columbia Summer Public Health Scholars Program

  • Amanda Concepcion, CAS/BS

Fulbright United Kingdom Summer Institute 

Finalist: 

  • Alan Martinez, SIS/BA

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

  • Alia Abdur-Rahman, KSB, BA
  • Sara Gace, CAS/BA
  • Xavier Ibrahim, SIS/BA **
  • James Kwon, SIS/BA
  • Joelle Clautilde Ngoko Takoukam, SIS, Alum
  • Lilly O'Flaherty, CAS/BA **
  • Momal Rizvi, SIS/BA
  • Azeezat Salaudeen, SPA/BA
  • Ella Thompson, CAS/BA **
  • **Declined award

Alternates:

  • Martina Beggy, SIS/BA
  • Lane Manalo-LeClair, SIS/BA

Semi-Finalist: 

  • Mateo Gallegos, SOC/BA
  • Abigail Jackson, CAS/BA

Fulbright Study/Research Grant

  • Alexia Gardner, SIS/BA
  • Abrehet Gebremedhin, SIS/PhD
  • Julia Mullert, SPA/MA
  • Maria Papita, SPA/BA

Alternates:

  • Suzanne Bagia, CAS/BA
  • Kayla Berg, SIS/BA

Semi-Finalists:

  • Michelle Casanova, SIS/BA
  • Alyssa Moncure, CAS/BA
  • Rachel Ricciardi, SIS/MA
  • Kacie Sampson, SIS/BA
  • Angelica Vega, CAS/BA

Fund for Education Abroad

  • Dalia Haymov, SIS/BA

Gilman Scholarship

  • Sy Hargis, CAS/BA
  • Samantha Tartaglino, CAS/BA
  • Weslan Hansen, SOC/BA
  • Emily Huizi Brignand SIS/BA
  • Ashley Hocking, CAS/ BA
  • Erik Andrew Ivester SIS/BA

Harvard PPLC

  • Jamie Grillo IV, SPA/BA

Henry Clay Center Student Congress

  • Edwin Santos, SPA/BA

Killam Fellowship

  • Andrew Wagner, CAS/BA
  • Gwyneth Hill, SOC/BA

NOAA Hollings

  • Aileen McDonald BA/CAS

National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates

  • Kylie Bill BA/CAS
  • Aileen McDonald BA/CAS

Payne Fellowship

  • Xavier Ibrahim SIS/BA

Pickering Fellowship

Finalists:

  • Janelle Gray, SIS/Alum
  • Asim Siddiq, SIS/BA

Princeton in Africa

  • Eloah Makassi, SIS/BA

Finalist:

  • Joelle Clautilde Ngoko Takoukam, SIS/Alum

Public Policy & International Affairs Public Service Weekend

  • Kawika Ke Ko Pegram, SPA/BA **
  • Edwin Santos, SPA/BA
  • ** Declined award

Rangel Fellowship

  • Janelle Gray, SIS/BA
  • Asim Siddiq, SIS/BA

Finalist: 

  • Chanuk Thang, SIS/BA

Truman Scholarship

Finalists:

  • Ekua Hudson, CAS/BA 
  • Scarlett Wedergren, CAS/BA 

Udall Scholarship

  • Ashley Hocking, CAS/BS
  • TreVaughn Ellis, CAS/BS