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Columns::March 31, 2003
Grant will boost job choices for people with disabilities
Alan Darvill, CCRC co-director, is appointed to Regents Professorship
A spring break with Seoul
Former Gov. Harris will speak at spring commencement ceremony
‘Caring’ effort recognized
Tag team: CCRC researchers help design better disease treatments
Campus Closeup
Administrative Changes
Kudos
Bundles of energy
Land of the Morning Calm
Campus News
Two students receive Goldwater Scholarship; another named Truman Scholar
By Larry B. Dendy
ldendy@uga.edu
UGA students have again been named recipients of Goldwater and Truman scholarships, two leading national awards for
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Laura Downs
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undergraduates. With the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships announced last fall, the university has received four of the country’s most prestigious scholastic honors for undergraduates.
Laura Ellen Downs, a junior from West Point, and Amanda Morgan Casto, a junior from Anderson, S.C., will receive the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, which provides up to $7,500 for students pursuing careers in mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences.
Virginia Leigh (Ginny) Barton, a junior from Chapin, S.C., will receive the Harry S Truman Scholarship, a $30,000 grant for graduate study in preparation for a career in government or public service.
This is the third consecutive year, and the sixth of the last seven years, that UGA students have been named Goldwater Scholars. Sixteen UGA students have received the award since 1995.
UGA, which last had a Truman Scholar in 1998, has had a total of 11 since 1982.
The selections add to UGA’s tally of top scholastic awards for undergraduates in this academic year. Last fall, Adam Cureton was chosen to receive a Rhodes Scholarship and Josh Woodruff was named a Marshall Scholar. This
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is the first time UGA students have won all four scholarships in the same year.
“This recognition of Ellen, Amanda and Ginny is simply further evidence that University of Georgia students stand as scholastic equals with the best of America’s college students,” says President Michael F. Adams. “The competition for Goldwater and Truman scholarships is fierce, and these winners bring great honor and credit to UGA. We are exceedingly proud of their accomplishments.”
Downs and Casto are among 300 winners selected from 1,093 applicants for the Goldwater Scholarship, named for the late U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona. The award will cover tuition, fees, books and room and board for their senior year at UGA.
Barton is one of about 80 winners of the Truman Scholarship, which honors the late former President Harry S Truman. The grant will help pay her graduate school expenses after she graduates from UGA in 2004.
All three students are in the Honors Program and are Foundation Fellows, UGA’s premier undergraduate scholarship program. They are also on the Dean’s List and have already been invited into Phi Beta Kappa.
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Ginny Barton
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Downs and Casto have perfect 4.0 grade point averages. Barton, who has a 3.8 GPA, has been nominated to the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Downs, a chemistry major, plans to earn a doctorate in chemistry and pursue a career conducting research on medicinal therapeutics. She has spent two years conducting research under the direction of chemistry professor Gregory Robinson and is co-author of three peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals. She has been president of the UGA March of Dimes chapter and was on the Collegiate Council.
Casto, who is majoring in genetics and cell biology, plans to get a Ph.D. in human genetics and direct a genetics research laboratory. She has worked on research projects at the Max Planck Institute in Germany and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. She is a volunteer in the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities and a member of the women’s lacrosse team.
Barton is majoring in cell biology and psychology. She intends to get a joint law degree and master’s degree in public health, and plans to work in the field of health policy. She has served two years in the Student Government Association and was elected vice president for the upcoming academic year. A co-founder of the UGA chapter of the Association for Women in Science, she is a member of the Arch Society. |
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