Every year Utah State University awards several scholarships and fellowships to deserving graduate students.

The Presidential Fellowship includes a $12,000 stipend for the academic year and a waiver of the non-resident portion of tuition. Criteria for this fellowship include a 3.5 GPA and quantitative and verbal GRE scores at the 70th percentile or above.  This year’s recipients include:

 

*Curtis Adams; Parowan, Utah; Plants, Soils, and Climate

*Siwei Qi; Chengdu, China; Instructional Technology

*Christine Snyder; Rogers, Ariz.; Psychology

*Jessica Olson; Logan, Utah; Family, Consumer, and Human Development

*Elisabeth Linton; Logan, Utah; Biological and Irrigation Engineering

*Joshua Templin; Cedar City, Utah; Electrical and Computer Engineering

*Scott Murphy; Draper, Utah; Civil and Environmental Engineering

*Kenneth Richley; Spokane, Wash.; Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

*Aseem Hasnain; Lucknow, India; Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

*Jan Redd-Summerhays; River Heights, Utah; Wildland Resources

*Yao Yao; Shanghai, China; Computer Science

*Chinthaka Weerakoon; Polgasowita, Sri Lanka; computer science

           

In the Jon M. Huntsman College of Business, the following received partial $3,000 Presidential Fellowships:

 

*Shibashis Mukerjee; Chandannagar, India; Economics

*Qian Lin; Fuzhou, China; Accountancy

*Adam Fowles; Mesa, Ariz.; Master of Business Administration

*Jeremy Jennings; North Logan, Utah; Master of Business Administration

*Craig Kelley; Nibley, Utah; Master of Business Administration

*Ron Saunders; Smoot, Wyo.; Master of Business Administration

*Jing Zhai; Xuan Cheng City, China; Accountancy

 

The Vice President for Research Fellowship includes a $15,000 stipend for the academic year and a waiver of the non-resident portion of tuition. Criteria include a 3.5 GPA and quantitative and verbal GRE scores at the 70th percentile or above. In addition, the student must be in a research degree program that includes a master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. Recipients include:

 

*Jeffrey Endelman; Houston, Texas; Plants, Soils, and Climate

*Yang Liu; Guangzhou, China; Instructional Technology

*Xin Zhao; Yangling, China; Psychology

*Courtney Henry; Moorestown, N.J.; Psychology

*Angie Dahl; Battle Lake, Minn.; Psychology

*Emilie Garbi; Bristol, England; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

*Roger West; Sandy, Utah; Electrical and Computer Engineering

*Charles Oughton; Manti, Utah; History

*Christina Olson; Sarasota, Fla.; Wildland Resources

*Brian Gall; Burlington, Iowa; Biology

*Robert Willis; Odin, Ill.; Chemistry   

 

The Dissertation Fellowship for $5,000 is intended to provide outstanding doctoral students with additional time to draft and revise their dissertations as many doctoral students have difficulty finishing in a timely manner due to the need to teach or serve as research assistants. This year’s recipients include:

           

*Boris Averkiev; Moscow, Russia; Chemistry

*Brian Jennings; Morgantown, W.Va.; Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

*Chaoqum Lai; Chengdu, China; Economics

*Inga Maslova; Vilnius, Lithuania; Mathematics and Statistics

*Andrejus Parfionovas; Vilnius, Lithuania; Mathematics and Statistics

*Chunbo Zhang; Shanghai, China; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

*Ming Zhang; Jinan, China; Computer Science

 

The Martin Luther King Fellowship was established by Dr. and Mrs. Allen W. Stokes in 1968 to assist deserving African American students achieve a graduate education at USU. It awards $7,500 to a deserving student.

 

*Odessia Knowles; Houston, Texas; Psychology

 

The Dr. Dinesh and Kalpana Patel Doctoral Graduate Fellowship for $5,000 is awarded to underrepresented and international doctoral students. It was established by the Patels as a way for others to benefit from a higher education in the United States, just as Dr. Patel did. He graduated from the University of Michigan and co-founded the Salt Lake City-based biotechnology firm, Thera Tech, Inc., in 1985, which he eventually sold for $350 million.

           

*Chien-Ti Lee; Taipei, Taiwan; Family, Consumer, and Human Development

 

The Seeley-Hinckley scholarship is for outstanding graduate students who face serious financial difficulties. It awards in-state tuition for up to nine credits and student fees for two semesters.

 

*Rafay Ahmed; Lahore, Pakistan; Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

*Tracy Bowerman; Bend, Ore.; Watershed Sciences

*Jacoba Mendelkow; Richmond, Utah; English

*Marsha Tafoya; Cicero, Ill.; Psychology

*Jennifer Thurgood; Syracuse, Utah; Nutrition and Food Sciences

*Luke Zachmann; St. Michael, Minn.; Wildland Resources

 

 

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