National Fellowships and Scholar Programs

2015 News Archive

University of South Carolina Announces Four Fulbright Grant Winners

For the 14th consecutive year, the University of South Carolina will be represented abroad by Fulbright Scholars conducting research, studying and serving as English Teaching Assistants.

University of South Carolina Student Awarded Mount Vernon Leadership Fellowship

The Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs is pleased to announce Klara Milojkovic has been awarded a Mount Vernon Fellowship with Haley Yaw being named a finalist. In its inaugural year, the Mount Vernon Leadership Fellows Program has selected fifteen fellows out of over one hundred applicants nationwide.

USC Announces Critical Language Scholarship Winners

William Clinton Welsh and Anna Witkin, both USC juniors, have been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to attend an overseas intensive language institute this summer.

OFSP Announces 2014-2015 National Fellowship Winners

his year, 286 national applications were submitted. These 57 awards winners have earned more than $2,367,524 for academic study.

USC Announces NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Winners

Two current USC students and six USC alumni have been awarded 2015 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF).

USC Top Producer in Nation for Holling Scholars

Nine rising juniors at the University of South Carolina have been chosen as 2015 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholars. This is the largest number of Hollings Scholar's that USC has ever received in a single year and makes the University one of the top Hollings Scholars producer of colleges and universities nationwide.

Stamps Carolina Scholars attending National Convention

USC's Stamps Carolina Scholars are excited to be joining the approximately 500 Stamps Leadership Scholars, from 41 universities around the country, at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the third Stamps Scholars National Convention April 10-12.

23rd Consecutive Year USC Student Earns Goldwater Scholarship

For the twenty-third consecutive year, a USC student has been named a Goldwater Scholar. A total of 46 Goldwater Scholarships have been won by USC students since 1990. All 46 Goldwater Scholars have been members of the South Carolina Honors College.

USC Junior Awarded Udall Scholarship

The University of South Carolina is thrilled to announce that junior Chandler Green has been named a 2015 Udall Scholar. Established by Congress in 1992, the Udall Foundation awards scholarships, fellowships and internships for study in fields related to the environment and to American Indians and Alaska Natives in fields related to health care and tribal public policy.

USC Student Awarded GEM National Consortium Fellowship

The Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs is pleased to announce Karina Liles has been awarded a GEM National Consortium Fellowship. Liles was selected by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where she will complete the internship component of the fellowship. The GEM program seeks to enhance the value of the nation's human capital by increasing the participation of underrepresented groups at the master's and doctoral levels in engineering and science. The fellowship provides Ms. Liles a stipend, tuition assistance, and a paid summer internship in 2015. More than 4,000 GEM Fellowships have been awarded since the program's inception 39 years ago.

University Student Named Truman Scholar Finalist

The Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Moore has been named a Truman Scholar Finalist. Highly competitive and prestigious, the $30,000 Truman Scholarship is awarded to approximately 60 juniors nationally for superior academic ability, a strong record of service and leadership, and plans for careers in public service.

Find Your Passion

Like a lot of college students, Natalie Pita believes in finding her passion - but she's taking a pluralistic approach.

Goldwater HM spends summer researching in Woods Hole

Dan Utter, fourth-year marine science major and Barry M. Goldwater Honorable Mention recipient spent this past summer in a small village in Massachusetts at Woods Hole. He participated in the Partnership Education Program which hosts a cohort of 15 students for ten weeks.

University Senior awarded Rotary Global Grant for Study in Uganda

University of South Carolina senior, David Wolfer, has been named as a recipient of the Rotary Global Grant to study at Makerere University with a focus in the policy and management of HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases.

OFSP Celebrates 20 Years of National Fellowship Advising with 53 Winners Earning More Than $2 Million

Established in 1994, the Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs (OFSP) provides support for students applying for nationally competitive fellowships.

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