Celebrating Our Scholars

Thanks to a group of very generous donors, the College of Optical Sciences is able to offer a number of scholarships and fellowships to support its students in their educational endeavours. We acknowledged these students, and their benefactors, in a special ceremony last May:

Arthur G. (Jerry) and Beatrice DeBell Memorial Scholarship
Byron Cocilovo, nominated by Robert A. Norwood

David H. Cushing Endowed Scholarship
Benjamin Cromey

Dean’s Funds for Excellence Scholarship
Sawyer Campbell
Jessica Doehrmann
Wanglei Han
John Nehls
Stefan O’Dougherty
Yi-Hsin Ou
Jay Voris

Jack D. Gaskill Endowed Scholarship
Nea Sample
Patrick Thrasher

James M. Palmer Endowed Scholarship
Oybek Kholiqov

John E. Greivenkamp Endowed Scholarship
Caleb Pocock

John Tipton Scholarship
Lee Johnson
Daniel Millstone
Travis Sawyer
Zachary Walker
Kaitlyn Williams

Kenneth E. and Michele L. Moore Endowed Scholarship
Alexander Miles

Marathay Family Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship
Nirantha Balagopal

Mary Jo Lake Memorial Fellowship
Ashley Warren Valdez

Outstanding Graduate Student
Zachary Newman, nominated by Brian P. Anderson

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
presented in appreciation of John and Nicki Ross
Victoria Chan, nominated by Masud Mansuripur

Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Hannah Grant, nominated by Robert A. Norwood

Philip N. and Joan A. Slater Scholarship
Antonio Lorenzo
Zachary Newman

Roland V. Shack Scholarship
Ivan McCrea

William L. Wolfe Family Endowed Scholarship
Gregory Jacob
John van der Laan

Willis E. Lamb Jr. Endowed Scholarship
Jessica Doehrmann

Please see the online gallery for photographs of the ceremony.