TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound students had another excellent year in terms of winning national awards, securing two Fulbright Scholarships, two Watson Fellowships, three French Government Teaching Assistantships, two Princeton-in-Asia Fellowships, a National Science Foundation Scholarship, and a Udall Scholarship Honorable Mention Award. Over the past eleven years, Puget Sound students have earned 97 national scholarships for their academic and personal achievements.

“The students who won these awards, and those who came so close to winning, have been devoted not only to setting high goals for themselves and then surpassing them, but to pouring their energy into projects that serve others,” said Sharon Chambers-Gordon, director of the Office of Graduate and Undergraduate Fellowships. “Wherever they choose to go from here, they are sure to leave behind more than they take with them. We wish them, and all of our graduates, great years ahead.”

The recent national awards, and recognitions to students in the running for top scholarships include: 

Fulbright Scholarship

Giulia Leggett ’11 (Portland, Ore.)  Argentina
Kyle Nunes ’11 (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.)  Uruguay
Kammi Sheeler ’11 (Snohomish, Wash.)  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jacqueline Ward ’10 (Portland, Ore.) Mongolia (declined due to Watson Fellowship)
Allyson Hale ’11 (Portland, Ore.)  Germany alternate
Katharine Tuteur ’11 (Evergreen, Colo.)  Germany alternate
Christina Wu ’11 (Arcadia, Calif.)  Korea alternate  

French Government Teaching Assistantship

Chelsea Asher ’11 (Fairfax, Calif.)
Madeleine Blumgart '10 (Oakland, Calif.)
Abby Kaufman ’11 (Portland, Ore.)
Lauren Vandenberg ’11 (Berkeley, Calif.)

Watson Fellowship

Margaret Shelton '11 (Tacoma, Wash.)  Japan, China, Spain, France, Ireland, United Kingdom
Jacqueline Ward '10 (Portland, Ore.)  Mongolia, India, China, Canada

Rhodes Scholar Finalist

Sara Johansen ’11 (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Princeton-in-Asia

Griffin Hotchkiss ’11 (Boulder, Colo.)
Micah Stanovsky ‘10 (Everett, Wash.)

National Science Foundation Scholarship

Erick Peirson ’09 (Phoenix, Ariz.)

Udall Scholarship Honorable Mention Award

Maggie Shanahan ’12 (Superior, Colo.)

Goldwater (Honorable Mention)

Starr Matsushita ’11 (Honolulu, Hawaii)

The students’ success was facilitated by the support and dedication of Puget Sound faculty and staff. The Graduate Fellowships Advisory Committee conducts campus interviews and provides rigorous vetting of candidates’ applications. Members of the committee include fellowships director Sharon Chambers-Gordon; committee chair David Tinsley, in foreign languages and literature; Alyce DeMarais, associate dean, biology; Kate Stirling in economics; Patrick O’Neil in politics and government; Katherine Smith in history; Greta Austin in religion; and Jeff Grinstead in chemistry.

Puget Sound's fellowships office coordinates the application, interview, and evaluation process for qualified Puget Sound students. For more information contact Sharon Chambers-Gordon at 253.879.3329 or scgordon@pugetsound.edu.

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