Student News

U.S. State Department chooses Aurora as foreign affairs fellow
Amber Aurora, a junior majoring in international relations, was recently selected by the U.S. Department of State as a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow. The program provides funding to aid graduate and undergraduate students in preparation to enter the Department of State Foreign Service. This is a competitive and prestigious award, and brings distinction both to Aurora and to the university.

Kirkpatrick receives distinguished mathematics scholarship
Peter Kirkpatrick, a senior majoring in mathematics, has been selected by the American Mathematical Society as the recipient of a Waldemar J. Trjitzinsky scholarship. These $4,000 awards are funded by a bequest in memory of Waldemar J. Trjitzinsky, a distinguished scholar and teacher in the field of mathematics, and are intended to help talented students pursue their studies in mathematics. Kirkpatrick, who grew up in the Seattle area, intends to minor in musical studies in addition to majoring in mathematics. He participates in Thematic Option, the university honors program, and was recently inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honors society. He is also active in the USC Joint Educational Project where he is helping to design a curriculum in which USC physics students team-teach at local high schools and middle schools.