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FSoS graduate and undergraduate students awarded scholarships and fellowships

May 9, 2018

The Family Social Science community wants to recognize the over 40 graduate and undergraduate students pursuing degrees in Family Social Science who have been awarded scholarships and fellowships for the 2018-2019 academic year and 2018 summer session.

We celebrate their academic achievements and look forward to what they will accomplish in the future!

Awards for the 2018-2019 academic year

Graduate student at podium.
MA/Ph.D. student Quin Morrow made her first presentation at the Society for Research on Adolescence national conference.

Family Social Science Fellowships and Scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year were awarded to 36 graduate students in the Department, including:

Sloan Okrey Anderson – Lucile Garley Blank Fellowship in Ambiguous Loss

Katie Arnold – Ford Foundation for Family Education Award

Kadie Ausherbauer – M. Janice Hogan Fellowship

Molly Bailey – Frances Dunning Fellowship

Emily Barstad – Ford Foundation for Family Education Award

Natasha Bell – Jean W. Bauer Family Economics and Policy Fellowship

Gretchen Buchanan– Ludden Trust

Student discussing research.
Master’s student Yiting Li discussed her work at CEHD Research Day.

Sarah Burcher – Ardell H. Wantoch Fellowship

Kayla Burningham – Letitia Walsh Memorial Fellowship

Jory Catalpa – Lucile Garley Blank Fellowship in Ambiguous Loss

Muzi Chen – Mary Ellen McFarland Assistantship

Daniel Cooper – M. Janice Hogan Fellowship

Catherine Dickinson – Ford Foundation for Family Education Award

Lekie Dwanyen – M. Janice Hogan Fellowship

Lisa Erbes – Family Education Teacher Preparation Fellowship

MA/Ph.D. student Jingchen Zhang discussed her research at a poster session during the SRA national conference.

Nusroon Fatiha – BAS – Knorr Endowed Fund for Fellowships in Family Education

Fathia Feerayarre – Ford Foundation for Family Education Award

Renada Goldberg – Shirley L. & Peter D. Zimmerman Fund for Family Policy

Eugene Hall – Marjorie Brown Family Social Science Fellowship

Hailey Holmgren – Letitia Walsh Memorial Fellowship

Seonghee Hong – Ragnhild E. Edwardson Fellowship

Alyssa Humpal – Ford Foundation for Family Education Award

Emily Jensen – David & Karen Olson Fellowship

Student at poster.
Ph.D. student SunKyung Lee at the CEHD Research Day.

Angela Keyzers – Marie Christenson Fellowship

Stacey Koehler – Ford Foundation for Family Education Award

Rebecca Koering – Ford Foundation for Family Education Award

Danielle Kreemer – Ford Foundation for Family Education Award

Sunkyung Lee – Ott International Student Fellowship and Roxanna Ford Fund

Yiting Li – Hauge Fellowship

Jennifer Luing – Foundation for Family Education Award

Joseph Maxwell – BAS – Knorr Endowed Fund for Fellowships in Family Education

Graduate student at a poster.
Ph.D. student Gretchen Buchanan discusses her work at a Society for Research on Adolescence poster session.

Kali Moore – Ford Foundation for Family Education Award

Quin Morrow – Florence Munson Wilson Fellowship

Alize Rattenni – HC & C Christofferson Fellowship

Kelly Tronstad – Jean Illsley Clark Fellowship for Parent Education

Jingchen Zhang – Roxanna Ford Fund and Ott International Student Fellowship

FSoS Summer 2018 UM UM Fellowship/Scholarship

For summer 2018, 21 graduate students will receive scholarships and fellowships from six funds.

Grad students at a conference.
Ph.D. students Natasha Bell, Sarah Burcher, Kadie Ausherbauer and Emily Jensen all presented papers or posters at the National Council on Family Relations.

Students who were awarded Waller Summer Fellowships are: Sloan Okrey Anderson, Pooja Brar, Gretchen Buchanan, Kayla Burningham, Muzi Chen, Amy Gunty, Hailey Holmgren, Aimee Hubbard, Emily Jensen, Vaida Kazlauskaite, Lijun Li, Demitri McGee, and Quin Morrow.

Four graduate students were awarded William & Georgina Olson Fellowships: Kadie Ausherbauer, Daniel Cooper, Angela Keyzers, and Jingchen Zhang.

In addition, Jacqueline Braughton received a scholarship from the Emma Whiteford Family Social Science Fund (MEd), Jory Catalpa was awarded a Robert E. Keane Fellowship in Ambiguous Loss, Lekie Dwanyen received a Priscilla Rugg Family Social Science Fellowship, and Sunkyung Lee was awarded an Amy Jean Holmblade Knorr Family Social Science Fellowship.

Undergraduate scholarships

College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) and/or Family Social Science Funded scholarships were awarded to six undergraduate students.

Christine Stephanie and Chee Moua will receive the College of Education and Human Development’s Fibiger Award, Domonique Kent will receive a scholarship from CEHD’s Gamma Omicron Beta Endowment Fund, and Natalie Wimmer will receive a scholarship from the CEHD Alumni Society Family Social Science Future Scholar Fund. Eric Oropeza will receive a Beverly A. Busta Memorial Scholarship, Emily Keis will receive an Elizabeth D Cormack Endowed Scholarship, and Lydia Eichelberg will receive an award from the Mildred and Russell Gute Scholarship Fund.