sweet sixteen
Every year, Willamette University celebrates a new group of outstanding students who have garnered prestigious national scholarships. This year, we’re celebrating our Sweet 16. Read more about these young scholars and their pursuits on our website.
Rositsa Atanasova ’07
Classical Studies
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Graduate Scholarship (Willamette’s first)
Paige Folsom ’06
English
Fulbright Grant to Argentina
Jacquie Grace ’07
Biology
National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship
(the seventh alumni to take
this award in the last four years)
Mika Lim ’11
Undeclared
Kemper Scholarship
(Willamette has had two
Kemper Scholars for each of
the last three years)
Jennifer McKenzie ’08
Anthropology and Spanish
Watson Fellowship
Diana Serrano ’10
German and Sociology
DAAD Undergraduate
Scholarship (Deutscher
Akademischer Austausch
Dienst/German Academic
Exchange Service;
Willamette’s first)
Collin Siu ’08
Economics and Spanish
Bill Emerson National
Hunger Fellowship
Tye Sundlee ’08
Economics
Fulbright Grant to Ukraine
Cassandra Farrin ’05
Religious Studies
Fulbright Grant (the most competitive scholarship program in the nation, with Farrin taking one of only 10 grants to study in the UK)
Marco Fiallo ’11
International Studies and
Spanish
Kemper Scholarship
(Willamette has had two
Kemper Scholars for each of
the last three years.)
Trevor Findley ’06
International Studies
El Pomar Fellowship
Lucas Nebert ’08
Biology and Chemistry
Fulbright Grant to the
Netherlands
Will Nevius ’09
Politics
Pride Foundation Scholarship
(Willamette’s first)
Jacob Swenson ’07
Philosophy
American Graduate
Fellowship (Willamette’s first)
Jeff Weber ’10
Chemistry and Mathematics
Goldwater Scholarship
Sarah Zerzan ’08
Chemistry
NCAA Post-Graduate
Scholarship