U of A’s Fulbright College Introduces 2022 Sturgis Fellows

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Sturgis Fellows: Top row (from L to R) – Aaron Garcia, Addie Jones, Coy Morris; Bottom Row (from L to R) – Samantha Stark, Tara Young

Five new freshmen, all Arkansans, have joined the distinguished listing of Sturgis Fellows within the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences this fall.

The 2022 class members are:

Aaron Garcia, of Bryant
Addie Jones, of Harrison
Coy Morris, of Jonesboro
Samantha Stark, of Fayetteville
Tara Young, of Van Buren

“One of my favourite moments every fall has been after we get to welcome our latest Sturgis Fellows to campus,” mentioned Todd Shields, dean of Fulbright College. “These are some of probably the most astounding and spectacular students, and it’s an honor for us to have the ability to assist additional their training. We’re excited for them to affix the Fulbright College household and to see what every will accomplish subsequent.” 

The Sturgis Fellowship is the U of A’s oldest and one of its most esteemed fellowship applications. 

It awards every fellow $80,000 over 4 years, overlaying tuition, room and board, and offering help for instructional instruments resembling laptop {hardware} and software program, high-quality musical devices, skilled journals and participation at tutorial conferences.

Sturgis Fellows should pursue a serious inside Fulbright College, full an intensive tutorial program and graduate with honors. They are additionally inspired to check overseas. The fellowships are made attainable by the continued help of the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust.

“For the previous three and a half a long time, as a result of of Roy and Christine Sturgis’ generosity and the legacy they’ve created, dozens of unimaginable students have thrived in Fulbright College,” mentioned Lindsey S. Aloia, director of the Fulbright College Honors Program. “And as a result of of their imaginative and prescient, the Sturgis Fellowship stays one of probably the most prestigious, sustained fellowships on the University of Arkansas.”

“We’re completely happy to welcome the 5 latest 2022 students and to cheer them on and help them of their future successes,” she added. 

Since 1986, Sturgis Fellows have additionally gone on to win Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Gates Cambridge, Goldwater and Fulbright scholarships. Their undergraduate examine overseas experiences have included applications in Japan, England, India, South Africa, Ghana, Rwanda, China, Russia, Italy, Germany, Austria, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, France, Denmark and Thailand. 

THE 2022 STURGIS FELLOWS

Aaron Garcia is a graduate of Bryant High School, the place he was valedictorian. As captain of the Bryant Quiz Bowl workforce, he led the workforce to its first state finals look through which he additionally earned the state MVP award. He moreover served as president of the native Beta Club chapter, which promotes group involvement and tutorial success. Outside of college, he volunteered in his church’s kids’s ministry by main small teams on Sunday mornings. Garcia plans on majoring in economics and turning into a monetary adviser. His mother and father are Andy and Radeanna Garcia.

Addie Jones is a graduate of Harrison High School, the place she completed first in her class. She served as vice chairman of her Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter; president of the History Club; vice chairman of the Arkansas Association of Student Councils; and took part in theatre, choir, quiz bowl, cross nation, observe, Key Club and the Miss Arkansas’ Outstanding Teen Organization. She additionally based the non-profit Bright Beginnings Books, which has given away over 7,000 new books to kids. Jones plans to main in English and journalism, specializing in promoting and public relations. Her mother and father are Marcus and Angela Jones.

Coy Morris is a graduate of Valley View High School, the place he was salutatorian, a National Merit Scholar and an AP Scholar with Distinction. He ran cross nation and observe, was All State for cross nation his senior 12 months and served as president of Jonesboro’s Mayor’s Youth Council. He was on the manager board of Keep Jonesboro Beautiful, based and served as president of the Valley View Political Action Club and was on the manager board of the Northeast Arkansas Chain Reaction Youth Council. Morris is a graduate of Arkansas Governor School and plans to check social science. His mother and father are Mike Morris and Cassey Cloninger.

Samantha Stark is a graduate with excessive honors of Haas Hall Academy, the place she served as a founding chief of Science Club, co-director of the academy’s expertise present and captain of its cheer workforce. Through Haas Hall’s Science Club, she developed and shared experiments with over 100 underserved elementary college students in Oklahoma. She served as a volunteer for Apple Seeds, a group farm devoted to educating kids, and was chosen a U.S. Presidential Scholar Semifinalist and National Merit Finalist. Stark plans to main in biology and chemistry to pursue a profession in neuroscience. Her mother and father are Jennifer and Robert Stark.

Tara Young is a graduate of Van Buren High School, the place she acquired a High Honors College Preparatory diploma. Additionally, she was an AP Scholar with Distinction and served because the secretary for her college’s chapter of the National Honor Society and the Lambda chapter of Delta Beta Sigma. She was additionally a member of a pre-professional aggressive dance firm and created a company known as Fresh Start VB, that collected hygiene merchandise for college students in her college district. Young plans to check psychology. Her mother and father are Todd and Carman Young.

ABOUT THE STURGIS FELLOWSHIP

The Sturgis Fellowship within the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences was established on the U of A in 1985 by the beneficiant philanthropy of the Dallas-based Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust with an endowment of $2 million. The program’s success led to extra presents in 1992 and 1998, bringing the whole program endowment to $10 million.

With solely 16-20 Sturgis Fellows on campus at any given time, every receives the type of particular person consideration from the director, affiliate director and employees of the Fulbright College Honors Program that delivers a memorable and productive school expertise.

About the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences: The Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences is the biggest and most academically numerous unit on campus with three colleges, 16 departments and 43 tutorial applications and analysis facilities. The school supplies the bulk of the core curriculum for all University of Arkansas college students.

About the University of Arkansas: As Arkansas’ flagship establishment, the U of A supplies an internationally aggressive training in additional than 200 tutorial applications. Founded in 1871, the U of A contributes greater than $2.2 billion to Arkansas’ financial system by the educating of new information and abilities, entrepreneurship and job improvement, discovery by analysis and inventive exercise whereas additionally offering coaching for skilled disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the U of A among the many few U.S. schools and universities with the best stage of analysis exercise. U.S. News & World Report ranks the U of A among the many prime public universities within the nation. See how the U of A works to construct a greater world at Arkansas Research News.

 

https://news.uark.edu/articles/60584/u-of-a-s-fulbright-college-introduces-2022-sturgis-fellows

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