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Award Winners

Will McIlwain

Will McIlwain, Rangel Fellowship Recipient

Will McIlwain is a 2013 Rangel Fellow. The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service in which they can help formulate, represent and implement U.S. foreign policy. The Rangel Fellowship is a highly competitive program that selects only 20 Fellows nationwide. In addition to the Rangel Fellowship, Will has also received the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship and the William J. Clinton Scholarship to study at the American University in Dubai. He is one of the 2013 UC Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence recipients.

Kyle Quinn

Kyle Quinn

Boren Scholarship Recipient

Kyle Quinn, an accounting student in the Lindner College of Business and a member of the Lindner Honors Plus Program, received the Boren Scholarship, which provides students the opportunity to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. He is spending his last year as an undergraduate studying in Brazil. Click here for Kyle's blog!

Jonathan Hilton

Jonathan Hilton

Truman Scholarship Finalist

Jonathan Hilton is pursuing a self-designed interdisciplinary degree in immigration studies. Jonathan was named a finalist for the prestigious Truman Scholarship, which seeks to find and recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service. Jonathan hopes to attend law school and serve as a change agent in immigration and asylum law.

 

Bradley Theilman

Bradley Theilman

Goldwater Scholarship Recipient

Bradley Theilman, a double major in biomedical engineering and mathematics and a member of the University Honors Program, received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The scholarship was created to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater and is awarded annually to sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research-oriented careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

Paul Kruchowski

Paul Kruchowski

Rhodes Scholarship & Marshall Scholarship Finalist

Paul Kruchowski, a member of the University Honors Program and a recipient of the Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence, graduated from UC in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in individualized interdisciplinary studies with a focus on cross-cultural communication, as well as a certificate in international human rights. During his undergraduate career, Paul completed numerous internships at the State Department, where he went to work full-time after graduation. Paul has made UC history by being named a finalist for both the Rhodes and the Marshall Scholarships, as no other UC alum has ever been a dual finalist.