U of M student wins prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL ( 4/10/2008 ) -- University of Minnesota Institute of Technology student Angela Holmberg has been named a 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. The prestigious national Goldwater Scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding sophomores and juniors in mathematics, science and engineering who intend to pursue graduate study and research-oriented careers. Junior-level winners receive a scholarship of $7,500 for their senior year of college. Sophomore-level winners receive a two-year scholarship of $7,500 per year.
From UMN News, April 10, 2008
Holmberg is a sophomore honors student majoring in chemistry and chemical engineering. Her long-term goals include earning a doctorate degree and pursuing a career in polymer chemistry research and college teaching. Holmberg grew up in Circle Pines, Minn., and graduated from Centennial High School in 2006. Holmberg is the second person from her family to win a Goldwater Scholarship while pursuing an undergraduate degree. Her older brother Vincent Holmberg was a 2004 Goldwater Scholar. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2006 with degrees in chemical engineering and chemistry.
“I plan to go to graduate school and find a job in research. Receiving this scholarship should help me reach those goals,� Holmberg said. “One of the things that likely helped me win this scholarship is my current research project, which I started half way through my freshman year at the University of Minnesota. That’s an experience you might not find in your first year at some smaller schools.�
In addition to Holmberg’s scholarship, a Goldwater honorable mention was awarded to University of Minnesota junior honors student David Christle, a physics and mathematics double major in the university’s Institute of Technology.
This year 321 Goldwater Scholars were selected from a field of 1,081 nominees from colleges and universities nationwide. To date, 38 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities students have been named Goldwater Scholars.
