2009-10
Ryan Clark '10, a civil engineering major, was awarded a $25,000 Robert Noyce Scholarship to complete the fifth-year teaching credential program at SCU, after which he will spend two years teaching science and mathematics in a high-need middle or high school in San Jose.
Michael Hayes '10, biochemistry, in 2009 won a Goldwater Scholarship, an award for students expected to one day become leaders in the fields of mathematics, natural sciences, or engineering. He was one of 278 sophomores or juniors nationwide to receive the annual award.
Ryan Hinds '10, a mechanical engineering student, received a scholarship and internship from NASA for aeronautics research. The program includes a $15,000 a year scholarship for two years and a stipend of $10,000 for the internship.
Gerardine Lamble, Computer Engineering Ph.D. student, received the Society of Women Engineers’ $4,000 Electronics for Imaging Scholarship for the 2009-10 academic year. More than 1,000 applications were reviewed; Lamble was selected based on her academic achievement and strong engineering potential.
John “Jack” Mahoney ’10 received a Fulbright award to teach English at one of Indonesia’s hundreds of boarding schools. Mahoney was a political science and religious studies major, with a minor in Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern studies.
Jennifer Mock ’10, who majored in German and political science with minors in international studies and history, received a Fulbright award to teach English to middle- and high-school students in Burghausen, Germany.
Adelene Gallego Ramos, MBA '11, won an award for a film project called "Social Entrepreneurs, Ethics, and Making a Profit on the Bottom Billion." Sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Ramos' film about social entrepreneurs and the Santa Clara University community examines the ethical dilemmas that social entrepreneurs face when working to improve the lives of those whose situation is ripe for both improvement and exploitation.
The Santa Clara University ROTC “Bronco Battalion” won the prestigious MacArthur Award granted by the U.S. Army’s Cadet Command and the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation. The award is granted to the year’s best Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program among 33 battalions in the West Coast 8th Brigade and considers factors such as the battalion’s physical fitness, navigation skills, leadership, and success in commissioning officers after ROTC.
Elizabeth Tellman ’09, a sustainable globalization and environmental studies double major, received a Fulbright scholarship to study in El Salvador during the 2009–10 academic year. Her proposed study, “Beyond Fair Trade: Alternative Coffee Markets for Alleviating Food Insecurity in El Salvador” will allow her to follow up on her senior thesis, “What Matters More Than Coffee: Why Livelihood in El Salvador Depends on more than ‘Just’ Trade.”
Megan Williams ’10, political science major, received a Fulbright award to study at the Centre for East European Studies in Warsaw, Poland. In addition to learning Polish, she conducted a research project on far-right Polish student political groups.
