One of the most gratifying things about Town & Gown is the opportunity to change a person’s life through the awarding of a scholarship. Scholar selection is based on 1) high grade point average, typically 3.8 and higher; 2) volunteer community involvement; 3) a career goal that offers service to others; and 4) high financial need. Your generosity changes lives. Click on the students' names to read their stories.
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Carrie Almir
Dana Strine & James P. O’Neil Scholar: Liza Armand
UC Town & Gown San Diego Scholar: Skye Audelo
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Yulin Chen
UC San Diego Town & Gown Scholar: Piper Crane
Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar: Ali El Lahib
Susan & Tyler Cramer Scholar: Sydney Fought
Sylvia Liwerant Scholar: Lauren Kaiser
Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar: Kaitlyn Kang
UC San Diego Town & Gown Scholar: Jihu Lee
UC San Diego Town & Gown Scholar: Raquel Mijangos
Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar: Annie Nguyen
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Nam Nguyen
Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar: Borngreat Omoma-Edos
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Jacob Ortiz
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Engineering Scholar: Daniel Park
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Sarah Pahn
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Layth Polus
UC San Diego Town & Gown Scholar: Golsa Rahbari
UC San Diego Town & Gown Scholar: Darshil Vaishnav
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft History Scholar: Tony Wu
Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar: Vica Yu
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Aran Zakeri
Cognitive Science, Specialization In Language and Culture; Linguistics, Specialization in Speech and Language Science : : UC San Diego Town & Gown Scholarship
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience : : UC San Diego Town & Gown Scholarship
Interdisciplinary Computing & the Arts : : UC San Diego Town & Gown Scholarship
Political Science/International Relations; Economics : : Town & Gown Elizabeth and Joseph Taft Endowed History Scholarship
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Engineering Scholar: Riam Badr
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Andre Calibuso
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft History Scholar: Chloe Chu
Susan & Tyler Cramer Scholar: Sydney Fought
Sylvia Liwerant Scholar: Anesia Franklin*
Dorothea Laub Scholar: Noah Harvey
Dana Strine & James P. O’Neil Scholar: Veronica Hernandez
Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar: Kaitlyn Kang
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Peter Leonido
Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar: Annie Nguyen
Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar: Stephanie Perezgil
Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar: Jessica Ragsac
Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar: Jun Robbins
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Angela Tsai
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Abigail Tseng
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Kelly Wang
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Ian Wilder
Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar: Vica Yu
* First recipient of new scholarship fund
Mathematics and Economics :: Town & Gown Scholar
Bioengineering :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar
Literatures in English :: Susan & Tyler Cramer Scholar
Political Science/Public Law :: Town & Gown Scholar
Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts :: Dorothea Laub Scholar
Psychology/Clinical Psychology :: Dana Strine & James P. O’Neil Scholar
Neurobiology :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar
Sociology and Education Sciences :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar
Political Science/Public Law :: Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar
Sociology-Culture/Communications :: Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar
General Biology :: Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar
Biology :: Town & Gown Scholar
Biotechnology :: Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar
Mathematics-Computer Science :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar
Psychology/Social Psychology :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar
Molecular and Cell Biology :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar
Data Science :: Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar
Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar: Farid Akhavan Rezayat
Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar: Nicole Avakian
Dana Strine & James P. O’Neil Scholar: Tobin Boshaw*
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Samantha Chan
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Laura Charria
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Lisa Chen
Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar: Alvin Cheng
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Heather Dopke
Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar: Isabella Fiorini
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar: Katia Griffin
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar: Jeffrey Liu
Susan & Tyler Cramer Scholar: Veronica Liu
Dorothea Laub Scholar: Andrea Luna
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Fatima Maciel
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar: Sarai Nerey
Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar: Rania Notowidigdo
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Kaitlyn Rim
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Lorijane Robles
Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar: Meghan Traynor
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Cathy Zhong
* First recipient of new scholarship fund
Human Biology :: Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar
Microbiology :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar
Mechanical Engineering :: Dana Strine & James P. O’Neil Scholar
Public Health :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar
Cognitive Science :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar
General Biology :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar
Molecular and Cell Biology :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar
Political Science/Political Law :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar
Chemical Engineering :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar
Visual Arts :: Dorothea Laub Scholar
Political Science/Public Policy and Ethnic Studies :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar
History :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar
Education Sciences :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar
Human Biology :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar
Anthropology :: Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar
Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar: Albert Chang
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Christopher Cuevas
Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar: Samvel Gaboyan
Susan & Tyler Cramer Scholar: Isaac Ing*
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Engineering Scholar: Wesam Kanim
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: YanZhe Liu
Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar: Trizhia Matusalem
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Katherine McGraw
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Anita Mohajeri
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Colleen Murphy
Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar: Khanh Nguyen
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft History Scholar: Joaquin Quintero*
Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar: Jonathan Soule
Dorothea Laub Scholar: Danniel Ureña
* First recipient of new scholarship fund
Mechanical Engineering/Renewable Energy & Environmental Flows :: Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar
Political Science :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar
Molecular and Cell Biology :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar
Public Health/Community Health Science
Urban Studies and Planning :: Susan & Tyler Cramer Scholar
Bioengineering/Biotechnology :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar
Psychology/Clinical Psychology
Bioengineering/Biotechnology :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar
Public Health/Epidemiology
Human Biology :: Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar
International Studies – Philosophy :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar
Molecular and Cell Biology
Global Health :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar
Sociology-Law and Society :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar
Political Science/Data Analytics :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar
International Studies – Sociology
Biochemistry :: Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar
General Biology
Theatre :: Dorothea Laub Scholar
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar: Daniel Atty
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Katherine Chen
Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar: Catherine Diep
Award in honor of Phemie Davis: Dephny Duan*
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Jordan Eide
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Halimo-Shukti Farah
Kathleen Denno Scholar: Nada Galal*
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Kimberly Giangtran
Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar: Ivette Martinez
Dawn ’87 and Matt Grob Family Scholar: Olivier Rogers
Award in honor of Phemie Davis: Katherine Tang*
Dorothea Laub Scholar: Michael Tesis**
Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar: Michael Zakariaie
Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar: Annie Zhou
* One-time named award
** First award for new current-use scholarship
Political Science/Comparative Politics :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar
Structural Engineering :: General T&G Scholarship
Molecular and Cell Biology :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar
Molecular and Cell Biology :: Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar
International Studies-Political Science :: Awarded in honor of Phemie Davis
Mathematics :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar
Public Health :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar
International Studies-International Business :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar
Human Biology :: General T&G Scholarship
Human Biology :: General T&G Scholarship
Human Biology :: General T&G Scholarship
Sociology :: Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar
Public Health :: General T&G Scholarship
Pharmacological Chemistry :: General T&G Scholarship
Bioengineering/Bioinformatics :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar
Political Science/Data Analytics :: Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Natalie Calderon
Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar: Samantha Cane*
Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar: Alejandro Dauguet
Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar: Joshua Elmer
Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar: Valeria Gomez*
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Clara Hess
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Ringo Leung
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Alexandra Sarkis
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar: Justin Skaggs
Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar: Emma Wilkinson*
* First recipient of new scholarship fund
Theatre and Communication :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar
Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar: Vincent Aguilar
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Firouzeh Khoobchehr
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar: Jennifer Macaulay
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Savannah Maw
Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar: Jasmine Ng
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Emily Paris
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Jiali Tan
Microbiology :: Ursula and Hans Moede Scholar
Computer Science
Global Health
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Political Science; Urban Studies and Planning
Microbiology :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar
Structural Engineering :: Elizabeth and Joseph Taft Scholar
Cognitive Psychology :: Sally and Louis Higger Scholar
Mechanical Engineering :: Dawn and Matt Grob Family Scholar
Biochemistry and Cell Biology :: Bebe and Marvin Zigman Scholar
Human Biology
Physiology and Neuroscience
Biochemistry and Cell Biology :: Lucy and Jim Haugh Scholar
Microbiology
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Sara Safa
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Christopher Fernandes
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Brittany Tran
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Robert Walter
Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar: Mina Habi
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar: Julia Duggs
Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar: Najah Ahmed
Chemical Engineering
History :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar
Political Science/International Relations :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar
Human Biology :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar
Physiology and Neuroscience
History
Human Development
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
General Biology
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Sociology/Law and Society :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar
Anthropology
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar
Sociology/International Studies
Physiology & Neuroscience
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Angela Becerra
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Pranav Singh
Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar: Ellen Kim
Sally & Louis Higger Scholar: Meryl Press
Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar: Cody Fowler
Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar: Ericca Speed
Public Health :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar
Environmental Engineering
Human Biology :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar
Biology
Classical Studies/Mathematics/Economics :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar
Computer Science
Biology
Literature/Writing :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar
Bioengineering :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar
Chemical Engineering :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar
Cognitive Science
Economics/Political Science
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Tengda Li
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Hillary Liang
Bebe and Marvin Zigman Scholar: Angela Webb-Pigg
Ursula and Hans Moede Scholar: Kasey Disney Ha
Political Science
Minerva Kunzel Scholar: Alast Ahmadiiveli
Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar: Marina Mendoza
Bebe and Marvin Zigman Scholar: Hannah Youngworth
Ursula and Hans Moede Scholar: Nhat-Dang Do
