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Town & Gown Scholars

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.

2023-2024

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    This Year's Named Scholars

    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

  • Farid Akhavan Rezayat

    Farid Akhavan Rezayat

    Human Biology :: Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar

  • Nicole Avakian

    Nicole Avakian

    Microbiology :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar

  • Tobin Boshaw

    Tobin Boshaw

    Mechanical Engineering :: Dana Strine & James P. O’Neil Scholar

  • Samantha Chan

    Samantha Chan

    Public Health :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar

  • Laura Charria

    Laura Charria

    Cognitive Science :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar

  • Elizabeth (Lisa) Chen

    Elizabeth (Lisa) Chen

    General Biology :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar

  • Alvin Cheng

    Alvin Cheng

    Molecular and Cell Biology :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar

  • Heather Dopke

    Heather Dopke

    Political Science/Political Law :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar

  • Isabella Fiorini

    Isabella Fiorini

    Mechanical Engineering :: Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar
  • Ekaterina (Katia) Griffin

    Ekaterina (Katia) Griffin

    Chemical Engineering :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar

  • Jeffrey Liu

    Jeffrey Liu

    Computer Engineering :: Elizabeth & Joesph Taft Scholar
  • Veronica Liu

    Veronica Liu

    Urban Studies & Planning/Education Sciences :: Susan & Tyler Cramer Scholar
  •  Andrea Luna

    Andrea Luna

    Visual Arts :: Dorothea Laub Scholar

  • Fatima Maciel

    Fatima Maciel

    Political Science/Public Policy and Ethnic Studies :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar

  • Sarai Nerey

    Sarai Nerey

    History :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar

  • Rania Notowidigdo

    Rania Notowidigdo

    Political Science/Public Policy :: Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar
  • Kaitlyn Rim

    Kaitlyn Rim

    Education Sciences :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar

  • Lorijane Robles

    Lorijane Robles

    Human Biology :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar

  • Meghan Traynor

    Meghan Traynor

    Anthropology :: Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar

  • Cathy Zhong

    Cathy Zhong

    Human Biology :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar

2022-2023

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    This Year's Named Scholars

    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

  • Albert Chang

    Albert Chang

    Mechanical Engineering/Renewable Energy & Environmental Flows :: Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar

     

  • Christopher Cuevas

    Christopher Cuevas

    Political Science :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar

  • Samvel Gaboyan

    Samvel Gaboyan

    Molecular and Cell Biology :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar

  • Reagan Hall

    Reagan Hall

    Public Health/Community Health Science

  • Isaac Ing

    Isaac Ing

    Urban Studies and Planning :: Susan & Tyler Cramer Scholar

  • Wesam Kanim

    Wesam Kanim

    Bioengineering/Biotechnology :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar

  • Karina Kirsch

    Karina Kirsch

    Psychology/Clinical Psychology

  • YanZhe (Leo) Liu

    YanZhe (Leo) Liu

    Bioengineering/Biotechnology :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar

  • Hiela Manely

    Hiela Manely

    Public Health/Epidemiology

  • Trizhia Matusalem

    Trizhia Matusalem

    Human Biology :: Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar

  • Katherine McGraw

    Katherine McGraw

    International Studies – Philosophy :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar

  • Ella McLaren

    Ella McLaren

    Molecular and Cell Biology

  • Anita Mohajeri

    Anita Mohajeri

    Global Health :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar

  • Colleen Murphy

    Colleen Murphy

    Sociology-Law and Society :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar

  • Khanh Nguyen

    Khanh Nguyen

    Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience :: Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar
  • Joaquin Quintero

    Joaquin Quintero

    Political Science/Data Analytics :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar

  • Sara Solorzano

    Sara Solorzano

    International Studies – Sociology

  • Jonathan Soule

    Jonathan Soule

    Biochemistry :: Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar

  • Andrea Tran

    Andrea Tran

    General Biology

  • Danniel Ureña

    Danniel Ureña

    Theatre :: Dorothea Laub Scholar

2021-2022

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    This Year's Named Scholars

    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

  • Daniel Atty

    Daniel Atty

    Political Science/Comparative Politics :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar

  • Ramtin Azarbad

    Ramtin Azarbad

    Structural Engineering :: General T&G Scholarship

  • Katherine Chen

    Katherine Chen

    Molecular and Cell Biology :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar

  • Catherine Diep

    Catherine Diep

    Molecular and Cell Biology :: Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar

  • Dephny Duan

    Dephny Duan

    International Studies-Political Science :: Awarded in honor of Phemie Davis

  • Jordan Eide

    Jordan Eide

    Mathematics :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar

  • Halimo-Shukri Farah

    Halimo-Shukri Farah

    Public Health :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar

  • Nada Galal

    Nada Galal

    Computer Science :: Kathleen Denno Scholar
  • Kimberly Giangtran

    Kimberly Giangtran

    International Studies-International Business :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar

  • Andre Hirakawa

    Andre Hirakawa

    Human Biology :: General T&G Scholarship

  • Jae Kim

    Jae Kim

    Human Biology :: General T&G Scholarship

  • Rachel Lee

    Rachel Lee

    Human Biology :: General T&G Scholarship

  • Ivette Martinez

    Ivette Martinez

    Sociology :: Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar

  • Hewlett Pham

    Hewlett Pham

    Public Health :: General T&G Scholarship

  • Olivier Rogers

    Olivier Rogers

    NanoEngineering :: Dawn ’87 and Matt Grob Family Scholar
  • Aman Shihora

    Aman Shihora

    Pharmacological Chemistry :: General T&G Scholarship

  • Katherine Tang

    Katherine Tang

    Biochemistry/Chemistry :: Awarded in honor of Phemie Davis
  • Michael Tesis

    Michael Tesis

    Political Science/Public Law :: Dorothea Laub Scholar
  • Michael Zakariaie

    Michael Zakariaie

    Bioengineering/Bioinformatics :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar

  • Annie Zhou

    Annie Zhou

    Political Science/Data Analytics :: Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar

2020-2021

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    This Year's Named Scholars

    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

  • Enrique Arcilla

    Enrique Arcilla

    Urban Studies and Planning
  • Natalie Calderon

    Natalie Calderon

    Theatre and Communication :: Sally & Louis Higger Scholar

  • Samantha Cane

    Samantha Cane

    World Literature :: Nancy & Curt Koch Scholar
  • Erica Chan

    Erica Chan

    Public Health
  • Yoori Cho

    Yoori Cho

    Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Alejandro Dauguet

    Alejandro Dauguet

    Neurobiology :: Ursula & Hans Moede Scholar
  • Joshua Elmer

    Joshua Elmer

    Aerospace Engineering :: Dawn & Matt Grob Family Scholar
  • Valeria Gomez

    Valeria Gomez

    Human Biology :: Kurt Benirschke Family Scholar
  • Clara Hess

    Clara Hess

    Human Biology :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar
  • ‘Diana’ Yun Yeong Jang

    ‘Diana’ Yun Yeong Jang

    Psychology
  • Ringo Leung

    Ringo Leung

    Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience :: Lucy & Jim Haugh Scholar
  • Sally Nguyen

    Sally Nguyen

    Human Biology / Molecular and Cell Biology
  • Alexandra Sarkis

    Alexandra Sarkis

    Political Science/Pre-Law :: Bebe & Marvin Zigman Scholar
  • Justin Skaggs

    Justin Skaggs

    Chemical Engineering :: Elizabeth & Joseph Taft Scholar
  • Clea Stammler

    Clea Stammler

    Global Health
  • Emma Wilkinson

    Emma Wilkinson

    Linguistics :: Luanne & Robert Kittle Scholar
  • Pei-Wen Yang

    Pei-Wen Yang

    Psychology

2019-2020

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    This Year's Named Scholars

    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

  • Vincent Aguilar

    Vincent Aguilar

    Microbiology :: Ursula and Hans Moede Scholar

  • Kousha Ashtiani Changizi

    Kousha Ashtiani Changizi

    Computer Science

  • Mia Casciani

    Mia Casciani

    Global Health

  • Ivan Cruse

    Ivan Cruse

    Biochemistry and Cell Biology

  • Eva Gabriel

    Eva Gabriel

    Political Science; Urban Studies and Planning

  • Firouzeh Khoobchehr

    Firouzeh Khoobchehr

    Microbiology :: Minerva Kunzel Scholar

  • Anabel King

    Anabel King

    Political Science
  • Jennifer Macaulay

    Jennifer Macaulay

    Structural Engineering :: Elizabeth and Joseph Taft Scholar

  • Alexa Mark

    Alexa Mark

    Theatre
  • Savannah Maw

    Savannah Maw

    Cognitive Psychology :: Sally and Louis Higger Scholar

  • Jasmine Ng

    Jasmine Ng

    Mechanical Engineering :: Dawn and Matt Grob Family Scholar

  • Emily Paris

    Emily Paris

    Biochemistry and Cell Biology :: Bebe and Marvin Zigman Scholar

  • Sophia Potalivo

    Sophia Potalivo

    Human Biology

  • Lily Quach

    Lily Quach

    Physiology and Neuroscience

  • Jiali Tan

    Jiali Tan

    Biochemistry and Cell Biology :: Lucy and Jim Haugh Scholar

  • Daria Zavyalova

    Daria Zavyalova

    Microbiology

2018-2019

2017-2018

2016–2017

2015–2016

2014-2015

2013–2014

  • Ruben Castro

    Ruben Castro

    Physiology & Neuroscience
  • Soonka Erlandson

    Soonka Erlandson

    Psychology
  • Julia Guo

    Julia Guo

    Human Biology
  • Manuchehr Habibi

    Manuchehr Habibi

    General Biology
  • Mable Huang

    Mable Huang

    Political Science/International Relations
  • Raafat Kuk

    Raafat Kuk

    Physiology & Neuroscience
  • Daeun Lee

    Daeun Lee

    Psychology
  • Grace Lee

    Grace Lee

    Human Biology
  • Afomia Mesfin

    Afomia Mesfin

    Cognitive Science/Neuroscience
  • Zane Rice

    Zane Rice

    Nano Engineering
  • Omar Viramontes

    Omar Viramontes

2012–2013

  • Michelle Chung

    Michelle Chung

  • Kimberly Gomez

    Kimberly Gomez

  • David Kakish

    David Kakish

  • Susie Kim

    Susie Kim

  • Yvonne Lee

    Yvonne Lee

  • Charity Stone

    Charity Stone

  • Michelle White

    Michelle White

2011–2012

  • Rebekah Joy Klint

    Rebekah Joy Klint

  • Julie Kristin Nelson

    Julie Kristin Nelson

  • Aaron Louie

    Aaron Louie

  • Brittany V. Lyng

    Brittany V. Lyng

2010–2011

  • Lohrasb Sayadi

    Lohrasb Sayadi

  • Ellen Chunn

    Ellen Chunn

  • Kevin Staight

    Kevin Staight

  • Gohar Kotcharian

    Gohar Kotcharian

2009–2010

  • Jasmine Herrera

    Jasmine Herrera

2008–2009

  • Wint Lwin

    Wint Lwin

2007–2008

  • Matthew Swagler

    Matthew Swagler