Recent Fellowship Winners and Recognitions
Critical Language Scholarships
Skylar Falter 2012
Michael Moses 2010
Jessie Cleveland 2010
Katie Sisneros 2010
Nicole Starkey 2010
DAAD RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering)
Fulbright Awards
2012 Fulbright Students
Kaylee Barber - ETA Germany 2012
Stephanie Herzog - ETA Romania 2012
Alanna Hoffman - ETA South Korea 2012
Cara Morgenson - ETA Poland 2012
Loni O'Grady - ETA Brazil 2012
Brian Rentfro - ETA Germany 2012
Nicole Searcey - Chile 2012
Mallory Slama - ETA Czech Republic 2012
2011 Fulbright Students- In the 2010-11 scholarship competition cycle, UNL submitted the highest number of Fulbright applications in the history of the University (34) with students receiving nine Fulbright scholarship awards - a record number for UNL!
Jennifer Birdsall - ETA Macedonia 2011
Cori Curtis - ETA Turkey 2011
Alyx Garner - ETA Germany 2011
Jenna Gibson - ETA South Korea 2011
Alexandria Knipe - Turkey 2011
Sarah Lee - ETA South Korea 2011
Anita Middleton - ETA Russia 2011
Laura Roost - Rwanda 2011
Carrie Walker - Jamaica 2011
2011 Fulbright Alternates
Rachel Chin - ETA Georgia
Jacob Colling - Estonia
Trevor Nieveen - ETA Spain
Elena Shomos - Albania
2010 Fulbright Students
Karalynn Brown- ETA Slovak Republic 2010
Kevin Healy- Latvia 2010
Jill Savage- ETA South Korea 2010
Jesse Starita- Brazil 2010
Racheal Strong- China 2010
Nick Ziegler - Germany 2010
2010 Fulbright Alternate
Jeff Reznicek - Colombia
Gates Cambridge
In 2011 UNL celebrated its first winner of the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which supports a graduating senior to attend Cambridge University. Zach Norwood
Goldwater
In 2012, UNL celebrates all 4 Goldwater applicants winning the scholarship.
Elizabeth Jaensch
Jared Ostdiek
Joseph Phillips
Jeff Lopez, 2011
Honorable Mentions: Stephanie Berger and Nathan Otten
Robert Jacobberger 2010
Honorable Mentions: Laila Gharzai and Stephanie Berger
Harry S. Truman Scholarship -
In the same year that UNL was named a Truman Honors Institution, a UNL student received a Truman scholarship. It is the first time UNL has had a Truman scholarship winner two years in a row.Emily Schlichting 2011
Matthew Boring 2010
NSF Graduate Fellowship
Robert Woodward 2011
Aaron Fluitt 2010
Brady Garvin 2010
Katherine Heineman 2010
Katie Miller 2010
Kathryn Stolee 2010
Honorable Mentions:
Tyler Wortman 2010
Eric Wood 2010
Trisha Spanbauer 2010
TJ Bliss 2010
National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren
Rebecca Gailey 2012
Nathanial Hall 2012
Katie Merckel 2012
Elena Shomos 2011
Zach Smith 2010
Stephanie Booth 2010
Alternate: Jessie Cleveland 2010
Contact for Fellowships
Dr. Laura Damuth
Director of Undergraduate Research and Fellowship Advisor
118 Neihardt (0659)
fellowships@unl.edu