Meet Our Former Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients
At the VCU National Scholarship Office, we celebrate our talented students and alumni who have earned prestigious scholarships. Our dedicated team has supported hundreds of applicants across fields such as STEM, public policy, and the arts. Through personalized guidance, we empower VCU students to navigate the scholarship landscape and seize opportunities that will shape their futures. Every successful applicant was once (or still is) a student, just like you. Their accomplishments demonstrate that with determination, effort, and guidance, you, too, can achieve your goals!
Rochelle Upshur | Presidential Management Fellowship
Oscar Kemp | Clarke DS Fellowship
Ryan Jackson | Critical Language Scholarship
Aashima Sagar | Critical Language Scholarship
Rebecca Gunnin | CLS Spark
Rana Ansari | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Oorvi Budhwar | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Arden Gentry | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Rebecca Gilmore Lanz | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Nate Hosmer | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Sara Abdelrahim | Gilman Scholarship
Nonso Akunwafor | Gilman Scholarship
Isabella Alpire-Roca | Gilman Scholarship
Ash Berkman | Gilman Scholarship
Buffy Bui | Gilman Scholarship
Ian Covert | Gilman Scholarship
Meron Getachow | Gilman Scholarship
Elsa Hoppe | Gilman Scholarship
Jimmy Mai | Gilman Scholarship
Vanavah McKenzie | Gilman Scholarship
Catherine Nguyen | Gilman Scholarship
Aseel Packry | Gilman Scholarship
Jade Shull | Gilman Scholarship
Meg Stallard | Gilman Scholarship
Beatrice Stefanescu | Gilman Scholarship
Grace Tammaro | Gilman Scholarship
Harmoney Tillerson | Gilman Scholarship
Hayston Wines | Gilman Scholarship
Aditya Kotha | Goldwater Scholarship
Andy Shar | Goldwater Scholarship
Gabriella Daire | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Trevor Franklin | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Hannah Heintz | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Cat Lamb | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Kelly Ott | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Caitlin Terry | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Saidu Tejan-Thomas | Jr. Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Jillian Harrison | Rotary Global Scholars Grant
Eva Lancaster | AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship
Lisa Gagliano | Presidential Management Fellowship
Chandler Golden | American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program
Savarna Pahari | Christianson Fellowship
Oscar Kemp | Critical Language Scholarship
Hayley Pottle | Critical Language Scholarship
Vineeth Vaidyula | Critical Language Scholarship
Ryan Jackson | CLS Spark
Anne Penrod | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Leslie Pyo | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Colleen Choate | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Atoosa Haghani | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Oscar Kemp | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Briana Meehan | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Ishaan Nandwani | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Amelie Nkodo | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Samuel Paek | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Julia Tracy | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Vineeth Vaidyula | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Annabelle Starr | Gilman Scholarship
Clara Arthur | Gilman Scholarship
Donté Jackson | Gilman Scholarship
Gina Chan | Gilman Scholarship
Joud Al Kallas | Gilman Scholarship
Kenza Hassani | Gilman Scholarship
Nathaniel Rowan | Gilman Scholarship
Trinity Carl | Gilman Scholarship
Gabriella Daire | Goldwater Scholarship
Sierra Tutwiler | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Bao Chau | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Santiago Lopez | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Leia Troop | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Nana Twumasi-Ankrah | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Madison Bates | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Vidal Bejar-Padilla | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Luis Campos-Santos | PPIA Fellowship
Vishnu Alavala | Fulbright UK Summer Institutes
Nonso Akunwafor | Fulbright UK Summer Institutes
Michael Portillo | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Octavia Christopher | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Sofia Syed | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Helen Rathgeb | North American Language and Culture Assistants Program
Raven Witherspoon | Blakemore Fellowship
Emma Johnson | Gilman Scholarship
Ivania Del Cid-Orellana | Gilman Scholarship
Kenny Colato | Gilman Scholarship
Mel Ramos | Gilman Scholarship
MiJin Cho | Gilman Scholarship
Natalia Mangaroo | Gilman Scholarship
Raelyn Rozmus | Gilman Scholarship
Ruth Haileselassie | Gilman Scholarship
Sara Abdel-Hamid | Gilman Scholarship
Sofia Simmons | Gilman Scholarship
MiJin Cho | Goldwater Scholarship
Ciara Rascona | Governor's Fellows Program
Madeline Doane | Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace (Middlebury)
Simon Petrizzi | National Health Service Corps
Jensen Wainwright | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Kavya Purthuveetil | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Arshelle Carter | Pickering Fellowship
Michael Portillo | Pickering Fellowship
Tragdon Sexton | Pickering Fellowship
Alexandria Ashe | Presidential Management Fellowship
Sarah Meehan | Presidential Management Fellowship
Oscar Kemp | PPIA Fellowship
Kelly Nguyen | Rangel Fellowship
Abigail Andrade | DAAD RISE
Mac Salter | DAAD RISE
Muna Saleh | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar
Chastyn Smith | SMART Scholarship
Lars Axberg | SMART Scholarship
Tristan Norrgard | SMART Scholarship
Madeline Bataille | SMART Scholarship
MiJin Cho | Boren Awards
Spencer Graves | Boren Awards
Reyhan Koyash | Boren Awards
Michael Portillo | Boren Awards
Macy Pressley | Boren Awards
Naomi Ghahrai | Critical Language Scholarship
Kayleigh Hughes | Critical Language Scholarship
Reyhan Koyash | Critical Language Scholarship
Akhila Kunuthuru | Critical Language Scholarship
Benjamin Madnick | Critical Language Scholarship
Lise Mychaleckyj | Critical Language Scholarship
Kelly Nguyen | Critical Language Scholarship
Macy Pressley | Critical Language Scholarship
Samara Shabon | Critical Language Scholarship
Matthews Tessema | Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Internship Program
Josly Pierre-Louis | Ford Foundation Fellowship
Maya Barnes | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Anna Connor | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Lindsay Goodrich | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Allison Keith | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Chelsea Mitchell | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Kelly Nguyen | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Hannah Standiford | Fulbright Hays DDRA
Selene Jarvis | Gilman Scholarship
Ashanti Brantley | Gilman Scholarship
MiJin Cho | Gilman Scholarship
Margaret Bisulca | Gilman Scholarship
Anirban Mahanty | Goldwater Scholarship
Lilly Balderson | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Rachel Rodgers | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Raven Witherspoon | Schwarzman Scholars Program
Sekai Clayton | SMART Scholarship
Tradgon Sexton | Teaching Assistant Program in France
Kelly Platfoot | DoD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Benjamin Madnick | Boren Awards
Lise Mychaleckyj | Boren Awards
Kelly Nguyen | Boren Awards
Maryum Elnasseh | Critical Language Scholarship
Naomi Ghahrai | Critical Language Scholarship
Mary Pressley | Critical Language Scholarship
Leslie Bolda | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Colleen Connolly | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Emma Cregan | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Brianna Griffin | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Coleman Williams | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Dakota Jennings | Gilman Scholarship
Amna Kayani | Gilman Scholarship
Taieba Kohistany | Gilman Scholarship
Sakinah Owens | Gilman Scholarship
Michael Portillo | Gilman Scholarship
Diamond Reese | Gilman Scholarship
Shania Stevenson | Gilman Scholarship
Erin McCoy | Gilman Scholarship
Madison Bates | Goldwater Scholarship
Nana Twumasi-Ankrah | Goldwater Scholarship
Anna Connor | South Asia Summer Language Institute
Grace Terry | Teaching Assistant Program in France
Theresa Dinh | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Christa Hoskins | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Marisa Wood | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Tragdon Sexton | Boren Awards
Eram Mallick | Critical Language Scholarship
Christopher Meike | Critical Language Scholarship
Stephen Weindling | Critical Language Scholarship
Anastasios Karles | Goldwater Scholarship
Sarah Metzel | Teaching Assistant Program in France
Dalton Huey | Amgen Scholars
Colleen Connolly | Critical Language Scholarship
Nicholas Thomason | Critical Language Scholarship
Siona Peterous | Critical Language Scholarship
Zackaria Niazi | Critical Language Scholarship
Evan Pfab | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Imari Santiago | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Jonathan Brodie | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Laura Booth | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Lisa Delao | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Sarah Kleinman | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Tara Pyciak | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Jordan Price | Gilman Scholarship
Taylor Wilkerson | Gilman Scholarship
John Bowry | Gilman Scholarship
Tessa Fullmer | Gilman Scholarship
Amena Durant | Gilman Scholarship
Amy Lee | Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
Mariam Sankoh | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Steven Michael Hernandez | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Theresa Dinh | PPIA Fellowship
Ladan Karim-Nejad | DAAD RISE
Johnatan Wilkey | US Teaching Assistantship Program
Lauren Chartuk | Teaching Assistant Program in France
Theresa Dinh | Boren Awards
Sarah Sweeney | Boren Awards
Abigail Byram | Critical Language Scholarship
Theresa Dinh | Freeman-Asia Scholarship
Arshelle Carter | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Cydni Gordon | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Pahul Hanjra | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Sahar Jawadi | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Yumna Khalid | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Hannah Standiford | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Tyler Tresslar | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Amy Lee | Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
Kevin Yang | Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program
Randl Dent | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Ebony Lambert | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Theresa Dinh | Rangel Fellowship
Jared Synder | SMART Scholarship
Kevin Yang | SMART Scholarship
Cole Williams | Critical Language Scholarship
Charles Perris | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Dylan Halpern | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Ellen Korcovelos | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Erin Coggins | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Fajir Amin | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Gabby Beckford | Boren Awards
Kaelne Koorn | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Lama Elsharif | Critical Language Scholarship
Levester Williams | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Lynn Secondo | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Maya Chesley | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Samuel Wojcicki | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Shannon Laribo | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Vanessa Diaz | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Asya Wilson | Boren Awards
Chris Rories | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Ghatul Abdul Qayum | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Jennifer Lawhorne | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Lindsey Fitzgerald | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Mary Beth Bird | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Michael Trujillo | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Millie Shah | Critical Language Scholarship
Sameen Meshkin | Goldwater Scholarship
Wade Angeli | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Zach Canfield | Goldwater Scholarship
Charlene Gaw | Critical Language Scholarship
Laura Hayward | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Jade Kern | Gilman Scholarship
Quiamony Gaskins | Gilman Scholarship
Caitlin Forgione | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Catherine Purdy | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Rachel Sine | Critical Language Scholarship
Cole Cridlin | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Maria McClintock | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Tschuna Gibson | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Rachel Sine | Critical Language Scholarship
Bertrand Mpigabahizi | Boren Awards
Bruce Jun Park | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Carolyn Morris | Critical Language Scholarship
Glenna Barlow | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Margaret (Cotter) Rockwell | Boren Awards
Maria McClintock | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Rachel Sine | Critical Language Scholarship
Rachel Sine | Boren Awards
Ben Cohen | Boren Awards
Caitlin Canney | Critical Language Scholarship
David Nelson | Critical Language Scholarship
Elizabeth (Moore) Fry | Boren Awards
Julie Charbonnier | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Karim Rached | Critical Language Scholarship
Kunal Kapoor | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Tarfia Faizullah | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Tennessee Dixon | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Cat Canney | Boren Awards
Conschetta Wright | Critical Language Scholarship
Jessica Hite | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Jessica Jagger | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Alex Phelps | Boren Awards
Amy Ernest | Critical Language Scholarship
HaNa Kim | Critical Language Scholarship
Jessica Langley | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Michael Sims | Boren Awards
Carolyn Morris | Boren Awards
Chris (Matthew) Walker | Boren Fellowship
Hanan Abed | Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Kristen June | Boren Awards
Leigh Ann Sellers | Critical Language Scholarship
Michael Sims | Critical Language Scholarship
Moriah Phillips | Boren Awards
Sana Malik | Fulbright US Student Program
Sohaib Mohiuddin | Fulbright US Student Program