UA Honors Faculty picks 79 youngsters for fellowships

The College of Arkansas, Fayetteville Honors Faculty has chosen 79 highschool college students — 67 from Arkansas — to obtain Honors Faculty Fellowships.

The fellowships, which award as much as $80,000, largely cowl tuition, charges, books, room and board, and different tutorial bills over 4 years, offering the scholars extra freedom to pursue unique analysis, research overseas, and pursue service studying and different tutorial pursuits.

The fellowship funds may also be mixed with different scholarships and grants, such because the greater than $1.2 million in research overseas and analysis grants that the Honors Faculty awards to college students every year.

The brand new fellows have a mean grade level common of 4.25 and a mean composite ACT rating of 33.9. About 10% are the primary of their household to attend school.

The members of the incoming class plan to main in a various vary of topics, from biology and chemical engineering to anthropology, information science and structure.

Of the brand new fellows, 29 are named Nationwide Advantage Finalists.

“We as soon as once more had an extremely aggressive pool for fellowships this yr,” stated Noah Pittman, affiliate dean of enrollment for the Honors Faculty, in a press release issued with a information launch. “Every of our new Honors Faculty fellows is extremely vivid and achieved, and we stay up for serving to every of them obtain their targets on the College of Arkansas and past.”

Here’s a record of the Honors Faculty Class of 2027, together with their identify, college and hometown.

Britton Adair, Haas Corridor Academy-Fayetteville, Fayetteville.

Jacob Bodishbaugh, Haas Corridor Academy-Fayetteville, Fayetteville.

Charlotte Boehme, Arkansas Faculty for Arithmetic, Sciences, and the Arts in Sizzling Springs, Little Rock.

Wilson Boyd, Shawnee Mission North Excessive Faculty, Shawnee, Kansas.

Joshua Bozarth, Bolingbrook Excessive Faculty, Bolingbrook, In poor health.

Jenna Bray, Dierks Excessive Faculty, Umpire.

Kiya Britt, Bryant Excessive Faculty, Bryant.

Zachary Brown, Cabot Excessive Faculty, Cabot.

Jenna Burns, Haas Corridor Academy-Rogers, Rogers.

Kenja Dresel, Fayetteville Excessive Faculty, Fayetteville.

Elena Durren, Bentonville Excessive Faculty, Bentonville.

Gabriella Erb, Dripping Springs Excessive Faculty, Austin, Texas.

Sydnee Errico, Denison Senior Excessive Faculty, Denison, Texas.

Wyatt Fournier, Farmington Excessive Faculty, Farmington.

Carson Fulbright, Melbourne Excessive Faculty, Melbourne.

Sydney Hammond, Arkansas Faculty for Arithmetic, Sciences, and the Arts in Sizzling Springs, Sizzling Springs.

Elliott Hassler, McKinney Excessive Faculty, McKinney, Texas.

Christopher Heffernan, Bentonville Excessive Faculty, Bella Vista.

Dason Hensley, Valley Springs Excessive Faculty, Western Grove.

Abigail Henson, Joe T. Robinson Excessive Faculty, Little Rock.

Audrey Hill, Edmond Santa Fe Excessive Faculty, Edmond, Okla.

Alton Holscher, Bentonville Excessive Faculty, Bentonville.

Benjamin Hopkins, Pulaski Academy, Little Rock.

Isaac Hubberd, eStem Excessive Public Constitution Faculty, Little Rock.

Christopher Incao, Rogers Heritage Excessive Faculty, Rogers.

Benjamin Jacobus, Fayetteville Excessive Faculty, Fayetteville.

Alekhya Kavi, Conway Excessive Faculty, Conway.

Grace Kim, Conway Excessive Faculty, Conway.

Nathaniel Kingsbury, Har-Ber Excessive Faculty, Springdale.

Lydia Krebs, Arkansas Faculty for Arithmetic, Sciences, and the Arts in Sizzling Springs, Maumelle.

Charlotte Kuli, Pulaski Academy, Little Rock.

Isabella McCoy, Arkansas Faculty for Arithmetic, Sciences, and the Arts in Sizzling Springs, Fort Smith.

Brady McMullen, Beebe Excessive Faculty, El Paso.

Macie Middendorf, Harrah Excessive Faculty, Newalla, Okla.

Brett Miller, Bentonville Excessive Faculty, Bentonville.

Yoobin Min, Little Rock Central Excessive Faculty Little Rock.

Jenna Molleston, Little Rock Christian Academy, Little Rock.

Kylie Mollner, Fayetteville Excessive Faculty, Fayetteville.

Esther Moore, Life Manner Christian Faculty, Bentonville.

Charis Morasch, Blue Springs South Excessive Faculty, Lees Summit, Mo.

Lyndsey Morgan, Briarcrest Christian Faculty, Memphis, Tenn.

Conner Morrison, Greenbrier Excessive Faculty, Greenbrier.

Patrick Mush, Southside Excessive Faculty, Fort Smith.

James Myers, Har-Ber Excessive Faculty, Tontitown.

Elijah Nason, Pottsville Excessive Faculty, Russellville.

Ada Norcross, Harrison Excessive Faculty, Harrison.

Megan Olmstead, West Monroe Excessive Faculty, West Monroe, La.

Sage Paschall, Haas Corridor Academy-Fayetteville, Fayetteville.

Laura Pendleton, Northside Excessive Faculty, Fort Smith.

Haley Individual, Springdale Excessive Faculty, Springdale.

Lauryn Peters, Har-Ber Excessive Faculty, Springdale.

Owen Pickett, Bentonville Excessive Faculty, Bentonville.

Sohan Prabhudesai, Haas Corridor Academy-Fayetteville, Springdale.

Sriya Puvvada, Haas Corridor Academy-Bentonville, Bentonville.

Dhruva Rangarathna, Bentonville Excessive Faculty, Bentonville.

Anna Ratycz, Mount Saint Mary Academy, Little Rock.

Alexis Reardon, Searcy Excessive Faculty, Searcy.

Wyatt Rice, Bentonville Excessive Faculty, Bentonville.

Annabelle Ridlon, Joe T. Robinson Excessive Faculty, Little Rock.

Jackson Roberts, Lawrence Free State Excessive Faculty, Lawrence, Kansas.

Deeya Rohant,Bryant Excessive Faculty, Benton.

Astrid Roll, Northside Excessive Faculty, Fort Smith.

David Rotaru, Southside Excessive Faculty, Fort Smith.

Caleb Ryan, Windfall Classical Christian Academy, Rogers.

Adrian Salazar, Rogers Excessive Faculty, Rogers.

Gaby Sledge, Searcy Excessive Faculty, Searcy.

Benjamin Smith, Fayetteville Excessive Faculty, Fayetteville.

Mackay Smith, Dierks Excessive Faculty, Umpire.

Olivia Smith, Bentonville Excessive Faculty, Little Flock.

John Sooter, House Faculty, Bentonville.

John Storer, The Academies at Jonesboro Excessive Faculty, Jonesboro.

John Taylor, Jessieville Excessive Faculty, Jessieville.

Rodney Thomas, Bentonville Excessive Faculty, Rogers.

Santosh Vangoor, Bentonville West Excessive Faculty, Bentonville.

Ani Webb, Baton Rouge Magnet Excessive Faculty, Baton Rouge, La.

Eric Wilkins, Haas Corridor Academy-Fayetteville, Fayetteville.

Lilly Williams, Greenwood Excessive Faculty, Fort Smith.

Hannah Willroth, Haas Corridor Academy-Fayetteville, Springdale.

Emily Ye, Haas Corridor Academy-Bentonville, Rogers.

The applying course of is rigorous. To use, college students should meet sure eligibility necessities. College students should rating not less than a 32 on the ACT college-entrance examination and obtain a minimal 3.9 grade level common.

Every pupil’s utility is then reviewed by Honors Faculty directors and college who search for proof of mental curiosity, management potential and neighborhood involvement.

The choice course of additionally entails a timed writing check and a campus interview for finalists.

Together with the 2023 recipients, a complete of 1,685 college students have been within the Honors Faculty Fellowship program. Current fellows embrace Truman, Goldwater and Udall Students, Fulbright award winners and an Olympic pole vaulter.

The Honors Faculty Fellowships had been made potential by a portion of the Walton Household Charitable Assist Basis’s $300 million present to the college in 2002. That very same yr, the college created the Honors Faculty.