UB Students Awarded Prestigious National Scholarships
A UB undergraduate was awarded the Morris K. Udall Scholarship for their third consecutive year, highlighting a string of UB students selected to receive prestigious national competitive fellowship and scholarship awards in recent weeks.
Aaron Krolikowski, a junior double majoring in political science and social sciences interdisciplinary - environmental studies, was selected as a Udall Scholar based on his commitment to a career in the environment, his leadership potential, and academic achievement. Krolikowski was also a finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, UB’s first since 1992.
Junior aerospace and mechanical engineering major Bradley Cheetham was named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship recipient, with junior chemistry major Sabrina Peczonczyk and junior chemical and biological engineering major Jacob Weiner earning honorable mention. The Goldwater scholarship is awarded to students who have outstanding potential and intend to pursue advanced degrees in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
Seniors Kelly Miller and Stacey Pustulka were named fellows in the 2008 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship competition. The awards support highly qualified students pursuing graduate study leading to research-based advanced degrees in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Miller, a 2007 Udall Scholar, is majoring in environmental engineering; Pustulka is majoring in chemical and biological engineering.
