Scholarship Motivation
Emma Worgul Emma Worgul is an accountancy major at the University of Missouri—hence an interest in statistics. She is also the newest recipient of the Brazeal Honors College Endowed Diversity Scholarship, which covers tuition, room, board and books as well as entrance into the Discovery Fellows research program and the cost of studying abroad. It…
Triple Threat
While in Myanmar, Jessica Anania visited the Shwedagon Pagoda, which is the most sacred Buddhist site for the people of the Union of Myanmar. Jessica Anania is not your average college student. A triple major, studying international reporting, political science and psychology, Anania is also a world traveler, social justice advocate and research assistant. Her resume…
A Desire to Inspire
Ray Semlitsch Learning by doing is the motto for students who work under the guidance of MU Curators’ Professor of Biological Sciences Ray Semlitsch. In Semlitsch’s lab, students get first-hand experience in conducting rigorous experiments on amphibians and the effects of their environment. Semlitsch says the mentorship he received as an undergraduate student was critical…
Renaissance Man
Azeem Khan When Azeem Khan arrived at Mizzou, he found an abundance of opportunities. “The great thing about college is that even though it seems like you are specializing in one subject, there are other opportunities to pursue,” Khan says. “You don’t have to fall into a trap of only going into one field and only…
Rewriting Letter Writing
Marty Townsend While visiting New Haven, Connecticut, English professor Marty Townsend read a column in The New York Times titled “The Death of Letter Writing.” It got her thinking about how she could bring that conversation to students. “By the time I was flying home, I was making notes like crazy, with the course in…
Cost-Saving Discovery
Tom Laughlin When Tom Laughlin came to Mizzou, he dreamed of working as a biochemist in the pharmaceutical industry. He also knew he wanted to get involved with research as soon as possible, so he applied for the Freshman Research in Plant Science Program and began work in David Emerich’s lab. “I never actually touched a…
Life on the Equator
The Ecuador study abroad travelers pose under a palm thatch roof following a trip up the Napo River. As Madison Hennessy prepared for her study abroad trip to Ecuador she imagined an experience that would be insightful and exciting. She didn’t, however, expect the trip to include climbing a volcano, being spit on by a Tsáchila…
Learning on Capitol Hill
Mitchell Moonier For the last three years, MU students like Mitchell Moonier have worked with the Missouri congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., performing public service and receiving academic credit toward graduation as part of the Civil Leaders Internship Program (CLIP) Congressional Scholar program. “The connections I’ve made are very strong,” says Moonier, who now serves as…