The University announced its nominees for the Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell scholarships on Tuesday, Oct. 13 in a press release. Students who are awarded these scholarships will continue their studies at universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Three students are nominees for the Rhodes Scholarship, which gives 32 of the most outstanding young scholars in the country an opportunity to study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, according to the press release.
Auburn’s nominees for the Rhodes Scholarship are: Sean Bittner, senior in chemical engineering; Chloe Chaudhury, senior in biochemistry; and Blake Willoughby, senior in theatre and political science.
Six Auburn students are nominees for the Marshall Scholarship, which provides up to 40 of the most outstanding undergraduates in the country an opportunity to study at any university in the United Kingdom, according to the press release.
Auburn’s nominees for the Marshall Scholarship are: Jessica Adams, senior in microbiology; Azeem Ahmed, 2014 graduate in finance; and Sydney Herndon, 2013 graduate in anthropology and art history.
The three students who are nominated for the Rhodes Scholarship, Bittner, Chaudhury and Willoughby, are also nominated for the Marshall Scholarship.
The University has endorsed two students, Chaudhury and Willoughby, for the George J. Mitchell Scholarship. The Mitchell Scholarship provides 12 students nationwide the opportunity to study in Ireland, according to the press release.
“Our students must be endorsed by the University’s national prestigious scholarships committee to receive a nomination,” said Paul Harris, director of national prestigious scholarships, in the press release. “As part of their applications, they were required to submit a personal essay and letters of recommendation which highlighted their scholarly potential and their character and suitability for the award.”
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