Scholarship Awardees and Finalists
We are delighted to announce the national scholarship awards recipients and finalists as they come in. University of Massachusetts Amherst’s undergraduates, graduates, and postgraduate students share how they plan to utilize their awards to fulfill their research, studies, and teaching goals. Congratulations to all recipients and finalists!
Recent Scholarship and Awardee Finalists
Camila Rivera de Jesus
Computer Science and German & Scandinavian Studies; Commonwealth Honors College
Spring 2027; Germany
Sasha Hay
Political Science and Russian, Eurasian & Polish Studies
Fall 2026; Estonia
Gabriella Ribeiro
Nursing
Fall 2026; Spain
Laleh Panahi '25
Operations and Information Management, Journalism (Double Major); Commonwealth Honors College
Lindsey Rodman '25
Major: Biology
Nick Mazzoni '27
Major: Physics and Math; Commonwealth Honors College
Anna Kuznetsov '27
Major and Minor: Chemical Engineering major, Spanish minor
Germany; Summer 2026
Gianeishka Rivera Solano '26
Major and Minor: Public Policy Major, Chinese Minor
Language: Chinese (Mandarin)
Taiwan; Summer 2026
Elizabeth Semenova '28
Major and Minor: Computer Science; Linguistics
Language: Russian
Summer 2026; Latvia
Madeline Marshall '27
Legal studies and German major with a minor in Sociology
Spring 2026; Germany
Gregory Macdonald '26
Fall 2025; Ireland
Major: Psychology, Minor: Philosophy
Commonwealth Honors College
Isabella Cherup Wickenheiser '27
Fall 2025; Germany
Beatrice Rogers '26
Fall 2025; Denmark
Jade Shum '26
History of Art & Architecture, Anthropology (Dual-Degree Track); Commonwealth Honors College
Elena Bauer '25
Biology major; International Scholars Certificate; Culture, Health and Science Certificate; Commonwealth Honors College
Chloé Massabni '25
Political Science and Public Health Double Major
Citli Valencia Cordova '25
Dual Degree in Political Science and Spanish, Anthropology Minor; Commonwealth Honors College
Ella Ford '26
Psychology major; Education minor; Commonwealth Honors College
Keira Cook '26
BDIC-Neuroscience, Philosophy and Legal Studies; Commonwealth Honors College
June Ahn '25
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Commonwealth Honors College
Auden Cote-L’Heureux '25
Major: Mathematics; Commonwealth Honors College
Mia Ikeda '27
Majors: Comparative Literature, Public Health
June Ahn '25
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Commonwealth Honors College
Kevin Alexander '25
Chemistry (B.S.), Physics (B.S.), Mathematics (B.S.); Commonwealth Honors College
Fiona Almeida '28
Doctoral student; Major and minor: Community Health Education and Anthropology
Ryan Bahous-Boldi '25
Major and Minor: Computer Science, Minor: Psychology and Philosophy; Commonwealth Honors College
Scott Barrow '25
Fulbright Study/Research Award; Country: Denmark; Commonwealth Honors College
Maya Couto '25
Major: Public Policy; Minor: Sustainable Community Development; Commonwealth Honors College
Kefiana Kabati '25
Critical Language Scholarship Awardee
Graduate student; Bilingual, ESL and Multicultural Education
Gwen Van Allen '25
Major: Natural Resources Conservation; Minor: Linguistics; Commonwealth Honors College
Jordan Legaspi '25
Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology
Tameah B. Chandler '27
Ph.D. Candidate in Education, International Education concentration; Education Policy, Research, and Administration
Jeffrey Gomez '25
Computer Science; Mathematics