Two Iowa State students become Goldwater Scholars

Two ISU students have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships, the highest available honor in their fields.
Two ISU students have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships, the highest available honor in their fields. | Courtesy of Shutterstock

Two students at Iowa State University (ISU) recently received Goldwater Scholarships, which is the top undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, engineering and natural sciences available within the U.S.

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation awards the funds to students who show outstanding potential in their careers and research.

Out of the 1,150 applicants from throughout the U.S., a sum of 252 students were chosen to receive the Goldwater Scholarships for their academic merit. Universities are allowed to nominate a maximum of four students for the competition, and ISU chose its nominations with an on-campus competition, organized by the Honors Program.

Aubrey Foulk, a senior studying environmental science and biology, is one of the recipients. She intends to earn a Ph.D. to conduct research and teach students about marine science.

The other recipient is Samuel Schulte, a senior studying biochemistry and minoring in computer science. He plans to receive a Ph.D. in biochemistry or computational biology to research and teach the two fields together. He has already been published in two different research journals, and he was the keynote speaker at the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute in 2012.

A third student earned an honorable mention from the scholarship competition. This student was Charles Labuzzetta, a junior studying mathematics.