Scholarships & Fellowships
Lichtin Family Honors Scholarship
Through the generosity of Noel Lichtin, an alumna of UNCG, and her family, Lloyd International Honors College is delighted to offer the Lichtin Family Honors Scholarship to a rising junior or senior Honors student with exemplary past academic performance and promise for continued high level work in Honors. The competitive, merit scholarship is awarded annually at the Honors Banquet in the spring and carries an award of up to $1,100. Students interested in applying should submit the following by the application deadline:
- A completed application form (*PDF);
- A personal statement that describes the impact that Lloyd International Honors College has had on the applicant's education, outlines the future academic plans of the applicant, and indicates the role that LIHC is expected to play in those plans;
- Two reference forms from university faculty members who are familiar with the applicant's academic performance and abilities.
The deadline for the 2011-2012 competition is Thursday, March 15, 2012.
Please note: most forms require the Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, which can be downloaded from the Adobe web site.
Past Recipients:
2010-2011: Shaquinta "Quinn" Hedgepeth – Shaquinta "Quinn" Hedgepeth received the Lichtin Family Honors Scholarship as a rising senior majoring in Psychology with a minor in African American Studies. Quinn has maintained a 4.0 in her psychology coursework and has sought out opportunities to work with faculty in their research labs. In the D.U.C.K. lab (Development and Understanding of Children's Knowledge), she worked with Dr. Stuart Marcovitch examining the development of young children, and with Dr. Mike Kane in the area of cognitive psychology. Quinn also received a Community Based Research Grant from the Office of Leadership and Service Learning to work with Dr. Julia Mendez on the challenges that refugee children face in adjusting to American schools and social relationships, and is doing ongoing work with the Newcomers School for refugee children here in Greensboro. Quinn has also been active with the Psi Chi Honor Society, the Alpha Lamda Delta Honors Society, the Golden Key Honor Society, and Lloyd International Honors College. She is a founding member of the National Society of Leadership and Success, and has served as the Vice President for a student organization called Women With or Without. Quinn has worked as a mentor with the LinkUp program for three years, been a pen pal for elementary school students, and a tutor for Burmese refugees.
2009-2010: Gina Hurley – Gina Hurley received the Lichtin Family Honors Scholarship as a rising senior majoring in English and History. Gina received early induction into Phi Beta Kappa and is a member of honors societies for French, History, English, and Music. She has been honored with the English Department's Fort Scholarship for Excellence in English as well as that department's Research Essay Prize. She has presented three years in a row at the Honors College's annual Honors Symposium, and this year her paper garnered 2nd prize in the Arts and Humanities division. Gina has served as a Faculty Senate Scholar, a course assistant in Reacting to the Past, and this summer will undertake an Undergraduate Research Assistantship in English literature. Beyond her academic achievements were not enough, Gina has also been thoroughly engaged on campus, holding leadership positions in Cornelia Strong College; the Honors College Student Advisory Board; and Honors Ambassadors program. Gina studied abroad at Trinity University in Carmarthen, Wales. Gina writes that her presence in Pam McRae's Reacting to the Past course set her on her current path toward a double major in English and History, and "if it hadn't been for the Honors College, I wouldn't have identified my passion for teaching and innovative pedagogy, thereby confirming my decision to continue my study of literature at the PhD level."
2008-2009: Brittany Renee Atkinson – Ms. Atkinson received the Lichtin Family Honors Scholarship as a rising senior with a major in International Business. She has been a member of the Bryan School Student Advisory Council, a study abroad peer ambassador, the winner of a Robert C. Byrd Merit Scholarship and of the Clinton Global Initiative University Outstanding Commitment Award for her work on poverty alleviation and leveraging Information Communication Technology to bridge the Digital Divide. During her first year at UNCG she studied for a semester in Mannheim, Germany, and will study in Capetown, South Africa, in Fall 2009. She interned with both the US Peace Corps and the United Nations, developing a program endorsed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to make computers, internet access, and training for students available in developing countries.
Brittany has written of her future plans, "I hope to utilize the skills and knowledge gained during my years at UNCG to enable communities in Africa to implement best business practices, especially information technologies, to enable economic growth. After (service in) the Peace Corps, I hope to attend law school to study international human rights. With these combined educational and life experiences, I hope to work for the Department of State in the area of policy as it affects U.S. relationships with developing nations and education."
2007-2008: Rachel E. Pullen – Ms. Pullen received the Lichtin Family Honors Scholarship as a rising junior with a major in Political Science and a minor in Communication Studies. She has a 3.92 GPA, is on track to complete the International Honors Program in Fall 2008, and has already begun work on the Disciplinary Honors in Political Science Program. An exemplary student both for her level of intellectual engagement and her communication skills, Ms. Pullen intends on pursuing a career in law.
2006-2007: Jonae Wartel – Ms. Wartel received the Lichtin Family Honors Scholarship as a rising junior in Political Science and Spanish. At the time of the award, she had a 3.8 GPA and was also a Butler Scholar. Active in Honors both in and out of the classroom, she was active in recruiting entering freshmen to Honors and served as president of UNCG's Student Government Association. She planned to enter Georgetown Law School after completing Full University Honors and graduating from UNCG.
2005-2006: Heather Gibson – Ms. Gibson received the Lichtin Family Honors Scholarship is a rising senior in Nursing with a 4.00 GPA. Through Honors, she explored anesthesia nursing and decided to be a nurse anesthetist. For her Senior Honors Project, she performed research and presented the results at the National Student Nurses' Association Convention. She was the youngest and only NC representative of the American Liver Foundation's 2004 Run for Research Team in the Boston Marathon, for which she raised $5,000.