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Student Class Notes
Political Science major and spring 2025 graduate Jorge Avila was accepted into Samford University’s Cumberland Connection Law School Immersion Program.
Jackson Bowen, a Computer Science major, received the Hannah/ Harris Honors Study Abroad Endowed Scholarship.
Aniya Dean (Aerospace), Chelsea Hall (Video and Film Production major and Buchanan Transfer Fellow), and Ali Nurhussien (Aerospace) were each awarded the Academic Achievement Scholarship.
Ten students received the competitive Paul Martin Honors Scholarship: Sebastian de la Cruz (Aerospace), Naime Gokce (Biochemistry), Isabel Jacober (Psychology), Rachelle Laurel (Marketing), Elizabeth Lawrence (Psychology major and Buchanan Transfer Fellow), Ariel Nicastro (Physics major and Buchanan Fellow), Maheswari Rames (Aerospace), Batoul Sawas (Psychology), Zoe Vecchio (Photography), and Nikhil Yelemali (Science major and Meharry Medical scholar).
Accounting major and Buchanan Fellow Luis Esmurria, pictured above, earned the Paul W. Martin Jr. Distinguished Alumni Scholarship.
History major and Buchanan Fellow Ethan Estes became the first recipient of the Mary Wilgus Honors Endowment Scholarship.
Victoria Grigsby, a Buchanan Fellow majoring in Political Science and Foreign Languages (German), was admitted to the 2025 Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute at Princeton University. She also received the President’s Award for 2024–25.
Hannah Ferreira, pictured above, a double-major in Psychology and Political Science, became MTSU’s second Gilman-McCain International Scholarship recipient. The Buchanan Fellow also earned the John and Linda Vile Scholarship.
Management and Leadership major Trinity Johnson received the Lawrence R. Good Scholarship, designated for Psychology majors or minors.
The June Hall McCash Founders Award Endowment was awarded to Daniel Jones, a Foreign Languages (Japanese) major, for his outstanding performance in foreign language study and his plans to deepen his academic experience through study abroad.
The Michael Martinelli Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Psychology major Madison Kilgore and Chemistry major Sydney Westerman, both upper-division students recognized for their academic success and scholarship essays.
Ellouise Layus, a Music major studying Theory-Composition, scored a student short film, The Resident Assistants, for the MTSU Film Guild, which was accepted into a school festival. The film was inspired by The Office. youtube.com/watch?v=U72nwea41Vs
At MTSU’s 10th HackMT, junior Computer Science major Gavin Liles was awarded a scholarship. Senior Mechatronics Engineering major Bereket Tagistesillassie worked with the “AudiPy” team at the annual event on a successful math-oriented project providing data analysis for audio.
Art major Arianella Myers received the Vincent and Stacy Windrow Scholarship, a textbook award supporting students from underrepresented populations.
Elif Nalan Mutlu, a Computer Science major and Buchanan Transfer Fellow, was selected for the Bart McCash Honors Scholarship.
Psychology major Handan Mutlu received the Joseph and Teresa Santiago Olmstead International Scholarship.
Buchanan Fellow and Physics major Ariel Nicastro was awarded the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad in Argentina in the summer of 2025. She also received the 2024–25 Provost’s Award at MTSU and was selected to participate in the inaugural Conference USA Stars of Tomorrow program as part of the 2025 CUSA Basketball Championships. Nicastro was additionally awarded first place in the undergraduate category for her poster featured during the College of Basic and Applied Sciences Scholars Day presentations. Biology major Ian Wilson took third place in the undergraduate category.
Ayushi Prajapati, a Science major, received the Julia W. Powell Endowed Scholarship, with a preference for students pursuing studies in nursing or older adult health.
Buchanan Fellow and Music major Connor Prim, pictured above, received MTSU’s Community Service Award.
Emma Sutt, a Dance major, was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Jeff Whorley Endowment Scholarship.
Spanish major Emma Turner was awarded the Hanna Romans Witherspoon Scholarship, which supports junior or senior Honors students with financial need. Preference is given to students employed at the James E. Walker Library.
Miles Wine, a Public Writing and Rhetoric major, was selected as a recipient of the Dean’s Distinguished Essay Award for the 2025 issue of Scientia et Humanitas
