Office of Prestigious External Scholarships
2025
Number of Students Advised
234.5
Number of Hours
Spent Advising
418
Number of Advising Meetings
92 Number of Applications Submitted
427 Number of Hours Spent Non-Advising
69
64
Unique Student Names to Submit an Application
58 Number of Majors Represented by Advisees
3.85%
Increase in Number of Students Advised
10.38%
Increase in Number of Hours Spent Advising
6.20%
Increase in Number of Advising Meetings
12.20%
Increase in Number of Applications Submitted
4.92%
Increase in Number of Unique Student Names that Submitted Applications
19 Total Number of Scholarship Recipients/Finalists
ADVISING HOURS 2025
ACCE Doctoral Landscape Award Astronaut Boren
Churchill Critical Language Scholarship DAAD RISE
DAAD GRAD Demmer DOD SMART Fulbright
Fulbright Summer UK Gates Cambridge Gilman
Goldwater JET Jump Trading Fellowship
Knight Hennessy Lafayette Marshall
NEW Leadership MS NOAA Hollings NSF GRFP PPIA
PPLC Harvard Project Go! Project Horseshoe Rales
Rhodes Truman Udall
TOTAL HOURS 2025 (ADVISING AND NON-ADVISING)
ACCE Doctoral Landscape Award Astronaut Boren Churchill
CLS DAAD RISE DAAD GRAD Demmer DOD Smart
Fulbright Fulbright UK SI Gates Cambridge Gaither
Gilman Goldwater JET Jump Trading Fellowship
Knight-Hennessy Lafayette McCall MacBain Marshall
NEW Leadership MS NOAA Hollings NSF GRFP PPIA
PPLC Harvard Project Go! Project Horseshoe Rales
Rhodes Truman Udall Voyager
STUDENTS ADVISED BY COLLEGE
ADVISING HOUR PERCENTAGE BY SCHOLARSHIP
WHOLE YEAR
ADVISING HOUR PERCENTAGE
SCHOLARSHIP - BY MONTH
J A N U A R Y F E B R U A R Y
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A P R I L
M A Y J U N E
ADVISING HOUR PERCENTAGE BY SCHOLARSHIP - BY MONTH
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O C T O B E R
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ADVISEE YEAR BREAKDOWN
Satisfaction Survey Data
The following data was taken from a Qualtrics survey sent to all students who applied for a scholarship in the Fall of 2025. Of these students, there were 8 respondents.
COMMENTS FROM STUDENTS
“You guys have done an extraordinary job with guiding students who want to grow and take on chances with different scholarships.”
Y'all are great!
Dr. Hoffman does not have enough time. it may be more efficient to do one early meeting with Dr. Hoffman, then rely on a GA, undergrad research advisor, or scholar alum to help with the nuts and bolts, then work with Dr. Hoffman again once there is a good basis for the application.
STUDENT SATISFACTION
PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO ENGAGED IN SELFREFLECTION
PERCENT OF STUDENTS RECEIVED HELPFUL FEEDBACK FROM OPES
PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO INCREASED THEIR CONFIDENCE IN COMMUNICATING THEIR RESEARCH OR PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES
2025 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND FINALISTS
Name Major Scholarship
Hays Romano Political Science Fulbright UK Summer Institute
Madeline Green Anthropology Critical Language Scholarship Spark
Alexis Ellison Accounting Critical Language Scholarship
Claire Green Biochemistry Truman
Claire Green Biochemistry Udall
Jake Kasitz Meteorology NOAA Hollings
Brittin Perdue Electrical Engineering Astronaut Scholarship
Spencer Lile Biomedical Engineering Astronaut Scholarship
Alijah Jones Political Science Fulbright Awards ETA
Lily Langstaff Wildlife Fisheries Aquaculture Fulbright Awards Study/Research
Alyssa Williams Biochemistry Fulbright Awards Study/Research
Julian Dedeaux Business Administration Fulbright Awards ETA
2025 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND FINALISTS
Name Major
Scholarship
Surabhi Gupta Microbiology DAAD Grad
Nyla Jones Natural Resource and Enviromental Conservation PPIA Junior Summer Institute
Claire Green Biochemistry Rhodes Finalist
Christopher Jolivette English Rhodes Finalist
Tafada Wright Communication Rhodes Finalist
Brittin Perdue Electrical Engineering Goldwater
Spencer Lile Biomedical Engineering Goldwater