Foundation Fellows Annual Report, 2024-2025

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Foundation Fellowship

ANNUAL

REPORT 2024-2025

First-year Foundation Fellows gather in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art during their spring travelstudy trip to New York and Washington, D.C., in March 2025.

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CONTENTS Endowed and Named Fellowships . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Letters from the President, Chair, and Dean . . . . . . . 3 Mission of the Foundation Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . 4 Overview of the Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 About the Morehead Honors College . . . . . . . . . . 6 Timeline: A Look Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Global Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Seniors Speak: Mentors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 International and National Recognition . . . . . . . . . 14 Academic Enrichment and Events . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Shifting Focus and A New Director . . . . . . . . . . 20 Seniors Speak: Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Internships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Seniors Speak: Internships . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Undergraduate Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Seniors Speak: Undergraduate Research . . . . . . . . 31 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Stamps Scholars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Individual Travel-Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Seniors Speak: Travel-Study . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Spring Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Oxford Maymester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Lisa Ann Coole Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Foundation Fellows Class of 2025 . . . . . . . . . .

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Seniors Speak: Friendships . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Foundation Fellows by Class Year . . . . . . . . . .

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Fellows and Ramsey Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

ENDOWED AND NAMED FELLOWSHIPS The University of Georgia Foundation Fellowship was created in 1972 by UGA Foundation trustees to enrich the educational experience of outstanding undergraduates. The Fellowship is supported by multiple endowments and a partnership with the Stamps Scholars Program. The Endowed and Named Foundation Fellowships provide an annual scholarship stipend for each Foundation Fellow.

2024-2025 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND UNIVERSITY INITIATIVES COMMITTEE MEMBERS Natalie Schweers Coghill, Chair Augusta, Georgia

Leah Brown

Phoenix, Arizona

Chris Brown PHILIP ALSTON FELLOWS Thomas Ray Griner ’28 Britton Hare ’27 Luke Miles Hendrix ’26 Tiffani Arnina McClain ’28 Claire Elizabeth McDonald ’27 EUGENE BLACK FELLOWS Sara Amou ’27 Suhan Kacholia ’25 Ava Elizabeth Stillwagon ’27 Aryan Thakur ’25 CARLYLE FRASER FELLOWS Ashaar Bakshi ’28 Benen Chancey ’26 Isabella Sofia Delgado ’27 Martha Lee Garrett ’25 Krish Devon Leveille ’28 Sophia Khoa Nguyen ’27 Margaret Lee Opsahl ’26 Anna Grace Rachwalski ’26 Adam Michael Starks ’25 VERA MILNER FELLOWS Gwyneth Noelle Solomon ’28 Bianca Elena Wilson ’26 MOREHEAD FELLOWS Katherine Rebecca Johnson ’28 Jay Zhang Natu ’28 WINSHIP NUNNALLY FELLOWS Sarah Louise Dean ’25 Parker Gavin Ferrer ’28 Elle Elisabeth Glassford ’28 Jack Ryan Jarashow ’26 Robie Elizabeth Lucas ’27 Callie Elizabeth Viktora ’28 MARTHA NUNNALLY FELLOWS Liam Daniel Evans ’27 Ella Celeste Johnson ’27 Tenacity M. Murdie ’25 John Widener Norris ’26 BERNARD RAMSEY FELLOWS Anna Grace Aiello ’28 Pablo Basil Ashi ’28 Jhaycee Coren Barnes ’26 Bemnet Ashenafi Bekele ’26 Surya Jane Cheadle Blasiole ’25 Jonathan Luke Bowles ’25 Ashley Nicole Brown ’26 Theron E. Camp ’24 (fall ’24 only) Daniel Harrison Cohen ’25 Alexander Joseph Drahos ’25 V’ Shoi Conrad Garfield Emanuel ’25 Daniel Antonio Garcia-Pozo ’25 Eliana Naomi Gelman ’25 Anita Gillum Gorman ’26

Jaabili Sai Gosukonda ’24 Savannah Mercedes Hernandez ’25 Bryce Allen Knoll ’27 Nathaniel Scott Levy ’28 Jack Douglas Little II ’27 Sara Rose Logsdon ’25 Ava Rebeccah Marcus ’28 Ciara Ashley Mitchell ’25 Erin Christiane Monroe ’26 Julianna Morelli ’28 Megan Joy Pitt ’27 Ava Quarles ’28 Julianna Marie Russ ’25 Hadiza Sarr ’26 Kennedi Lashaun Scales ’25 Catherine Anderson Smith ’26 Rowan Aoife Starr ’28 Selina Sun ’27 Lauren Elizabeth Thacker ’27 Dana Marie Theoc ’25 Lillian Christyne Thomas ’26 Wyn Alyse Thomas ’26 Amanda Sydney Whylie ’25

Newton, Massachusetts

Betsy C. Cox

Jacksonville, Florida

Yvette Daniels

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Jim Dinkins

Atlanta, Georgia

Trey Googe

Atlanta, Georgia

Nancy Juneau

Atlanta, Georgia

Keith Kelly

Newborn, Georgia

Charlie Knox

Augusta, Georgia

Elizabeth Reid Atlanta, Georgia

Elizabeth Richards Atlanta, Georgia

Jodi Selvey

Atlanta, Georgia

JOHN WHITE RAMSEY FELLOW Isabelle Rose Stephens ’28

Dorothy Sifford

PENELOPE W. AND E. ROE STAMPS IV FELLOWS Gabriel Demis Alemayehu ’28 Patrick Barry George Allen ’28 Grant Jameson Baumann ’26 Brooke Elise Bergeron ’25 Ryan Edward Bohn ’25 Laila Elizabeth Carter ’28 Rayna Janett Carter ’26 Julian Louis Fortuna ’25 Vaughn Robert Frost ’27 Shriya Kumari Garg ’27 Diya Akshila Garrepally ’28 Nikita Jha ’26 Chinmay Joshi ’26 Harshil Joshi ’27 Larissa Alves Lozano ’25 Deborah Joy Madden ’26 Aarov Malhotra ’27 Margaret Louise Mitchell ’25 Amy Franchesca Morales ’26 Nicholas Gary Lamont Myers ’25 Dhriti Pentela ’25 Yeongseo Son ’25 Charlie Lane Stout ’26 Sloka P. Sudhin ’26 Erin Suh ’26 Iziq A. Thomas ’28 Henry Ellis Traynor ’26 Alexandra Catherine Wells ’25 Aerica Calynn Worrell ’27 Andrew Ray Wyatt ’26 Sophia Qiao Zhao ’28

Alpharetta, Georgia

CHARLOTTE AND CLAUDE WILLIAMS FELLOW Piper Danielle Duncan ’26

Nashville, Tennessee

Kim Stamper

Becky Winkler

Charlotte, North Carolina

Dee Yancey

Rome, Georgia

Lee Zell

Ex-Officio, Voting Atlanta, Georgia

Jack Hu

Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Athens, Georgia

J. Hardman Knox, Advisory Atlanta, Georgia

Rebecca J. Mayo, Associate Athens, Georgia

Rock Rogers III, Associate Athens, Georgia

Eric D. Rubenstein,

Associate, Athens, Georgia

2024-2025 FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP STAFF Meg A. Amstutz Dean

Jessica B. Hunt

Assistant Dean & Director of Scholarships

James N. Warnock Associate Dean

Sydney Phillips

Program Administrator

Eniola Olubunmi Graduate Assistant

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Erin Suh

Student Worker

LETTERS

A PROGRAM OF ‘REMARKABLE IMPACT’ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESIDENT The University of Georgia is incredibly proud to host the prestigious Foundation Fellowship program, one of the top undergraduate scholarships in the country. It has been a privilege to have been associated with the Foundation Fellowship program throughout my career and to see firsthand the remarkable impact it has had on the lives of our students. Foundation Fellows are exposed to nearly unlimited opportunities to pursue groundbreaking research, study abroad, and learn from our world-class faculty from the moment they set foot on campus. As a result, they leave UGA prepared to embrace their roles as future leaders throughout the state, across the country, and around the world. I am truly grateful for the generous support from the University of Georgia Foundation and our loyal alumni and friends as they continue to open doors for our exceptionally talented students, and I look forward to all that this transformational program will accomplish in the years ahead.

Jere W. Morehead, President University of Georgia

UGA FOUNDATION CHAIR As we welcome this incoming class of Foundation Fellows, we recognize their exceptional talents and diverse backgrounds. Throughout history, we have witnessed the remarkable potential of these students as they have made significant contributions to UGA. It is evident that many of these scholars will go on to pursue careers and endeavors addressing the most pressing issues of our local, national, and global communities. Additionally, numerous scholars will be accepted into renowned graduate programs, while others will earn highly esteemed post-graduate scholarships. The University of Georgia Foundation takes great pride in supporting these exceptional students.

Howard Young, Chair

University of Georgia Foundation

MOREHEAD HONORS COLLEGE DEAN Every year, I am inspired by the newest Foundation Fellows we welcome to the University of Georgia as well as the returning Fellows who continue, time and again, to shine across campus and around the world. Their success is made possible by the many people who support them, from faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and administrators to families and friends. As dean of the Morehead Honors College, it is my privilege to work closely with our Fellows, whether through a word of encouragement in the hallway, a deep discussion in the classroom, or extended time together as we travel to New York City and Washington, D.C., over spring break and to the University of Oxford each May. The Foundation Fellowship continues to enhance UGA’s national reputation for excellence by bringing students of exceptional talent to the university.

As they grow from dedicated students to established alumni, I invite you to join me in celebrating the endeavors of our Fellows, now and in the years to come.

Margaret A. “Meg” Amstutz, Dean

Jere W. Morehead Honors College

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OUR MISSION The Foundation Fellows program fosters a community of scholars and leaders by providing intellectual, cultural, and service opportunities in an environment conducive to learning and personal growth through shared knowledge and experiences.

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OVERVIEW

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP The Morehead Honors College administers the university’s top academic scholarship—the Foundation Fellowship.

The Foundation Fellowship was created in 1972 by UGA Foundation trustees to enrich the educational experience of outstanding undergraduates. Fellows receive an annual stipend, research and academic conference grants, and individual travel-study grants. Fellows participate in spring group travel-study and a postfirst-year Maymester at the University of Oxford.

The Ramsey Honors Scholarship was created in 2000 by UGA Foundation trustees under the name of the university’s most generous individual benefactor, the late Bernard Ramsey (BS ’37).

From 2000-2020, Ramsey Scholars were selected through the Foundation Fellows application process. The last class of Ramseys graduated in 2024.

Foundation Fellows participate in community programming; off-campus retreats; scholarships advising and professional development; alumni networking; and academic, social, and cultural events throughout the year.

Foundation Fellowship benefits, 2024-2025 • Annual stipend for in-state students: $15,050 plus the Zell Miller Scholarship (currently $10,034 per year) • Annual stipend for out-of-state students: $25,900 plus an out-ofstate tuition waiver (currently $19,040 per year) • Annual stipend for international students: $28,800 plus a Presidential waiver (currently $19,040 per year) • Three fully funded spring travel-study programs valued at $13,500 (First-year Fellows always travel to New York City and Washington, D.C., and then participate in international trips in their second and third years. In recent years, Fellows have traveled to Bali, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Greece, Japan, Morocco, South Korea, Thailand, Tanzania, and Vietnam. This year, Fellows traveled to Iceland, South Korea, and Türkiye.)

• Fully funded summer study abroad program to the University of Oxford valued at $9,000 • Individual travel-study grants up to a cumulative total of $10,000 (related to academic and professional goals, can be combined with semester stipends for travel-study for semester or academic year) • Research and academic conference grants up to a cumulative total of $2,000 • Special seminars and book discussions with UGA and visiting professors • Faculty, peer, and alumni mentoring • Twice-a-year retreats • Participation in a community of scholars who stimulate each other’s intellectual and personal development

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ABOUT THE MOREHEAD HONORS COLLEGE The Morehead Honors College, housed in Moore Hall, provides its 2,800 undergraduates with the resources to make the most of their higher education experience—including close to 250 Honors classes a year with an average class size of 15.6 students, expert advice from Honors and faculty advisors, independent research opportunities, mentoring, internships, lunchbox lectures and book discussions with faculty, and the Myers Hall residential community.

In 2024, the Honors College was ranked the No. 1 honors program or college in the nation by College Transitions.

The college offers numerous opportunities for local, national, and global civic engagement and career development—including internship placements in Washington, D.C., New York, and Savannah; the Corsair Society, which mentors undergraduates pursuing careers in banking and finance, management consulting, and the technology sector; the Arch Policy

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A statue of Bernard Ramsey sitting on a bench graces the outside of Moore Hall. Mr. Ramsey, affectionately known as “Uncle Bernie,” is the largest individual benefactor of the University of Georgia.

His contributions helped shape the Foundation Fellowship and the university into what it is today.

Institute, a student-run public policy think tank; The Backpack Project of Athens, which helps people in the Athens area experiencing homelessness; the Honors Student Council; MathCounts Outreach; Honors Ambassadors; and the Thomas Lay After-School Tutoring Program.

Fellows can also access Honors College staff members, who provide important counsel for a variety of pursuits—including drafting personal statements, resumes, and cover letters for job, scholarship, and postgraduate study applications.

Through the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO), students work with faculty mentors on projects that reach beyond classroom learning and gain research-related experience needed for graduate or professional schools. CURO is open to all UGA undergraduates interested in pursuing research ranging from humanities to social sciences to STEM disciplines.

Adam Starks, Eliana Gelman, and Surya Blasiole stand on the field in Sanford Stadium before the Spring 2025 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony.

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TIMELINE

A LOOK BACK

2024-2025

AUGUST - DECEMBER

Fellows dinner seminars, book discussions, alumni events, cultural and theatrical events, class breakfasts , big-little meetups , and Morehead Honors College lunchbox lectures and book discussions

NOVEMBER

JUNE - JULY

Fellows pre-spring trip seminars

UGA orientation sessions

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

AUGUST

Move into Myers Hall Fellows first-year welcome and orientation UGA Freshman Welcome, Sanford Stadium Fellows Library drop-in feast Fall retreat, North Georgia mountains

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SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

OCTOBER

Fellows wellness weeks (yoga, hiking, painting workshops, and pottery studios at Good Dirt  and kayaking the Broad River )

APRIL

UGA at Oxford Foundation Fellows Maymester orientation meeting Fellows Graduation Banquet at the Georgia Center 

FEBRUARY Foundation Fellows Interview Weekend

Honors Graduation Banquet at the Classic Center  Fellows recruiting events

DECEMBER

Finals week food in the Fellows Library

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

JANUARY - APRIL JANUARY

Fellows winter retreat Fellows pre-spring trip seminars

Fellows dinner seminars, book discussions, cultural and theatrical events, and Morehead Honors College lunchbox lectures and book discussions

MARCH

Fellows spring trips, including Iceland in spring 2025

APRIL

MAY

MAY

Finals week food in the Fellows Library UGA at Oxford Foundation Fellows Maymester  UGA Commencement Ceremony 

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GLOBAL REPRESENTATION

FELLOWS HAVE

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES University of Georgia Foundation Fellows come from around the country and globe, all arriving in Athens, Georgia, to advance their educational goals. This page provides an overview of the many locations that our students call home.

STATE AND COUNTRY REPRESENTATION

102 6 For 2024–2025, we have 102 Fellows from

Fellows

&

23 states & territories

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3 from Jamaica 1 South Korea, and Vietnam

each from Brazil, India, Peru,

countries

67 from Georgia

3 each from Alabama and Maryland each from Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, 2 New York, North Carolina, and Tennessee 1

each from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, and Wisconsin

Larissa Lozano, from Rio de Janiero, Brazil, majored in international affairs and is now finishing a master's degree in international policy at UGA. Her focus is on energy security.

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SENIORS SPEAK: Mentors

“I had the privilege of working with phenomenal professors and mentors —both from SPIA and the Foundation Fellowship.

I worked with Dr. Audrey Haynes on a research project studying how to use AI to analyze rhetoric.

She helped me understand how research can make a real difference in the world and how to break down complex issues into manageable, testable hypotheses. I met amazing people through Dr. Haynes’s applied politics program and got to learn from some of Georgia’s top campaign practitioners, lobbyists, and political scientists through that program.”

“Dr. Stephanie Jones has been an exceptional mentor whose influence extends far beyond the classroom. As a pioneer in education, mindfulness, and social justice-oriented teaching, she embodies the qualities I aspire to develop as a future physician-educator.

What distinguishes Dr. Jones is her approach to education—she teaches in a way that not only imparts knowledge but empowers and excites learners. This philosophy has influenced how I plan to interact with future patients and students, and I am immensely grateful for her mentorship and the perspective she’s provided on creating educational experiences that truly transform lives.”

JULIAN FORTUNA

DHRITI PENTELA

Class of 2025 | AB, International Affairs

Class of 2025 | AB, Women's Studies; BS, Genetics

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“Dr. Milton Masciadri took me in as his own son for the last four years to play double bass, and he’s been a continual source of encouragement and inspiration, always pushing me to learn harder repertoire and expand my perspective.”

V’SHOI GARFIELD EMANUEL

Class of 2025 | BBA, Finance

“So much of my UGA experience was shaped by fabulous faculty mentors. I was pushed to be curious, to think critically, and to learn that no one had figured it all out. I have a legion of professors, supervisors, and faculty members who were always willing to go to bat for me, to write me recommendations, to meet me for coffee to discuss life, and to support me in any direction I took. I am forever grateful for all they did for me.”

ALEX DRAHOS

Class of 2025 | AB, International Affairs; AB, Honors Interdisciplinary Studies

“Throughout my college career, I have been surrounded by mentors who actively want to see me succeed. Whether it’s the professor of my freshman-year math class who still sends me course recommendations, or my master’s thesis advisor who patiently listened to me rehearse my thesis defense presentation no less than seven times— the University of Georgia is full of my biggest supporters, and I cannot overstate how much that means to me.”

SARA LOGSDON

Class of 2025 | BS, Mathematics

“My FFamily has had my back since day one when my ‘Big Fellow,’ Eniola, took me to dinner and guaranteed that I could always find a mentor and friend in her. From apartment hunting for my first internship in Atlanta to helping create lesson plans for my HONS 1000H class to shopping for outfits for job interviews, she kept her promise and was there to guide me through every major journey I’ve had at UGA.”

DANA THEOC

Class of 2025 | BS, Psychology

“I, like many other Fellows, chose this Fellowship because of Jessica Hunt.

During my interview weekend, I was struck by the outpouring of stories from current students about her unwavering support. With her help, I have been incredibly lucky to connect with other Foundation Fellow alums, including Dr. Jennifer Sucre and Dr. Buck Trible, who have both supported me endlessly in all my scientific endeavors. Their continued investment in current Fellows speaks volumes about the strength and longevity of this incredible community.”

YEONGSEO SON

Class of 2025 | BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; AB, Anthropology

“I can’t put into words how much the Foundation Fellowship and the Honors College have meant to me. They changed my life and not only put my dreams in reach, but gave me the tools I needed to achieve all of them and more. Thank you to Jessica Hunt, Emily Shirley, Sydney Phillips, Dean Amstutz, and all of the Honors College staff past and present who’ve touched my life in such important ways.”

JULIANNA RUSS

Class of 2025 | AB, Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies; ABJ, Journalism; AB, International Affairs

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INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

SCHWARZMAN SCHOLARS

Aryan Thakur, Amanda Whylie, Garrett Williams In 2025, the University of Georgia set a record with three Schwarzman Scholars in a single year, and the Schwarzman Scholars program announced its 10th class of recipients.

The UGA recipients are Aryan Thakur of Cumming, Amanda Whylie of Kingston, Jamaica, and Garrett Williams of Atlanta. The award will allow each of them to pursue a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, which they started in August 2025.

Schwarzman Scholars are taught by leading international faculty. They study a core curriculum focused on leadership, global affairs, and China, which will help them learn to navigate the complexities of an evolving global landscape.

The 150 scholars in the incoming Schwarzman Class of 2026 were selected from a pool of nearly 5,000 applicants, the most ever to apply.

The scholars represent 38 countries and 105 universities. Ten classes of Schwarzman Scholars have been named since the highly competitive program opened to applicants in 2015.

“It is a global group of students, and I’ve never been in a group of people that diverse before, so I’m really excited to see what I can learn and talk about in that space,” Amanda said.

Aryan and Amanda were both Foundation Fellows in the Morehead Honors College and graduated in May. Aryan earned bachelor’s degrees in genetics and mathematics in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and Amanda pursued a bachelor’s degree in entertainment and media studies in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and a minor in Spanish.

Garrett, who was a Ramsey Honors Scholar in the Morehead Honors College, graduated from UGA in 2022 with bachelor’s degrees in economics and finance from the Terry College of Business with a certificate in personal and organizational leadership and a minor in communication studies. Before leaving for Beijing, he was a senior associate consultant at Bain & Company in Atlanta, where he advised clients in the media, consumer, and technology industries.

The addition of Aryan, Amanda, and Garrett brings UGA’s total number of Schwarzman Scholars to 11.

Aryan was actively involved the design of digital health tools as an artificial intelligence development intern with the Atlanta-based startup AllaiHealth, a patient medical history platform. He wants to use technology to advance global health equity.

“One thing I’m excited to learn about as a Schwarzman Scholar is figuring out how cutting-edge health technology is designed for Chinese populations, how the health-seeking

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behaviors of Chinese people are reflected in their tools, and how that can inform tools I help to develop in the future,” he said.

As a Schwarzman Scholar, Amanda plans to use her passions for service, story, and travel to advance her leadership impact as she works to extend Caribbean partnerships with China.

“China has one of the world’s largest entertainment and media industries, and coming from Jamaica, I really want to understand how China uses their culture, films, and TV as pioneers of that culture and how they empower people through film and TV,” she said.

Garrett plans to further examine how media is produced, consumed, and monetized under different cultural contexts.

“China’s entertainment and technology industries have grown over the last 20 to 30 years independent of Western influence because they have protected their domestic industries,” he explained. “That’s resulted in technological developments, innovations, and consumer behavior different than the Western world, and I’m interested in learning how it’s evolved and how the global ecosystem could potentially be further integrated.”

NATIONAL RECOGNITION

Yeongseo Son

KNIGHT-HENNESSY SCHOLAR A scientist and storyteller in training, the University of Georgia’s Yeongseo Son was selected for the 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, a global graduate-level program at Stanford University. The program is designed to prepare students to take leadership roles in finding creative solutions to complex global issues.

Yeongseo, who is from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, graduated from UGA on May 10. Now an alumna of the Morehead Honors College, she is a Foundation Fellow and Stamps Scholar who earned bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and biochemistry and molecular biology, as well as a certificate in immunology, from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

Established in 2016, the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program provides full funding for graduate students as they pursue studies ranging from medicine to law to doctoral programs as well as joint and dual degrees.

Yeongseo is UGA’s fourth Knight-Hennessy Scholar. She will pursue a PhD in immunology from the Stanford University School of Medicine. She plans to research how the immune system interacts with the environment, particularly within the lungs, to improve global respiratory health. Her goal is to integrate other scientific disciplines, like developmental

biology, and uncover molecular mechanisms behind lung dysfunction and lung immune environments. Ultimately, she wants to lead a lung immunology lab and establish a multidisciplinary lung health center.

“Exposed to the external environment, our lungs mount immune responses,” Yeongseo said. “Sometimes, they fail.

Worldwide, chronic respiratory disease is a leading cause of death, and lung cancer is the deadliest cancer. Beyond my own fascination, understanding the lungs is incredibly important for the global community.”

Yeongseo conducted research with faculty at UGA and Vanderbilt University. With Balazs Rada in the UGA Department of Infectious Diseases, she researched a bacterial protein that can potentially be used to treat cystic fibrosis patients.

With Jennifer Sucre at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, she characterized a novel mechanism of alveologenesis.

With Suzanne Pilaar Birch of the UGA Quaternary Isotope Paleoecology Lab, she gained skills in analyzing Bronze Age teeth and bones from a variety of sites in Europe, including Spain, Italy, and Cyprus.

In late spring, Yeongseo was also named a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.

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NATIONAL RECOGNITION

Anderson Smith & Sloka Sudhin

GOLDWATER SCHOLARS From estuarine mussels to computer experiments, two Foundation Fellows and one University of Georgia junior were honored for furthering research in their fields of study.

Fellows Anderson Smith and Sloka Sudhin, who is also a Stamps Scholar, along with UGA student Oscar de la Torre, were among 441 undergraduates from across the nation to be recognized as Barry Goldwater Scholars. They have earned the highest undergraduate award of its type for the fields of mathematics, engineering, and natural sciences.

Anderson is from Virginia Beach and is pursuing bachelor’s and master’s degrees in ecology in the Odum School of Ecology. Sloka is from Marietta and is majoring in data science and applied mathematics in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. They both have received CURO funding.

Since 1995, 70 students at UGA have received the Goldwater Scholarship, which recognizes exceptional sophomores and juniors across the U.S. Anderson Smith plans to earn a PhD in ecology, focusing on the genetic population structures of species threatened with extinction. Her goal is to teach and conduct research that will help to conserve Earth’s biodiversity.

“Receiving independent funding from the Goldwater Foundation helps me to keep doing the science I’m passionate about,” she said. “It means a group of professionals read my work and found value in the connection between genes and ecosystems, between the little estuarine mussels I study and abstract concepts like salt marsh restoration and climate change.”

Anderson's research includes three projects with John Wares, UGA associate professor of ecology and genetics, which include looking at the genomic diversity of an estuarian mussel, analyzing salamander population genetics, and examining the relationship between coronuloid barnacles and whale population genetics, which she plans to continue for her master’s thesis. She

is also studying the pollutant-tolerant killifish and its response to pollution with Andrew Whitehead, a professor of toxicology at UC Davis.

Sloka Sudhin plans to earn a PhD in applied math or computer science.

She wants to conduct research at the intersection of optimization algorithms and predictive modeling through complex computer experiments.

Her goal is to translate real-world phenomena into mathematical problems and apply powerful theoretical results in new ways to find the best algorithms.

“With applications from aerospace engineering, to mapping brain activity, to traffic-control, to weather modeling, it’s a vast field that encompasses what I love so much about statistics: getting

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to play in the backyard of other research fields while applying my own skills and expertise to their problems,” Sloka said.

Sloka's research started in August 2022 through a directed study on generalized linear models under the guidance of Abhyuday Mandal, professor of statistics at UGA. As she increased her skills, in fall 2023 she moved to studying the applications of particle swarm optimization with Mandal and Joshua Lukemire, assistant research professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics at Emory University. She is now developing a global optimization technique for identifying efficient designs, called d-QPSO, with both Mandal and Lukemire.

She was able to expand on her research in 2024 as a CURO Summer Fellow.

DOD NDSEG FELLOW

ERASMUS MUNDUS SCHOLAR

SARA LOGSDON, Class of 2025, received a National

LOGAN WILLIAMSON, Class of 2024, started a master’s

NSF GRFP FELLOW

YALE GRUBER FELLOW

STEPHANIE STEWART, Class of 2019, received

SOPHIA DELUCA, Class of 2023, was named a Gruber

Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship to support her graduate study at the University of Pennsylvania this fall, where she embarked upon a PhD in mathematics. A 2024 Goldwater Scholar, Sara’s long-term research interests reside within the realms of algebra and cryptography.

the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship to support her PhD in economics at the University of California, Davis. A former Boren Scholar through the National Security Education Program, she previously worked as a research assistant with RAND Corporation and most recently at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

program in economics of globalisation and European integration as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar. This European Union program will place him in Italy at the University of Bari for a year and in Belgium at the University of Ghent for a second year. Logan will be building on his study in economics in Buenos Aires and his four UGA undergraduate degrees in economics, international affairs, political science, and Spanish.

Fellow in Women’s Rights through Yale University and will work with the Legal Assistance Centre’s Gender Research and Advocacy Project in Windhoek, Namibia. She will integrate public health research and knowledge with LAC's advocacy, community education, and strategic litigation initiatives, with a focus on advancing health and rights. Sophia graduated from the Yale School of Public Health in May 2025. While at YSPH, Sophia worked to advance health equity.

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ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS Fellows explore an array of intellectual and professional topics at dinner seminars and book discussions with faculty and alumni throughout the year. In addition, the Fellowship sponsors attendance at campus conferences, lectures, and a wide range of cultural and social events throughout the year—including Wellness Week activities such as kayaking, hiking, yoga, and pottery workshops; productions at UGA’s Performing Arts Center, Town & Gown Theatre, and Canopy Aerial Dance Studio; Big/ Little mentoring meals; and class breakfasts.

This page, from top: Marshall Berton (RS ’22) leads a dinner seminar discussing his work in consulting; Rob Sutherland (FF ’96) guides a pottery workshop at Good Dirt Clay Studio; James Coverdill hosts a lunch seminar on the effort to bring healthcare to rural areas; Camir Ricketts (FF ’15) discusses his work as a computational scientist at NVIDIA; and Fellows ice skate at the Classic Center.

Facing page, from top left: Fellows paint at ARTini’s; Wyn Thomas’s musical First Semester is awarded at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival; Laila Carter sings the national anthem at the GymDogs home opener at Stegeman Coliseum; Adam Starks, Surya Blasiole, Kennedi Scales, and Bianca Wilson prepare for a performance; Aryan Thakur plays the drums at Porchfest; the Class of 2028 visits Winter WonderLights at the State Botanical Gardens; and Suhan Kacholia performs at the first Fellows Arts Nights.

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FOUNDATION FELLOWS STAFF

SHIFTING FOCUS Assistant Dean Jessica Hunt passes oversight of the Foundation Fellowship to a new director, turns full energy to Major Scholarships Office

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In fall 1981, Jessica Hunt entered UGA as a Foundation Fellow, and it proved to be a life-changing opportunity. She joined nine other students for that 1981 cohort.

“I cannot tell you how lucky I feel to have made the decision to come here,” she said. “I haven’t looked back since.

It was the best thing that could have happened to me because the program and university completely embraced me.”

As assistant dean and director of scholarships in the Morehead Honors College, Jessica supported the Foundation Fellowship program until May 2025, when the university created a new position, director of the Foundation Fellowship. She is now able to focus on the growth of the Major Scholarships Office, which provides students across campus with assistance as they apply for national, high-level scholarships.

“Working with these students is so inspiring,” she said. “I’m almost always walking out the door with real contentment and with real optimism.

Every day, I feel confident that the next generation is up to the challenge.”

Jessica earned her bachelor’s degree in English and then worked for UGA as an admissions counselor. After studying international development as a graduate student, she joined the Peace Corps and spent two years on a reforestation project in Guatemala.

Upon returning to the United States, Jessica spent 16 years teaching English in middle and high schools in Atlanta; Montgomery County, Maryland; and Aberdeen, Scotland, before moving back to Athens and teaching at Athens Academy.

Jessica, who also earned a master’s degree in instructional technology from UGA, was drawn to working with scholarships because she knows the impact the financial and learning support makes. Beyond easing the expense of higher education, these scholarships also offer academic enrichment, mentoring, internship, research, study abroad and other experiential learning opportunities.

But according to Jessica, the community created among these scholars often ends up being the most valuable asset. In fact, she is still friends with members of her cohort and sees herself as a connector—students to the support they need, students to each other, and students to faculty and alumni who can help them on their journey.

In 2007, the Honors College recruited Jessica to lead external scholarship support, which includes the Rhodes, Marshall, Schwarzman, KnightHennessy, Udall, Truman and Goldwater awards. Within a year, she also took on management of the Foundation

Fellowship. For 17 years, she managed both roles and now will concentrate on expanding major scholarship support at UGA. “Even when students don’t get the big prize they’re going for, they are in a better position because they know how to tell their story, they have clarity of purpose, they know a little bit more about where they’re looking to land, and they have this wonderful support network to cheer them on as they go after it,” she said.

Jessica’s role now in coordinating external scholarship support includes many meetings with students, a good amount of coaching, and lots of planning.

“We’re always working on many different threads and trying to weave them together,” she said. “The real work is sitting down with one person and asking, ‘What do you want to do, and how can I help you?’ Those are the most meaningful moments.

“I’m committed to student success as defined by the student. Whoever they are when they walk through the door, I want to get to know them and be there as a source of support.”

— A version of this story was first published in UGA's faculty and staff newspaper, Columns, in January 2025.

WELCOMING A NEW DIRECTOR

COLE BROOMBERG

Fourth-year Foundation Fellow who majored in psychology, religion

Tricia Jonas Hackleman's face lights up as she introduces herself to Foundation Fellows.

She started her new role as director of the Foundation Fellowship in August 2025, after an interim directorship by James Warnock, associate dean of the Morehead Honors College. She hasn't slowed down since.

Tricia previously worked in the Terry College of Business at UGA as the director of the Legal Studies Certificate Program and as a senior lecturer of legal studies. She will continue to teach in the Terry College while serving as director.

Prior to arriving at the Terry College in 2015, she worked in several positions at the UGA School of Law, starting in 2008. Before joining

the law school, Tricia practiced law in Atlanta for five years and was the assistant director of student activities and campus programs at The Ohio State University for two years. She also served as a judicial clerk for Justice Deborah L. Cook of the Supreme Court of Ohio, Judge Mark P. Painter of the Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals, and Judge Michael L. Close of the Ohio 10th District Court of Appeals.

Tricia earned her bachelor’s degree from Purdue University with an honors curriculum designation in pre-medical studies and psychology and her Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati, where she was the executive editor of the University of Cincinnati Law Review.

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Fellows Eliana Gelman, Suhan Kacholia, Alex Drahos, Adam Starks, Aryan Thakur, Harshil Joshi, and Surya Blasiole pose at the Gujarat Garba Mahotsav 2024 in Tucker.

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SENIORS SPEAK: Fellowship

“I would not be the same person I am today without the Fellowship. It gave me a confidence in myself that I thought was unattainable and a willingness to explore new interests that was a blessing beyond belief. The friends I made in the Fellowship pushed me to reimagine what I could be, what I could achieve, and who I was. They challenged me to be the best version of myself yet always accepted exactly who I was, and for that, I couldn’t be more thankful.”

LUKE BOWLES

Class of 2025 | AB, Philosophy; AB, Cognitive Science

“My fellow Fellows have consistently shown me that intelligence and kindness are not opposites but, rather, powerful complements. In every conversation, collaboration, and quiet moment, I have witnessed brilliance wrapped in generosity and sharp insight delivered with warmth. Our Fellows Library is brimming with sparks of ambition, yes— but also with goofy doodles, sweet notes for seniors, and small gestures that remind me we are more than just minds at work.

We are a community of thinkers with big, gigantic hearts.”

YEONGSEO SON

Class of 2025 | BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; AB, Anthropology

“As part of the Foundation Fellowship, I felt like I was in a community where I truly belonged.

I met some of my best friends, got to travel the world, and experienced things I never imagined I’d get to do. The travel, conference stipends, rich alumni network, and alwaysdependable support from Jessica, Sydney, and Emily made my experience in the Fellowship genuinely life-changing.”

“The University of Georgia gave me everything I could have wanted in a college experience.

The Foundation Fellowship added access to exceptional opportunities, mentors, and a tight-knit community. I always felt the university cared deeply about my growth, success, and wellbeing. Through the Fellowship, I met alumni and mentors who were eager to help, and classmates who went on to become Rhodes Scholars and NFL standouts. Without exaggeration, attending UGA was the best decision of my life. Go Dawgs.”

“It is priceless to have friendships and host families that span continents and states! From visiting wind turbines, solar panels, and biomass plants in Germany and Denmark to riding a camel at the beach in Morocco, the Fellowship has opened my eyes to opportunities I never thought were possible! I am forever grateful for the Fellowship for giving me the courage to say yes to new adventures and for fostering in me a lifelong thirst for learning.”

JULIAN FORTUNA

DANIEL COHEN

LARISSA LOZANO

Class of 2025 | AB, International Affairs

Class of 2025 | BBA, Finance

Class of 2025 | AB, International Affairs

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INTERNSHIPS

FOUNDATION FELLOWS TEST VARIOUS CAREER PATHS THROUGH

INTERNSHIPS Internships give students hands-on experience and professional connections they can build on for years to come. As undergraduates, Fellows hold internship positions in for-profit, non-profit, academic, and governmental organizations throughout the U.S. and around the world. They gain valuable skills and test out possible career paths, often while earning credit toward graduation.

INTERNSHIPS

57

students participated in

$68,165

86

The Foundation Fellowship awarded $68,165.16 in support of students pursuing internships this year.

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9 33 39 5

internships

virtual in Georgia out of state international

This photo: Julianna Russ, right, and UGA student Gabriella Etienne work on stories for the Associated Press during the 2024 Paralympic Games. Below: Julianna, center, and UGA student Ana Escamilla interview Matt Simpson, a goalball Paralympian.

ON THE GROUND AT THE PARALYMPICS As millions around the globe watched the 2024 Paralympics on their televisions, Foundation Fellow Julianna Russ had the unique opportunity to be in Paris working as a freelancer for the Associated Press, covering the games live and gaining hands-on experience in sports media.

Alongside eight other students from the UGA Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and guided by UGA professors Welch Suggs and Mark E. Johnson, Julianna spent six days covering the games, working 17-hour days and integrating with the tight turnarounds of the Associated Press workflows.

This opportunity didn’t happen overnight. In the months leading up to the Paralympics, Julianna and her classmates went through extensive preparation, enrolling in a specialized summer course called "Adaptive Sports in the Modern Media Landscape," covering Paralympic history, athlete interactions, and AP style guidelines. Julianna and the team of writers also traveled to New York City to cover the Team USA Media Summit and began writing their features.

When the team finally arrived in Paris, this preparation proved invaluable. Each day the students traveled together to cover their assignments, fostering professional connections while witnessing the tangible impact their work made to Paralympic coverage. Julianna wrote five articles ranging from athlete profiles to enterprise stories, and her contributions to the Associated Press added depth and variety to the coverage of the Paralympics.

Julianna described the experience as a “life-changing professional opportunity,” confirming the value of handson journalism education through real-world professional assignments.

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SENIORS SPEAK: Internships

“The Foundation Fellowship empowered me to explore my interests through meaningful professional experiences. I interned at McKinsey in Atlanta, Bank of America in Charlotte, and BlackRock in New York. These roles allowed me to explore consulting and finance while also experiencing life in new cities. Each internship helped me gain clarity about my future career goals, and I was able to connect with Foundation Fellowship alumni in each location, further expanding my network and support system. One of the most impactful aspects of the Foundation Fellowship has been its remarkable network.

The Fellows are not only highachieving students, but also generous mentors and enthusiastic supporters. I was introduced to the field of management consulting by two older Fellows, Jordan and Marshall. Their guidance played a pivotal role in shaping my career path and giving me the confidence to pursue it.”

CIARA MITCHELL

Class of 2025 | BS, Biological Engineering

“Thanks to my entertainment and media studies major, I worked behind the scenes on student film productions across my undergraduate career. I began helping out as a production assistant on video sketches produced by SharkWing, UGA’s sketch comedy troupe. If you need someone to work on a slate—the clapperboard you see in basically every behind-the-scenes reel for a movie—I’m your guy. Later on, I worked on award-winning films like Wilted Flowers, directed

by Lauren Kring, and Reflections, directed by Lauren Kring and Isa Bloedorn. My most rewarding experience, however, has been my time working as a screenwriter.

From The Boyfriend, directed by Jocelyn Peebles, to Trench Warfare, which I self-directed, being able to adapt my writing to the screen has been creatively fulfilling and a fantastic start to my professional aspirations.”

DANIEL GARCIA-POZO

Class of 2025 | ABJ, Entertainment and Media Studies; AB, English

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“Covering the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia was the most difficult—and equally transformative—experience of my career so far. As a reporter for the Associated Press, I was on the biggest stage in sports, working for the world’s largest media outlet. Several of my pieces were published on APNews.com and distributed to media outlets across the world—an unbelievable honor for a college journalist. I interviewed legends like Brazil’s Marta and Canada’s Christine Sinclair, reported on major upsets and high-stakes games, and told stories about the global rise of women’s soccer. It was grueling— long nights, early mornings, nonstop travel across Melbourne— but incredibly rewarding. I learned what it means to be a reporter at a global event and, more importantly, how to find my voice in a big room.

As a woman in sports, that’s not always easy, but with the support of UGA faculty, my mentors, and incredible women working around the world, I never felt alone.”

SAVANNAH HERNANDEZ

Class of 2025 | ABJ, Journalism

INTERNSHIPS

Savannah Hernandez works as a creative producing intern with NFL Films in summer 2025.

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Photo above: Mentors for Grit Powered, an initiative

by Foundation Fellow alumna Dhruti Contractor, gather for a training session.

Pictured are, front row, Callie Viktora, Sara Amou, Sophia Nguyen, Pablo Ashi, Jaabili Gosukonda, Diya Garrepally, and Rayna Carter and, back row, Aarov Malhotra, UGA student Morgan Hiers, Ashaar Bakshi, and Nate Levy.

Facing page, from top left: Wyn Thomas presents her work at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival; Bianca Wilson works in D.C. with the Kennedy Center's National Symphony Orchestra's Summer Music Institute; Patrick Allen and Luke Bowles intern at the E Pluribus Unum Fund in New Orleans; Erin Suh and Shriya Garg meet with Susan Waltman during their internship with the Greater New York Hospital Association through the Honors in New York program; Thomas Griner attends a special session of the Georgia Supreme Court, held at the UGA School of Law; and Andy Wyatt meets Rep. Ro Khanna at a UGA tailgate.

NEAR-PEER MENTORS:

Fellow alumna develops mentoring program to help teens build resilience and grit “Foundation Fellows are the founding mentors for Grit Powered, a peer-mentorship program cultivating agency, resilience, and life skills in neurodiverse teens. Not only are they transforming lives, they are the force promoting and growing the program on a national level.”

Dr. Dhruti Contractor (FF ’00) is training Foundation Fellows and UGA students to be near-peer mentors. As the founder and CEO of Grit Powered, she is also double board certified in orthopedic surgery and hand surgery as well as a military veteran.

She chose “grit” as the focus of her program because she seeks to help teens increase their resilience. Grit-trained mentors are college students who are near-peers who relate to and inspire teens. Together, they take steps to build executive functioning, social, emotional, and academic skills.

“Each of us is incredibly excited to be part of Grit Powered,” said Sophia Nguyen (FF ’27), who is the chief communications officer for Grit Powered. “Having thoroughly benefited from mentorship, we understand how important it is to have someone who empowers your agency at every step. But as mentors with GRIT, we’ve also learned a lot about ourselves— our own values, interests, and the impact that empathy and intention have on teens who could one day change the world.”

The mentoring program is focused on teens but open to adolescents and teens in 5th through 12th grade. The college students who serve as mentors meet virtually with their mentees weekly to set clear, incremental goals and track measurable growth.

In addition to Sophia, other Foundation Fellows involved in the program as mentors are Sara Amou; Pablo Ashi, who is also director of outreach; Ashaar Bakshi; Ryan Bohn; Rayna Carter; Diya Garrepally; Jaabili Gosukonda; Nate Levy; Aarov Malhotra; and Callie Viktora.

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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

FOUNDATION FELLOWS EXPLORE THEIR

RESEARCH INTERESTS Guided by their research mentors, Foundation Fellows learn to communicate their research findings through presentations and publications.

Fellows attend professional and academic conferences and extra university courses with funding through the Fellowship. Domestic and international conferences introduce students to academic communities and add to their professional development.

CONFERENCES & RESEARCH GRANTS

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students participated in conferences

1 20 in Georgia 45 out of state 4 international virtual

$31,097

The Foundation Fellowship office awarded $31,097 in support of conference attendance this year.

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students

18 publications 35 presentations CURO 30 presentations

$3,971

The Foundation Fellowship office awarded $3,971 in support of undergraduate research this year.

SENIORS SPEAK: Undergraduate Research

“In the grand scheme of things, four years is a blip in the timeline. To me, these past four years have been transformative. My involvement in undergraduate research has been influential in who I am as a scientist, leader, and person. It inspired me to pursue graduate school. My research mentor completely absorbed me into his lab, celebrated my wins, and supported me when I hit bumps in the road. It is clear that UGA professors are deeply invested in their students’ growth and are committed to preparing them for life beyond college. In addition, the Foundation Fellowship provided me with the support and opportunities necessary to dive headfirst into unknown waters, enabling me to present at domestic and international conferences. I have accomplished far more than I imagined possible in such a short amount of time, and I leave UGA confident that I will thrive in my future endeavors.”

TENACITY MURDIE

Class of 2025 | BS, Biology; BS, Mathematics; BS, Ecology

“Last fall, I designed an educational topology zine as part of the NSFfunded Geometry Research, Outreach, and Visualization Initiative at UGA. Earlier that fall, I was selected for the Art in the Field Program through the Social Ecology Studio at Lamar Dodd, where my time on the Almahata River and in the Okefenokee Swamp filled my sketchbook with watercolors that became part of our 2025 exhibit.

When the UGA Arts Collaborative nominated me to represent at the 2025 A2RU Creative Summit, I collaborated with geologists, neuroscientists, and sculptors to create an interactive sound experience at Georgia Tech. During my exchange semester in Amsterdam, I worked at a performance-based gallery producing weekly shows, led life drawing sessions, and curated Ludens, a series exploring play through exhibits, performances, and talks. Most of all, I am grateful for the Athens arts community. I cherish my Wednesdays with AthSketch, the urban sketching group led by Professor Cameron Berglund. And with the support of the UGA Arts Collaborative, I founded Treehouse Zine to connect local artists to our city and to each other.”"

ELIANA GELMAN

Class of 2025 | AB, Cognitive Science

“Through my research with Dr. Justin Conrad at the Center for International Trade and Security, I had the opportunity to build arguably the most comprehensive dataset on artificial intelligencegenerated deepfake laws in the world. This experience built my data and policy skills and encouraged me to engage critically with philosophical questions about technology, privacy, and safety. Also in my freshman year, Dr. Andrew Owsiak took a chance on me and offered to work on a project focused on victimhood and hate crimes in Northern Ireland.

Now, after four years, we are about to publish one of the most comprehensive empirical research papers on the topic.”

ALEX DRAHOS

Class of 2025 | AB, International Affairs; AB, Honors Interdisciplinary Studies

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SENIORS SPEAK: Undergraduate Research

“Studying at the world's first school of ecology (named for the father of modern ecology, no less) was such an honor for this young ecologist.

Odum’s community of world-renowned researchers, supportive instructors, and successful alumni was a great resource as I was deciding what my future in the field would look like. Whether you're interested in parasites or plants, coral reefs or marshes, there’s someone at the Odum School of Ecology to support you and chat with you over coffee in the courtyard.”

SARAH DEAN

Class of 2025 | BS, Ecology; BS, Microbiology

“The Fellowship inspired me to pursue undergraduate research, which led me to join the Gomillion Lab, a lab focused on applying tissue engineering principles to better understand breast cancer. I received invaluable mentorship and presented my work at the CURO Symposium. It was a formative experience that deepened my interest in tissue engineering and allowed me to apply classroom concepts to realworld challenges.”

“I investigated plant epigenetics under Dr. Robert Schmitz, who is among the world leaders in crop genetic research, and I got to take part in research that will enable crop security for millions of people in the future.”

CIARA MITCHELL

ARYAN THAKUR

Class of 2025 | BS, Biological Engineering

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Class of 2025 | BS, Genetics

“Research at UGA was by far the most courseshifting experience.

Studying ants as a philosopher was like stepping into an alien world.

With UGA’s focus on undergraduate research and the Fellowship’s support, I was able to dive into something I never expected and will now likely be studying for years to come.”

“Working as a Security Leadership Program Fellow under Dr. Maryann Gallagher, I conducted research on traditional music and international cultural heritage policy, drawing on my extensive travels and studies with music practitioners, made possible by the Foundation Fellowship. Thanks to the Fellowship, I was able to connect with a network of global musicians, bringing that knowledge back to my own research in Athens.

I presented this research at a number of conferences, furthering interdisciplinary connections among my work in music and policy.”

LUKE BOWLES

ADAM STARKS

Class of 2025 | AB, Philosophy; AB, Cognitive Science

Class of 2025 | AB, International Affairs; AB, Music

Chinmay Joshi talks to participants at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS); below left, Yeongseo Son presents at the MIT-MSRP BIO Summer Research Program; below right, Adam Starks, Kennedi Scales, Surya Blasiole, and Bianca Wilson attend SphinxConnect.

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Facing page, left to right from top: 1) Bryce Knoll presents at the CURO Symposium as a member of the Russian Flagship program; 2) Charlie Stout attends the American Dental Association Conference in New Orleans; 3) Alexandra Wells shadows physicians in Peru; 4) Yeongseo Son, Surya Blasiole, and Honors student Logan Wiley celebrate Sara Logsdon after her thesis defense in April; she presented on polynomial functions over finite rings; 5) Anna Rachwalski discusses her research with former UGA Provost Jack Hu at the CURO Symposium; 6) Aidan Ventimiglia paints a portrait of Bumi the Giant Anteater at the North Florida Wildlife Center; 7) Grant Baumann presents at the College of Engineering's Capstone Design Showcase; and 8) Aerica Worrell and Shriya Garg intern with the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Program.

This page, left to right from top: 1) Aryan Thakur meets with cardiologist Ryan Sheets (RS ’12); 2) Larissa Lozano interns at Sandia National Laboratories; 3) Deborah Madden presents at the MIT Summer Research Program; 4) Sophia Nguyen presents at the CURO Symposium; 5) Erin Suh attends ABRCMS; 6) Aarov Malhotra wins Best Paper Award in Public Service and Outreach at the UGA CURO Symposium; and 7) Britton Hare presents at the CURO Symposium.

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SERVICE

DEVOTED TO SERVICE:

Foundation Fellow seeks knowledge through community Rayna Carter’s ambition can be felt in every instance of her work. Through academia and community outreach, she helps others find their place at the University of Georgia.

In January 2025, Rayna received the President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award at the 21st Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Breakfast. The award is given to individuals in the UGA and Athens-Clarke County communities who are working to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality and justice a reality.

Rayna is now a fourth-year student majoring in psychology, sociology, and women’s studies. As the daughter of two UGA employees, Rayna grew up around campus. While she was originally hesitant to attend the university, she now can’t envision herself anywhere else.

“I kind of hung out around UGA, especially during the summer when I was younger,” she said. “So, I was super familiar with UGA, and really reluctant about applying.”

The support and welcome that she felt in the months before the start of her first semester cemented her decision to attend. Chances to connect to the university’s resources, such as the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Symposium, helped Rayna see how much was offered at the university and how she could thrive.

“I got to a point in my whole college decision journey where I thought, ‘If everyone is supporting me like this while I am not dialed into their school, how much would they support me if I went there?’” she said.

Rayna began her undergraduate studies as a CURO Honors Scholar before being selected as a Mid-Term Foundation Fellow and Stamps Scholar at the start of the spring 2024 semester. With Julie Stanton, Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences’ cellular biology department, she conducts research on matters like life science student

Above, Rayna Carter sits in the courtyard of the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building on North Campus. Left, Rayna was UGA orientation leader No. 9 in summer 2024.

metacognition, a subject that analyzes the ways college students think about and approach learning.

Her deep appreciation for learning has heavily impacted her time at UGA, with much of her work striving to make academia accessible to various audiences.

“A lot of what I do is to ensure the social accessibility of research,” Rayna said. “There are a lot of different types of knowledge, and people should be able to access that knowledge, so I’m really passionate about breaking down barriers to education.”

Winning this award is a full circle moment for Rayna. Her father worked in the Office of Academic and Community Engagement, and the Freedom Breakfast has always been an important event for that office. Every year, her birthday occurs near the date of the breakfast.

“Part of my birthday preparation celebration was always going to the Freedom Breakfast because he was working in the office,” Rayna said. “I’ve

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been in the room for so long, but I never imagined myself being on the stage to receive an award.”

Rayna has worked with her high school in Loganville and volunteered with the UGA admissions office to help others see in the university what she saw years ago. The work she did led her to become an orientation leader in 2024, spending a summer and beyond helping thousands of incoming first-year and transfer students find their place on campus.

While the intent to give back to her community drives Rayna, so does the support she’s received from her family.

She looks back at the sacrifices and hard work from her mother and grandmother and hopes to build on their experiences.

“My grandma supported my mom so much, so my mom is who she is because of her,” Rayna said. “And my mom has given so much to me. In everything I do, I just want to be able to give back and continue their work.”

STAMPS SCHOLARS AT UGA Since 2011, the Foundation Fellowship has been a proud partner of the Stamps Scholars Program, which awards generous multi-year scholarships nationwide with additional enrichment funds for students to use toward their academic and professional development.

UGA Stamps Scholars are part of a larger Stamps network of 34 institutions across the United States with more than 2,700 current scholars and alumni around the world.

“Twenty years ago, Penny and I imagined a partnership with great universities which would enable some of the world’s brightest and most driven young men and women to move closer to their lives’ objectives,” said E. Roe Stamps, benefactor of the Stamps Scholars

Program. “Seeing how this community has grown, and what our Scholars have accomplished, is one of the greatest joys of my life. I am honored to welcome our 20th class and excited to support their journeys.”

From each year’s class of Foundation Fellows, six students are nominated to interview for the Stamps Scholarship.

In addition, six second-year Honors students are nominated each year as “walk-on” Stamps Scholars through the Mid-Term Foundation Fellowship selection process.

In 2025, the Stamps Scholars Program announced its 20th class of Stamps Scholars, a milestone class marking two decades of championing future leaders, empowering them to pursue their

goals and make lasting impacts in communities around the world.

In 2024-2025, Stamps Scholars at UGA attended a cooking class at Athens Cooks, where they learned to bake and decorate a strawberry cake from scratch, photos above. Andy Wyatt, below left, traveled through Costa Rica as part of a Stamps-sponsored winter break study abroad program. UGA Stamps Scholars also volunteered at the Athens Resource Fair as members of The Backpack Project Athens, below right.

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Global

TravelerS

INDIVIDUAL TRAVEL-STUDY

The Foundation Fellows office awarded $209,853 in support of individual travel for 2024-2025.

Anna Grace Aiello: United Kingdom Sara Amou: Brazil; Tanzania; Italy; Austria Pablo Ashi: Tanzania Ashaar Bakshi: Italy; Switzerland; Czech Republic; Hungary Jhaycee Barnes: Brazil; Costa Rica; San Francisco, California; New York City, New York; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois Grant Baumann: Germany; Netherlands; Czech Republic; Poland; Greece; Turkey; Italy; United Kingdom; Sweden Surya Blasiole: Tampa, Florida; Detroit, Michigan; Columbia, South Carolina Ryan Bohn: Japan; St. Helena Island, South Carolina; San Francisco, California Rayna Carter: Australia; New

Zealand; Ireland; Ghana; Côte d'Ivoire; Liberia; Washington, D.C.; College Park, Maryland Benen Chancey: Brazil; Taiwan; Thailand; Singapore Daniel Cohen: Brazil; Argentina; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C. Elise Cookson: England; Belgium; Netherlands; Italy Sarah Dean: Croatia; Moab, Utah; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Fort Collins, Colorado Isabella Delgado: South Korea Alex Drahos: Denmark; Netherlands; Providence, Rhode Island; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; New York City, New York; Washington, D.C.; Richmond, Virginia Piper Duncan: Boston, Massachusetts; Orlando, Florida

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Vaughn Frost: France; Spain; St. Louis, Missouri Shriya Garg: Jamaica; Washington, D.C. Diya Garrepally: Guatemala; Kenya Mattie Garrett: Turkey; Greece; Italy; New York City, New York; Dallas, Texas Eliana Gelman: New York City, New York; Jesup, Georgia; Folkston, Georgia Jack Jarashow: Spain; Morocco; Italy; England; Portugal; Ecuador Britton Hare: South Africa; Columbia, South Carolina; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado Nikita Jha: Costa Rica; Orlando, Florida; Berkeley, California; San Francisco, California; Denver, Colorado; Arapahoe Basin, Colorado

Kate Johnson: England; Portugal Chinmay Joshi: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Harshil Joshi: Costa Rica Suhan Kacholia: Berkeley, California Bryce Knoll: Germany; Luxembourg; Belgium; Latvia; Lithuania; Croatia Krish Leveille: Italy; Switzerland; Czech Republic; Austria; Hungary; United Kingdom Rubie Lucas: Italy Aarov Malhorta: Denver, Colorado Erin Monroe: Ecuador; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Amy Morales: Vietnam; Thailand; Qatar; India

Tenacity Murdie: Spain; Palo Alto, California; Davis, California; Chicago, Illinois; Princeton, New Jersey; Ithaca, New York Widener Norris: France; Germany; San Diego, California; Boston, Massachusetts Sophia Ngyuen: Ireland; Japan; Morocco; South Korea Trang Ngyuen: South Korea; Uruguay; Vietnam; Canada; Boston, Massachusetts; Miami, Florida Maggie Opsahl: United Kingdom; Switzerland; Norway; Hungary; Germany; Austria; New Zealand; Claremont, California; Breckenridge, Colorado; Cape Cod, Massachusetts; Dallas, Texas; Bloomington, Illinois

Dhriti Pentela: New York City; New York; San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts MJ Pitt: Jamaica; Japan; Peru; San Francisco, California; Los Angeles, California; Boston, Massachusetts Ava Quarles: Maui, Hawaii Anna Rachwalski: Washington, D.C.; San Juan, Puerto Rico Julianna Russ: France; Malaysia; Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee Anderson Smith: Ecuador; Peru; Panama; Mobile, Alabama Gwyneth Solomon: Germany; Czech Republic; Switzerland Adam Starks: Canada; China; Detroit, Michigan; Columbia, South Carolina Rowan Starr: Latvia; Scotland; France

Isabelle Stephens: Switzerland Charlie Stout: Honduras; New Orleans, Louisiana Sloka Sudhin: United Arab Emirates; India; New York City, New York; Greensboro, South Carolina; Blacksburg, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts; Princeton, New Jersey Erin Suh: Japan; New York City, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts Selina Sun: Japan; Rochester, New York; New York City, New York; Las Vegas, Nevada; St. Louis, Missouri Lauren Thacker: South Africa Aryan Thakur: Mexico; Seattle, Washington Dana Theoc: Peru; Kona, Hawaii

Iziq Thomas: Japan; Ireland Lily Thomas: New Zealand; Australia; Fiji; Hilo, Kilauea, Kona, and Honolulu, Hawaii Wyn Thomas: New York City, New York Alexandra Wells: New Haven, Connecticut; Columbia, South Carolina Bianca Wilson: Canada; Brazil; Detroit, Michigan Amanda Whylie: Ecuador; Jamaica; Colombia; Dominican Republic; Manhattan, New York Aerica Worrell: Indonesia Andy Wyatt: Costa Rica Callie Viktora: France; Span; Italy; Hungary; Czech Republic; Germany; Ireland

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INDIVIDUAL TRAVEL-STUDY

This page: MJ Pitt rides a horse up the Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu in Peru.

Facing page, from top left: Callie Viktora feeds zebras in Ghana; Bryce Knoll and Lauren Thacker celebrate Midsummer in Latvia; Anderson Smith conducts independent research in Ecuador; Savannah Hernandez and Brooke Bergeron spend time in Nashville; Sophia Nguyen, Ryan Bohn, and Selina Sun ride go-karts around Tokyo; Jack Little volunteers at the FIFA World Cup; and Rayna Carter surfs in Australia.

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SENIORS SPEAK: Travel-Study

“The Fellowship, through a wide, involved network and financial support, has provided me with travel opportunities that would have otherwise been impossible for me. Coming from a discipline that values global exploration and cross-cultural interaction, this has been instrumental in building a foundation for my future.

Friends and creative colleagues around the world continue to inspire me on my academic path and in life. I am still involved in creative collaborative projects with artists and musicians I worked with during an arts internship in Tanzania.

Educational work I pursued in Ecuador has marked and inspired many of my current projects.

I feel beyond prepared for an academic future in ethnomusicology and a lifetime of connecting with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and worldviews, in whatever career path I find myself on.”

One of the most formative experiences that I have ever had was traveling to Seville, Spain, with my best friend Larissa. We enrolled in an intensive Spanish course with the Centro de Lenguas e Intercambio Cultural (CLIC). The program is intense, but it also affords you the opportunity to get to travel across Spain, live in a beautiful city, and make friends with people from across the world; and of course, you learn Spanish along the way. While I had always understood Spanish perfectly, having been raised in Peru, speaking my mother tongue after so much time in the United States was always difficult for me. Thanks to the people at CLIC, I regained my confidence and became a far more fluent speaker of my first language.”

SURYA BLASIOLE

DANIEL GARCIA-POZO

Class of 2025 | AB, Interdisciplinary Studies; AB, Music

Class of 2025 | ABJ, Entertainment and Media Studies; AB, English

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“During our spring break trip to South Korea, Dr. Yi took us to some of the most gorgeous monasteries in the world, giving us an inside look at Buddhist philosophy, and the Fellowship travel stipend enabled me to spend a semester in Singapore, studying South Asian sociology and global health. Excursion money also meant that I could go to Japan, cheering on Osaka’s baseball team and exploring Tokyo’s cafe scene.”

“During my semester in Budapest, I experienced incredible growth. I had the opportunity to learn from renowned Hungarian mathematicians and dive into graduate-level coursework that pushed me to think in new ways.

Every day brought the chance to connect with new people and see new places. The experience was both intense and rewarding. I grew more, both intellectually and personally, than I ever could have imagined, and I never could have done it without the support of the Fellowship.”

ARYAN THAKUR

SARA LOGSDON

Class of 2025 | BS, Genetics

Class of 2025 | BS, Mathematics

“The Georgia barrier islands are an underappreciated resource that UGA offers special access to with its Marine Institute on Sapelo Island.

On Sapelo, numerous distinct ecosystems meet to form what, to me, felt like a paradise during a summer semester on the island. Besides its natural beauty, the historical and cultural significance of the island to the Geechee community is one you can’t experience anywhere else. I learned a lot about field work in coastal environments during my summer here, and it didn’t hurt that I got to ride my bike to the beach for a swim every afternoon.”

“On the Peru Medical Maymester, I shadowed physicians in obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and emergency medicine.

In between visits, we had fascinating conversations comparing healthcare systems and discussing solutions to address healthcare inequities.

The trip solidified my interest in medicine and introduced me to people who are now my best friends.”

SARAH DEAN

ALEXANDRA WELLS

Class of 2025 | BS, Ecology; BS, Microbiology

Class of 2025 | BS, Cellular Biology; AB, Spanish

“My travel-study experiences in South Korea and India were transformational and gave me the confidence to move to Malaysia for a summer to work with a documentary filmmaking nonprofit and travel through Asia independently.”

JULIANNA RUSS

Class of 2025 | AB, Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies; ABJ, Journalism; AB, International Affairs

“The Foundation Fellowship, Honors, and UGA gave me the flexibility to explore.

I spent one semester backpacking through four countries while working for an urban development internship. I also spent a semester abroad at Istanbul Technical University studying urban economics and planning.

I toured some of the oldest urban artifacts in the world, including the famous dome of Hagia Sophia, the old walls of Constantinople, and the ancient Topkapı Palace.

Some evenings, I would ride the ferry back and forth across the Bosporus, traveling between Europe and Asia, admiring the silhouette of the one of the most historically significant cities in the world. And, of course, I ate a lot of doner kebab.”

ALEX DRAHOS

Class of 2025 | AB, International Affairs; AB, Honors Interdisciplinary Studies

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New York & Washington, D.C. Led by Dr. Meg Amstutz, Honors dean, and Debbie Daniel, Honors director of development, first-year Foundation Fellows explored two of the nation’s most important cities. Highlights of the trip included a discussion with CNN commentator Paul Begala at UGA’s Delta Hall and visits with UGA alumni working in cybersecurity, public health, medicine, finance, law, politics, sustainability, media, and the arts. Foundation Fellow alum Ashley Lott hosted the group at the Spotify corporate tech company office at the World Trade Center for a discussion on tech careers. Citi hosted a panel on banking and finance for the group with Honors alum Jasmine Chen. Kevin Schatell, associate plaza producer at The Today Show, coordinated an early morning visit to The Today Show Plaza. The Fellows explored the Metropolitan Museum of Art; visited D.C.’s monuments and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, among other Smithsonian museums; saw The Outsiders on Broadway; and toured of the Library of Congress and the U.S. Capitol.

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SPRING TRAVEL

ICELAND Blizzard conditions, natural wonders, and strong coffee greeted Fellows on a spring break study trip to Iceland in March. Led by Dr. Thomas Mote, associate vice president for instruction and Distinguished Research Professor in geography in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and supported by Dr. James Warnock, Honors associate dean, and Stephanie Schupska, Honors communications lead, the Fellows traveled across the southern portion of Iceland, exploring its distinctive landscapes and geological features.

They visited Þingvellir National Park,

above, and joined hands across the seam of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which is located about 40 minutes northeast of Reykjavík. The ridge is a tectonic plate boundary that separates the Eurasian and North American plates, and Iceland is home to the largest portion of the rift that can be seen above sea level. They examined geothermal activity at the Geysir geothermal area, witnessing the bubbling springs and geothermal phenomena. The group also explored Gullfoss waterfall, experiencing the power of glacial meltwater cascading

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into the canyon. A key highlight was ice cave exploration on Vatnajökull glacier in southeast Iceland. The ice cap is the largest in Iceland and the second-largest in Europe, which includes areas of the Arctic. They visited volcanic craters and geothermal springs to understand ongoing volcanic activity and geothermal processes. The Fellows also visited a sustainable farm to observe local land use and geological influences on agriculture.

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SOUTH KOREA Led by Dr. Hyangsoon Yi, professor of comparative literature in the Franklin College, and Sydney Phillips, Foundation Fellows administrator, Fellows explored religion, history, and culture in South Korea.

In Gyeongju, they examined the architectural and spiritual significance of sites such as Bulguk Monastery, Seokgul Grotto, and Royal Tumuli Park, contextualizing Korea’s dynastic history within its religious landscape.

At Unmunsa Monastery in Cheongdo, they gained insight into Buddhist monastic discipline, participating in the traditional barugongyang and in monastic routines and rituals such as chanting, meditation, and performing the 108 prostrations. They also visited mountain hermitages like Sari Hermitage to observe these solitary contemplative practices. In Seoul, they explored contemporary Buddhism at Justbe Temple, engaging in meditation, yoga, tai chi, and a tea ceremony, observing how tradition and modernity are integrated in Korean Buddhism.

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TÜRKIYE Led by Dr. Esra Santesso, professor of English in the Franklin College, and Jessica Hunt, Honors assistant dean, Fellows traveled to Türkiye. Participants arrived in Istanbul, where they visited iconic landmarks such as the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and the Basilica Cistern, including a private sunset cruise along the Bosphorus. They continued their journey with visits to Topkapi Palace, the Grand Bazaar, and the Spice Bazaar, deepening their understanding of Istanbul’s historical significance. Traveling to Izmir via flight, the group explored Pergamon’s ancient ruins, including the Acropolis and Asclepion, before visiting the well-preserved city of Ephesus and the village of Sirince. The itinerary included a day trip to Pamukkale to examine the surreal travertine terraces and the ruins of Hierapolis. After returning to Istanbul, participants enjoyed a day of leisure on the Asian side of the city, engaging with local markets and cultural sites. Throughout the trip, the group gained insights into Türkiye’s archaeological history, urban development, and diverse landscapes.

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OXFORD MAYMESTER

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Ava Quarles ’28 Every day at Oxford, my classmates and I grew more in awe of the opportunities before us and eager to take advantage of them. I swam in the Wolvercote River, watched the sun set over Cornwall ruins, walked with cows in Port Meadow, and had threecourse formal dinners in an enchanting Keble College dining hall. I did all this while intensely debating the universality of human rights in tutorial and grappling with their legal implications.

Pablo Ashi ’28 Oxford felt like such a gift. I’m walking away with unforgettable stories, deeper friendships, and a renewed excitement for learning. Studying neurodevelopment with a brilliant tutor, getting lost (in the best way) in the Bodleian Libraries, and spending time in a place so full of history has left a lasting mark on me. The Maymester is something Fellows, across cohorts, can always connect over, and I now have my own experiences to share in those conversations—ones I’ll carry with me for a long time!

Tiffani McClain ’28 I am so thankful for the opportunity to study abroad at Oxford.

Experiencing a new style of learning in a new country was rewarding, and getting the chance to bond with my classmates made it even more worthwhile. From studying at HB Allen to cooking group dinners at the UGA house, I will never forget my time spent at Oxford.

Patrick Allen ’28 Whether I was thinking hard in tight-knit tutorials, spending hours in awe of the cavernous Blackwell’s Bookstore, or punting on the River Thames, my time at Oxford was a college experience like no other. It was the perfect capstone to my first year at UGA.

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Yeongseo Son and Dana Theoc were presented with the 2025 Lisa Ann Coole Award by James Warnock, associate dean of the Morehead Honors College, and Sydney Phillips, Foundation Fellowship program administrator.

YEONGSEO SON & DANA THEOC HONORED WITH LISA ANN COOLE AWARD The Foundation Fellows Class of 2025 chose Yeongseo Son and Dana Theoc as this year’s recipients of the Lisa Ann Coole Award. The award was established in 1999 to honor Lisa Ann Coole’s memory and to inspire Foundation Fellows to translate into their lives the compassion, joy, courage, and excellence that defined Lisa’s presence in the Fellowship, at UGA, and in her communities both in Georgia and in Illinois.

Lisa was an extraordinary person.

She graduated from the University of Georgia magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in biology in 1997. She was a 19-time All-American swimmer, won two NCAA titles, and was selected as the 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year. Lisa had just completed her first year of veterinary medicine at the University of Illinois-Champaign when she died as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident. In 1999, she

was inducted into the UGA Athletic Association Circle of Honor, the highest tribute paid to former Bulldog athletes and coaches.

Yeongseo Son graduated with bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and biochemistry and molecular biology, as well as a certificate in immunology.

Dana Theoc graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a minor in sociology, and a certificate in sustainability.

Their classmates share their appreciation below: YEONGSEO SON “Yeongseo is the human equivalent of sunshine. Her academic achievements are outstanding, and yet she remains incredibly humble, quick to turn the spotlight onto someone else… and boy, it feels wonderful when she does. She leaves you feeling recharged. Yeongseo is the brave one at a party who comes

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up to you and instantly makes you feel like you belong. She is effortlessly kind, powerfully smart, and reminds us all to be a little sillier. Try not to smile when talking to her; I bet you can’t.”

“There aren’t many people in the world who are not only ridiculously accomplished, but also ridiculously personable, compassionate, and joyous. Yeongseo has multiple publications, countless leadership positions, and enough awards to fill an entire trophy shelf, but more importantly, she exhibits a kindness and an understanding few can emulate.

I don’t know how someone can be so busy and focused yet simultaneously so fun, so warm, and so welcoming, but Yeongseo Son manages to do it.”

“Yeongseo excels in every aspect of life—not just academically and professionally, but personally. She inspires those around her to be stronger, more empathetic, and the

LISA ANN COOLE AWARD best versions of themselves. She is the glue that keeps our class connected, whether it’s through thoughtful book recommendations, reminders about senior deadlines, or simply making sure everyone feels at home in her presence. Despite all she achieves, she remains humble when she has every reason to boast. I will always admire her—for who she is, what she stands for, and the grace with which she moves through life.”

DANA THEOC “Dana is the calming and constant force within our class. Many of us are convinced she is a real-life sage. She brings a sense of tranquility and peace everywhere she goes. Every time I see Dana, I’m so excited, because I know it will be the best conversation I will have all day. She is quick to ask how you are doing and even quicker to jump into our group chat to offer her help for events and hangouts. Dana literally ALWAYS shows up, no matter the person or the occasion, just to show support.”

“Dana is selfless, humble, so impressive, and most importantly kind (and would give me a scary look anytime I try to publicly hype her up for these things). In Athens, she is an unsung hero in the Office of Sustainability, working towards a greener future, heading Swap Shop, and leading presentations/workshops in an effort to create a zero-waste campus. She is a regular voice of reason amongst the otherwise eclectic and chaotic FFR crowd. She is an academic weapon, her awards and perfect GPA no doubt a testament to this. But she’s also there to help you practice interviewing. To join you in late night steel drum band rehearsal.

Or just to share a warm tea on a cold day. She is the first to highlight others’ accomplishments yet moves in silence herself, letting who she is speak for her rather than the many, many, MANY amazing things she has done.”

“To encounter Dana is to slow down time, to be stopped in the present. Her laugh is contagious, her advice grounded and wise, and her hugs healing. She shows a remarkable dedication to causes that matter most to her, through work at the sustainability office or swap shop, but never dwells on her own accomplishments within

“

“Yeongseo is the human equivalent of sunshine.

Her academic achievements are outstanding, and yet she remains incredibly humble, quick to turn the spotlight onto someone else.”

“Dana is the calming and constant force within our class. Many of us are convinced she is a real-life sage. She brings a sense of tranquility and peace everywhere she goes.”

these pursuits. She can connect with any type of person and is often a bridge between social groups and years. A friend of everyone in the Fellowship, a community mentor, a leader in service, and one of the humblest people I know, Dana exemplifies what it means to be a Foundation Fellow, friend, and wonderful person.”

Previous recipients are Eniola Olubunmi & Elliot Williamson (2024), Priyanka Parikh (2023), Emma Ellis & Emma Chandler Hale (2022), Rachel Yuan (2021), Avni Ahuja & Emma Goldsmith (2020), Caroline Shearer (2019), Emily

Maloney & Mollie Simon (2018), Moira Fennell (2017), Kirstie Hostetter & Chris Lewitzke (2016), Eilidh Geddes (2015), Jesse Chan (2014), Sara De La Torre Berón (2013), Hank Schwartz (2012), Mir Inaamullah & Alex Squires (2011), Betsy Allen (2010), Elizabeth Godbey (2009), Anant Mandawat (2008), Helen Smith (2007), Chloe Thompson (2006), Krisda Chaiyachati (2005), Vanessa Reynolds (2004), Chris Gibson (2003), Cathy Lee & Tina Rakkit (2002), Laquesha Sanders & Kyle Wingfield (2001), Bronson Lee (2000), Lacy Feldman & Torre Mills (1999).

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FOUNDATION FELLOWS CLASS OF 2025

Brooke Bergeron

Smyrna, GA | Biology, Mathematics Brooke worked in a hospital in Zanzibar, ziplined in Ecuador, studied biomedical ethics at Oxford, explored the past and present lives of indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand, and swam with sharks at the Great Barrier Reef. As first vice president of the Zeta Psi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she sang, danced, acted, and stepped her way to yardrunner status. She conducted research at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York and in the UGA Developmental Dynamics Lab, volunteered with Athens Neuro, and worked in the admissions office for the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine. A health communications intern with Girlology and an Honors teaching assistant, Brooke tutored high school students in pre-calculus and inspired middle schoolers through MathCounts Outreach at UGA. Brooke is busy applying to medical school and pursuing gap year experiences within the healthcare field.

Surya Blasiole

Fitchburg, WI | Interdisciplinary Studies, Music Surya’s education in music, cultural studies, and Spanish reflects her love for learning about humans and the many ways they express themselves in the world. Stemming from on-campus readings, research projects, and everyday interactions, these interests have branched far beyond the classroom (and practice room). Surya has performed on violin with musicians in Tanzania, danced salsa and designed music curricula in Ecuador, tutored elementary school and adult students in Athens, and played styles from classical to folk to jazz in UGA’s many musical ensembles. Hoping to spend a lifetime exploring human creativity near and far, Surya plans on pursuing graduate studies in ethnomusicology before working in public arts and culture education. After graduation, Surya moved to Morocco for a year to teach English through the Center for Language and Culture in Marrakech.

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Ryan Bohn

Cumming, GA | English, Linguistics Ryan majored in linguistics and English with an emphasis in studies in the novel. Beginning as a CURO Honors Scholar his freshman year, he discovered a love for late 19th and early 20th century American literature. He presented his work at national conferences at Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University and at the UGA CURO Symposium.

Ryan traveled the world studying literature, religion, and globalization in Bali, Indonesia; Peru; Vietnam; Spain; Japan; and Oxford, England. Outside the classroom, Ryan was the president of the Creative Writing Club, co-founder of the resurrected Journal for Undergraduate Research Opportunities, a Willson Center Student Fellow, and a member of the co-ed a cappella group With Someone Else’s Money. This fall, Ryan began an MA/PhD program at Penn State, with an emphasis in American literature.

Luke Bowles

Buckatunna, MS | Cognitive Science, Philosophy From tending goats on his family’s farm in Mississippi to studying ant cognition at Harvard, Luke has followed his curiosity about animal minds across the country. A cognitive science and philosophy double major with minors in ecology and Spanish, he studied in Oxford and Costa Rica, honing both his philosophy and Spanish repertoires. On campus, he led initiatives to expand menstrual equity by assisting Project Red in providing free products to students. He also served as a free yoga instructor and environmental ethics certificate program ambassador. Whether he’s strumming the ukulele, rock climbing, or rambling about insect behavior, Luke tries to bring humor, passion, and a genuine interest in the world around him wherever he goes. After graduating from UGA, Luke is attending the University of Missouri to pursue a PhD in biology, studying plant behavior and insect vibrational communication.

Daniel Cohen

New York, NY | Finance Graduating with a BBA in finance, Daniel was deeply involved in the Terry College of Business, serving as a member of the Corsair Society and holding leadership roles with the Kickstart Fund and Georgia Bulldog Angel Network. With the Institute for Leadership Advancement, he was an ILA Fellow, and he also interned in investment banking and private equity, gaining experience in financial modeling, due diligence, and strategic analysis. A New York native and lifelong Dawgs fan, Daniel is excited to return home to begin his career in investment banking at Truist. Long term, he hopes to build a career in capital markets and find ways to give back to the next generation of Georgia Bulldogs.

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Sarah Dean

Newnan, GA | Ecology, Microbiology Sarah is an aspiring disease ecologist, a public health researcher, and a bona fide tree hugger. Her research interests range from environmental microbiology and water quality to wildlife disease and pandemic prevention.

She spent a summer in Costa Rica studying conservation medicine, then another summer on Sapelo Island practicing marine ecology methods and researching parasite ecology. During a semester at Oxford, she studied microbiology and Virginia Woolf, and, perhaps more importantly, began her obsession with hot yoga.

Sarah is passionate about wildlife conservation, science communication, and 90s music. She is now based in Seattle at the University of Washington’s School of Public Health, where she is working on a master’s degree in environmental health sciences.

Alex Drahos

Cedar Rapids, IA | Honors Interdisciplinary Studies, International Affairs Alex shares that it took all four years for him to kind of figure it out. He interned at The Port Authority of NY and NJ, the Center for Advancing Innovation, and Reimagining the Civic Commons. On campus, he researched solar energy, AI deepfakes, and Northern Irish victimhood. He was chair of the Active Learning Ambassadors, Security Leadership Program Sam Nunn Scholar, and Innovation Fellow for companies such as Delta Air Lines and the National Hockey League. Alex explored 18 countries, including backpacking South America and studying for a semester in Türkiye. He was a 2024 Harry S. Truman Scholar, national Rhodes Scholarship finalist, UN Local Pathways Fellow, and Stanford Innovation Fellow. While figuring it out never ends, after graduation Alex moved to Washington, D.C., to work for HR&A Advisors on urban development initiatives.

Julian Fortuna

Decatur, GA | International Affairs Julian graduated with a degree in international affairs, a minor in law, and a public affairs professional certificate in applied politics. During his undergraduate years, he led local, statewide, and national campaigns and advocacy organizations, and— now—an AI company conducting research for political organizations across the country. After graduation, Julian began working on the AI political research startup Analogy Group, which he co-founded with his friend, former roommate, and Foundation Fellow Suhan Kacholia.

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Daniel García-Pozo

Athens, GA | Entertainment & Media Studies, English Dani majored in both English and entertainment and media studies, focusing on a future career as a screenwriter. He was a part of UGA’s premier sketch comedy troupe, SharkWing, and learned the fundamentals of script writing therein. He interned with Mosaic Media Group in Los Angeles, reviewing client scripts and networking with industry professionals. He worked on innumerable student film projects at UGA, in roles ranging from writer to editor. To further hone his craft of storytelling, he runs Dungeons & Dragons games with friends in his free time. After graduation, Dani moved to Atlanta to pursue a career as a film production assistant.

V’shoi Garfield Emanuel

St. Thomas, USVI | Finance, Accounting MACC V’shoi graduated with a degree in finance and is now pursuing a Master of Accountancy at UGA. He spent his time on campus serving as a Terry Ambassador, mathematics research assistant, and English teaching assistant. He also played jazz bass for the greater Athens community. He interned with the Macquarie Group as a legal entity analyst, and he intends to use this experience toward becoming a financial advisor or an auditor. V’shoi also spent much time abroad in Spain, Italy, and France to finish his Spanish minor and develop his sound as a musician. He was named the Terry College’s 2025 Best and Brightest Business Major by Poets&Quants for Undergrads. This summer, he worked on learning Portuguese and Japanese to further communicate with those around him and transform how he conducts business.

Mattie Garrett

Marietta, GA | Finance, Management Information Systems Mattie moved to Dallas, Texas, to begin her career as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs. A Leonard Leadership Scholar and Sea Island Scholar, her global perspective was shaped through study abroad experiences in Oxford, England; Cortona, Italy; Innsbruck, Austria; Seoul, South Korea; Paris, France; Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands. On campus, Mattie served as director of events for Zeta Tau Alpha, assisted in coordinating the Isakson Symposium on Political Civility, and was active in Women in Finance and the Society of Entrepreneurs. She contributed to UGA Athletics as an organizational intern with the startup of the Classic City Collective. Mattie gained experience through internships at Signature FD and Goldman Sachs. She is passionate about leadership, civic engagement, and advocating for American entrepreneurship and free enterprise.

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Eliana Gelman

West Hills, CA | Cognitive Science Eliana bridges technology, cognition, and community through her work and research. Graduating with a degree in cognitive science and a minor in computer science, she was often spotted in developmental psychology labs, wandering ATHICA’s exhibits, or coding at the science library with her Jittery Joe’s in hand. She founded Treehouse Zine, bringing together artists, musicians, and technologists through collaborative zines and events. During her Amsterdam semester at Vrije Universiteit, she studied computational intelligence and worked on productions at 4bid gallery.

Her brain-inspired and visual approach shaped her product design work at Good Agriculture and TQIntelligence and influenced curricula she co-designed at UCLA Art|Sci Center.

She is a recipient of the 2025 Interact Fellowship. This fall, she is completing a master’s degree in AI at UGA.

Savannah Hernandez

Kennesaw, GA | Journalism From the sidelines at Sanford Stadium to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia with the Associated Press, the Fellowship made it possible for Savannah to tell stories on a global stage. A journalism major with a minor in communications studies and a sports media certificate, she filmed content for Georgia Athletics, produced video for Major League Soccer’s Nashville SC, and took a travel writing course in Hawaii that deepened her love for storytelling rooted in place. These experiences—whether working on deadline, behind the camera, or in unfamiliar cities—shaped her voice and strengthened her confidence. The Fellowship gave her the encouragement and community to grow into who she is today. After graduation, Savannah joined NFL Films in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, as a creative producing intern, and now she is pursuing a master’s degree in mass communication at the University of Florida.

Suhan Kacholia

Chandler, AZ | Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence MS Suhan graduated with a bachelor's in cognitive science and a master’s in artificial intelligence, focusing on AI and computational social science. At UGA, you could find him riding around on his beloved e-bike, attending shows at the 40 Watt, or feasting at his favorite Athens dining establishment, O-House. A political aficionado, he was editor-in-chief of the Georgia Political Review. He spent a summer in D.C. through the Honors in Washington internship program, helping direct AI strategy at the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services through the Coding it Forward Fellowship. He also interned for D. E. Shaw in New York City and spent a semester in Oxford, England, deciphering James Joyce’s words while drinking copious amounts of tea. After graduation, Suhan is now working on Analogy Group, an AI political research startup he co-founded with Julian Fortuna.

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Sara Logsdon

Potomac, MD | Mathematics Sara graduated with a BS/MA in mathematics, passionate about solving problems in algebra. While at UGA, she interned with the U.S. Department of Energy and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and spent a semester abroad with the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics. She was a 2024 Goldwater Scholar and the recipient of the UGA Math Department’s Strahan Award and Hollingsworth Award.

On campus, she has worked as a math tutor, volunteered for The Backpack Project, and played on UGA’s Club Women’s Ultimate Frisbee team. She is now continuing her math journey by pursuing a PhD in mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania as a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow.

Larissa Lozano

Rio de Janiero, Brazil | International Affairs, International Policy MIP Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Larissa brings sunshine and joy wherever she goes. Through the Fellowship, she traveled to 14 countries, earning her polyglot status and discovering interests in nuclear energy policy. Larissa has gone beyond her major by studying six languages, international affairs, mechanical engineering, GIS, linguistics, and climate change science.

She was a staff writer and editor for the Georgia Political Review and conducted research for CURO, UGA’s Center for International Trade and Security, Savannah River National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. After graduating with a degree in international affairs, a German minor, and a certificate in global studies, Larissa interned at Sandia National Laboratories and returned to UGA to finish a Master of International Policy focusing on energy security.

Ciara Mitchell

Snellville, GA | Biological Engineering At the University of Georgia, Ciara explored a variety of passions at the intersection of engineering, business, and community. She began as a researcher in the Gomillion Lab, where she investigated tissue engineering strategies to better understand breast cancer metastasis. Beyond the lab, Ciara was a dedicated campus leader—serving as second vice president of the Zeta Psi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; College of Engineering Ambassador; and executive board member of several organizations including the National Society of Black Engineers and the Black Business Student Association. Professionally, she gained experience at leading firms such as McKinsey & Company, Bank of America, and BlackRock. After returning to UGA to complete her engineering degree, Ciara will move to Atlanta to work as a business analyst with McKinsey & Company.

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Tenacity Murdie

Athens, GA | Biology, Mathematics, Ecology If you walked into the Thomas Lay After School Program last year, you would have found Tenacity surrounded by a swarm of elementary schoolers. As the program’s co-executive director, she managed rambunctiousness and put smiles on lots of faces. In addition to running Thomas Lay and the UGA Math Club, Tenacity conducted research with the Odum School of Ecology, where she used mathematical models to investigate infectious avian diseases. This research led her to conferences at Stanford University and Toledo, Spain. Her accomplishments in mathematics were recognized with Hollingsworth Awards, awards from CURO, and the Ellen Agnor Bailey Scholarship.

This fall, Tenacity started a PhD in applied mathematics at Northwestern University as one of 10 incoming students to be awarded the prestigious Cabell Fellowship.

Nicholas Myers

Cataula, GA | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Nicholas attributes his enduring passion for the brain sciences and the equitable care of people and populations to courageous and patient research mentors, professors, and friends who shared their time and knowledge. As a research assistant for the Cognitive Aging Research and Education Center, he gained an understanding of the felt burden of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and for the patients and caregivers who deal with these ailments on a daily basis. With the motivating perspective of team science and public health that Dr. Jose Cordero encouraged within his Epidemiology Working Group, Nicholas looks forward to the day when, as a clinician, he can work alongside similarly motivated colleagues to provide care where it’s most needed.

Dhriti Pentela

Cumming, GA | Genetics, Women’s Studies From tutoring incarcerated individuals with Athens Prison Tutorial to founding a jewelry nonprofit, Dhriti’s aim is simple: to make a beautiful impact on the world.

Since arriving at UGA, Dhriti immersed herself in research on HIV counseling in Uganda and in local HPV vaccination initiatives. Her academic journey took her to Oxford, where she studied biomedical ethics, while her commitment to service led her to volunteer at Sanjivani Hospital in India. Her passion for women’s health fueled her to lead organizations such as the Women’s Health Support and Awareness Project and Period at UGA. Currently working as a medical assistant and clinical research coordinator at a primary care clinic, Dhriti is applying to medical school, where she plans to continue her mission of creating inclusive healthcare solutions.

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Julianna Russ

Fort Thomas, KY | Comparative Literature & Intercultural Studies, International Affairs, Journalism Julianna spent much of her time working toward a career in journalism and documentary production with a public service mission. Her distinction as a 2023 Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholar enabled her to explore journalism in Malaysia, where she made lifelong friendships. She also interned at CNN and covered the Paralympic Games in Paris for the Associated Press, but her most meaningful experience was working on the newspaper staff of The Oglethorpe Echo, which reinforced her commitment to hyperlocal reporting. She met an incredible group of people at UGA through the Foundation Fellowship and Grady College, for which she’s incredibly grateful. After a summer interning with the San Antonio Express-News, Julianna moved to Austin, Texas, to start a full-time role as a breaking/ trending reporter with the Austin American-Statesman.

Kennedi Scales

Castle Rock, CO | Genetics, Sociology Currently a postbaccalaureate research fellow at Stanford School of Medicine, Kennedi grew to love research while at UGA. Her experience encompassed genetics, metabolic pathways, health policy, and discrimination in Georgia prisons. Her involvement spanned from summer research positions at Vanderbilt University and Columbia University to hands-on healthcare delivery in Ghana and menstrual health blogs for the general public—all fueling her aspiration to become a physician dedicated to population health and equity. Beyond science, Kennedi developed her engagement as a musician with her band and in music ensembles. She continues to play music, cook and bake, and host Wii tournaments with friends.

Yeongseo Son

Murfreesboro, TN | Anthropology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Yeongseo follows her curiosity with infectious enthusiasm, from researching neutrophil biology to finding the best taco spots in Athens. It pushed her to image lung development at Vanderbilt University, experiment on ant colonies at Harvard University, and study T cell dynamics at MIT. She’s curious about what her scientific peers are up to as well—she interviewed Nobel Laureates on her podcast Let’s Talk Chemistry, organized campus health magazines, and brought science to life as a museum activity facilitator. A fan of Catan and writing circles, she loves connecting with people as much as ideas. After graduation, she is pursuing a PhD in immunology at Stanford University as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar and NSF Graduate Research Fellow. She will continue to chase big questions and the stories that make them matter.

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Adam Starks

Atlanta, GA | International Affairs, Music You don’t have to do it all, but you can sure try. In just four years, Adam was a member of over a dozen ensembles at UGA and traveled across Asia studying traditional music. He served as a Music Ambassador in addition to editor at the Georgia Political Review and coordinator for the National Marrow Donor Program on campus. Adam conducted research across policy spheres including an Honors thesis on misdemeanor probation reform and an analysis of international cultural heritage policy as a Security Leadership Program Fellow.

Professionally, Adam has built cloud-based programs with Good Agriculture and drafted countless memos at the U.S. Department of State. Adam is now working as an associate consultant with BCG in Atlanta before applying to graduate programs in ethnomusicology.

Aryan Thakur

Cumming, GA | Genetics During his stint at UGA, Aryan traversed the globe in search of “side quests.” He began his odyssey in Athens, serving as artist-in-residence at Creature Comforts Brewery. Subsequently, he took a trip across the pond, playing intercollegiate basketball at the University of Oxford. Soon after, Aryan discovered the endless bounties of the culinary arts, traveling to Mexico City and Singapore to sample some of the world’s finest meals. Finally, he returned to the Classic City to start his disc jockey training. On the professional side, Aryan was an AI intern at a health tech startup in Atlanta, conducted research on plant epigenomes in the UGA Schmitz Lab, and helped lead a student-run venture capital fund. This fall, Aryan is studying in Beijing as a Schwarzman Scholar.

Dana Theoc

Kingston, Jamaica | Psychology Dana’s time at UGA was spent learning from, laughing with, and pouring into the people and communities that shaped and supported her. With a passion for building resilient communities, her work included managing a 13-member social psychology research team and mentoring first-year students as an Honors teaching assistant. Through the Office of Sustainability, Dana connected students with valuable resources at no cost while diverting thousands of pounds of waste from landfills. Now, as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, Dana hopes to redefine how businesses interact with the environment and society. She’s excited to start this next chapter as an alumna and continue to pour into the university in new and meaningful ways.

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Alexandra Wells

Franklin Square, NY | Cellular Biology, Spanish An out-of-state student from New York, Alexandra made Athens her home by spending as much time as possible with her community. She mentored elementary schoolers through the Thomas Lay After School Program, taught English to Spanish-speaking families at Casa de Amistad, helped provide free primary care through the Athens Free Clinic, and facilitated recreational therapy for individuals with Alzheimer’s and/or physical disabilities at the ACCA Adult Day Health Center. Alexandra conducted molecular and cellular biology research at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and with the UGA Department of Cellular Biology. Alexandra is currently exploring her interest in the medical humanities by developing medical children’s books through the National Humanities Leadership Council while she applies to medical school.

Amanda Whylie

Kingston, Jamaica | Entertainment & Media Studies On set. On the tarmac. On the couch of the Fellows Library. These are some of the places you may have seen Amanda on any given day while she majored in entertainment and media studies and balanced her love for art and travel with her passion for UGA. As an undergraduate student, Amanda worked for four different departments, including UGA Alumni Relations, UGA Rec Sports, UGA Division of Academic Enhancement, and the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. When she wasn’t at work or class, she was sure to be on a plane elsewhere—Ecuador, Colombia, India, and South Korea having been the places that inspired her most. Amanda’s next adventure will take her to Beijing, China, where she’ll study at Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar.

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SENIORS SPEAK: Friendships

“After a year and a half of online school and the isolation, confusion, and fear that comes with a global pandemic, I needed the love, support, and friendship the Fellowship provided.

Never before had I found friends so eager to say yes—to last-minute drives to Atlanta, late-night yap sessions in Myers, philosophical debates in Snelling, and letting me sleep on their shoulders on plane rides across the globe. The Class of 2025 will forever be my people. They molded me with compassion, injected me with confidence and curiosity, and cheered me on for my college career and, probably, for the rest of my life.”

DANA THEOC

Class of 2025 | BS, Psychology

“The Foundation Fellowship provided me with the most meaningful and sincere friendships of my life. Throughout college, I found community in the passing campus waves and smiles with Fellows, the class bonding, semester retreats, and living with a Fellow (or three) every year. My college experience, while shaped by all the travel, research, classes, internships, and other activities, was defined by the wonderful Fellows I was lucky to befriend in the first week of college, and all those I had the opportunity to meet over the years.”

ALEX DRAHOS

Class of 2025 | AB, International Affairs; AB, Honors Interdisciplinary Studies

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“The friends I made in the Fellowship pushed me to reimagine what I could be, what I could achieve, and who I was. They challenged me to be the best version of myself yet always accepted exactly who I was, and for that, I couldn’t be more thankful.”

LUKE BOWLES

Class of 2025 | AB, Philosophy; AB, Cognitive Science

“The most valuable part of the Fellowship has undoubtedly been getting to meet my brilliant classmates. Over the past four years, they’ve pushed me intellectually and created a bedrock of genuine comradery. I leave UGA knowing that this community will forever be my home.”

ARYAN THAKUR

Class of 2025 | BS, Genetics

“I have met my absolute forever friends through this Fellowship.

From spirited debates on gene editing during our biomedical ethics course in Oxford, to hiking as one unstoppable pack through Amicalola Falls, to navigating chaotic airports and midnight rides across the world—we have shared more than just cool moments and breads broken.

We have built a connection that lasts and a community that feels like home.”

YEONGSEO SON

Class of 2025 | BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; AB, Anthropology

CELEBRATING GRADUATION

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FELLOWS CLASS OF 2026

Jhaycee Coren Barnes Spalding High School Griffin, GA Economics, Political Science

Grant Jameson Baumann Mountain View High School Lawrenceville, GA Mechanical Engineering/ MBA

Bemnet Ashenafi Bekele Hillgrove High School Powder Springs, GA Biology

Ashley Nicole Brown Claudia Taylor Ladybird Johnson High School San Antonio, TX Biology, Psychology

Rayna Janett Carter Loganville High School Loganville, GA Psychology, Sociology, Women’s Studies

Benen Chancey Tucker High School Tucker, GA Geography, Romance Languages

Piper Danielle Duncan Pickens High School Jasper, GA International Affairs, International Policy MIP

Anita Gillum Gorman Isidore Newman School New Orleans, LA Astrophysics, Physics, Theatre

Luke Miles Hendrix Wayne County High School Jesup, GA Biological Science

Jack Ryan Jarashow Marlboro High School Morganville, NJ Economics, Political Science

Nikita Jha Northview High School Duluth, GA Computer Science, Economics

Chinmay Joshi George Walton Comprehensive High School Marietta, GA Philosophy, Genetics

Deborah Joy Madden St Andrew High School for Girls Kingston, Jamaica Environmental Engineering

Erin Christiane Monroe Saint Mary’s Episcopal School Southaven, MS Fisheries & Wildlife

Amy Franchesca Morales The Walker School Marietta, GA International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing

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FELLOWS CLASS OF 2026

John Widener Norris Westminster Christian Academy Athens, GA Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Margaret Lee Opsahl Midtown High School Atlanta, GA Computer Science, Mathematics

Anna Grace Rachwalski Midtown High School Atlanta, GA Economics, English, Political Science

Hadiza Sarr Cedar Shoals High School Athens, GA Computer Science, Mathematics, Public Health (Epidemiology) MPH

Catherine Anderson Smith First Colonial High School Virginia Beach, VA Ecology

Charlie Lane Stout George Walton Academy Monroe, GA Biology

Sloka Sudhin Wheeler High School Marietta, GA Data Science, Mathematics (Applied)

Erin Suh Chattahoochee High School Duluth, GA Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Lillian Christyne Thomas Putnam County High School Eatonton, GA International Affairs

Wyn Alyse Thomas Adlai E. Stevenson High School Buffalo Grove, IL Theatre, Nonprofit Management & Leadership MA

Henry Ellis Traynor Savannah Arts Academy Savannah, GA Ecology, Mathematics (Applied)

Bianca Elena Wilson Broadneck High School Annapolis, MD Music, Cognitive Science

Andrew Ray Wyatt Riverwood International Charter School Sandy Springs, GA Political Science, Public Relations

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FELLOWS CLASS OF 2027

Kiefer Adams Woodberry Forest School Whitefish, MT Finance, Political Science

Sara Amou Collins Hill High School Suwanee, GA Biology

Elise Cookson Savannah Arts Academy Savannah, GA Art History

Isabella Sofia Delgado Archbishop McCarthy High School Parkland, FL Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), Mathematics

Liam Daniel Evans Forsyth Central High School Cumming, GA History, International Relations

Vaughn Robert Frost Mountain Brook High School Mountain Brook, AL Mechanical Engineering

Shriya Kumari Garg Rome High School Rome, GA Genetics, Economics

Britton Hare Christian Brothers High School Arlington, TN International Affairs, Linguistics

Erin Howard Virgil I Grissom High School Huntsville, AL Ecology, Plant Biology

Ella Celeste Johnson Cedar Shoals High School Athens, GA Classics, English AB/MA

Harshil Joshi Deerfield-Windsor School Leesburg, GA Regenerative Bioscience, Applied Biotechnology

Bryce Knoll Bel Air High School Bel Air, MD Russian, Spanish, Linguistics

Jack Douglas Little Boyle County High School Danville, KY Journalism

Robie Elizabeth Lucas Athens Academy Watkinsville, GA Agricultural & Applied Economics, Real Estate

Aarov Malhotra Chapel Hill High School Chapel Hill, NC Economics, Political Science

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FELLOWS CLASS OF 2027

Claire Elizabeth McDonald Perry High School Perry, GA Environmental Engineering

Sophia Khoa Nguyen Greater Atlanta Christian School Duluth, GA International Affairs, Art History

Trang Nguyen Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted Hanoi, Vietnam Food Science

Megan Joy (MJ) Pitt East Coweta High School Newnan, GA Economics

Philip Salzinger Paideia School Atlanta Atlanta, GA Ecology

Ava Elizabeth Stillwagon St. Andrew’s School Savannah, GA Astrophysics, Physics

Selina Sun Saint James School Montgomery, AL Cellular Biology

Lauren Elizabeth Thacker Girls Preparatory School Cleveland, TN International Affairs, Russian

Aidan Ventimiglia Paul Duke STEM High School Norcross, GA Interdisciplinary Animation

Aerica Calynn Worrell Cambridge High School Alpharetta, GA Psychology (Neuroscience), Regenerative Bioscience

Mid-Term Foundation Fellows were welcomed at the Fellows banquet in April and are Kiefer Adams, Elise Cookson, Erin Howard, Trang Nguyen, Philip Salzinger, and Aidan Ventimiglia, not pictured.

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FELLOWS CLASS OF 2028

Anna Grace Aiello Xavier Charter School Twin Falls, ID Economics, Mathematics

Gabriel Demis Alemayehu Northview High School Suwanee, GA Finance

Patrick Barry George Allen Clarke Central High School Athens, GA Finance

Pablo Basil Ashi Marvin Ridge High School Waxhaw, NC Regenerative Bioscience

Ashaar Bakshi Galloway School Atlanta, GA Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Laila Elizabeth Carter Miss Porter’s School Watkinsville, GA Journalism, Music

Parker Gavin Ferrer Forsyth Central High School Cumming, GA Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Diya Akshila Garrepally Wheeler High School Marietta, GA Biological Science

Elle Elisabeth Glassford Davidson Academy of Nevada Las Vegas, NV Chemistry

Jaabili Sai Gosukonda Houston County High School Warner Robins, GA Biology

Thomas Ray Griner Valwood School Valdosta, GA Political Science

Katherine Rebecca Johnson Brookwood High School Lilburn, GA Economics, International Affairs

Krish Devon Leveille Paideia School Atlanta, GA Unspecified

Nathaniel Scott Levy Saint Andrews School Boca Raton, FL Computer Science, Economics

Ava Rebeccah Marcus Jones College Prep Chicago, IL Genetics

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FELLOWS CLASS OF 2028

Tiffani Arnina McClain Jasper County High School Monticello, GA Biological Science

Julianna Claire Morelli Delmar School Delmar, DE Computer Science

Jay Zhang Natu Alan C. Pope High School Marietta, GA Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Ava Quarles Stuyvesant High School Brooklyn, NY Sports Management

Gwyneth Noelle Solomon St. Andrew’s School Savannah, GA Cognitive Science, Linguistics

Rowan Aoife Starr Home School Mystic, CT French, International Affairs, Russian

Isabelle Rose Stephens Westminster Christian Academy Athens, GA English

Iziq A. Thomas Lakeside High School Augusta, GA Unspecified

Callie Elizabeth Viktora Adairsville High School Adairsville, GA Ecology

Sophia Qiao Zhao Lambert High School Suwanee, GA Finance, Psychology

Iziq Thomas and Ashaar Bakshi hike in Cornwall during their Maymester at the University of Oxford.

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FELLOWS CLASS OF 2029

Audrey Bagot Isidore Newman School New Orleans, LA Economics, International Business, Comparative Literature & Intercultural Studies

Becker Curry Minnetonka High School Eden Prairie, MN Finance, Mathematics

Abigail Flanegan Home School Rapid City, SD Biochemical Engineering, Biological Engineering

Julia Gardner Baylor School Ooltewah, TN Cellular Biology

Emma Haddon Summit High School Spring Hill, TN Accounting, Finance, Math, Human Development & Family Science

Will Jamieson Wesleyan School Atlanta, GA Accounting, Finance, Political Science, French

Karthik Kuppuswamy Fulton Science Academy Alpharetta, GA Astrophysics

Eden Levitt-Horne Newton South High School Auburndale, MA Political Science, International Affairs, History, Comparative Literature & Intercultural Studies

Madison Lowe Chantilly, VA Freedom High School Biology, Health Promotion

Russell Markwalter Marist School Brookhaven, GA Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics

Liam Martin Lausanne Collegiate School Memphis, TN Political Science, Economics, Spanish

Avery Roark Athens Academy Athens, GA Biology, Genetics, Mathematics, Political Science

Grayson Rosenblad Webb School Of Knoxville Knoxville, TN Chemistry, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Finance, Economics

Kyle Ssendagire Brookwood High School Lawrenceville, GA Chemistry

Natalie Wallace Catonsville High School Catonsville, MD Health Sciences, Mathematics, Spanish, Dance

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FELLOWS CLASS OF 2029

Shivani Yadavalli Deerfield-Windsor School Albany, GA Biology, Spanish

Ayla Zomermaand Albuquerque Academy Albuquerque, NM Cognitive Science, Human Development & Family Science, Health Promotion

First-year Fellows, second from left, Natalie Wallace, Abigail Flanegan, Karthik Kuppuswamy, and Russell Markwalter spend time at the fall Fellows retreat with second-year Fellows Anna Grace Aiello, left, and Parker Ferrer, right.

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FOUNDATION FELLOWS ALUMNI

Foundation Fellowship alumni by class year Class of 1977 John E. Graves Robert Richardson Rice Joseph Allan Tucker, Jr. Class of 1978 Michael Thomas Bohannon Audrey Shields Crumbley Class of 1979 William Arthur Ball John Harbin Harold Bobby Lowery Class of 1980 Sara Shlaer Bryan J. Whitfield Class of 1981 Cornelia Isabella Bargmann Class of 1982 Fred Holtz III Peter L. Patrick Michael Brian Terry Catherine Leigh Touchton Class of 1983 William Mark Faucette Frank Joseph Hanna III Betsy Lyons McCabe Judson (Jay) D. Watson III Class of 1984 Stephen Ellis Denise Lamberski Fisher Sara Voyles Liebel Jessica Bruce Hunt Charles William McDaniel Robert Brad Mock Kevin Brett Polston Leslie Williams Wade Class of 1985 Charles Victor Bancroft II Frank Eugene Glover, Jr. Shannon Terrell Gordon Margaret Crowder Lawrence Marjorie Dixon Mitchell Tab E. Thompson Christopher Lamar Vickery Sharon Anderson White Class of 1986 Grace Elizabeth Hale Andrew Martin Stephen Smith Mark Edward White Class of 1987 Rebecca E. Biron Bruce Edward Bowers Anne Davison Dolaher John Fowler Kirsten Jarabek Franklin Mary Ruth Hannon Noel Langston Hurley Elizabeth Ford Lehman Robert Marcus Reiner Margaret Ruth Sparks

Class of 1988 Cathy Luxenberg Barnard Thomas Christopher Cisewski Sharon Blair Enoch India Frances Lane Linda Leith Redderson Neil Chandler Thom John E. Worth Class of 1989 Courtney Cook Angeli Lisa Caucci Amy Lee Copeland Kimberlee Ann Walkenspaw Curley Julie Kathleen Earnhart Nancy Letostak Glasser Susan Golden James Leah Deneen Lowman Adena Elder Potter Kyle Wayne Sager Andrew William Stith Class of 1990 Maitreya Badami Felton Jenkins III Gwen R. Kaminsky Mark David Sheftall John Carlyle Shelton Alicia Elsbeth Stallings Class of 1991 Susan Shackelford Dawes Elizabeth Hebert Day James Ansley Granade III Paul H. Matthews John Phillip Piedrahita Marc L. Silverboard Gene Williams Class of 1992 Robert Geoffrey Dillard Chris Gunter Anne Marie Hargaden Robert Kirk Harris Martin Allie Hollingsworth Robin Ann Kundra Laura Jane Calhoon Lyttle Andrew Millians Charles Andrew Mitchell Christina Stewart Payton Class of 1993 Jennifer Cathey Arbitter Christy Darden Brennan Michael Herman Burer Albert Vernon Dixon III David Michael Hettesheimer Peter James McBrayer Mia Noerenberg Miller Christen Wheeler Mitchell Nevada Waugh Reed Spencer Allen Rice Thad Andrew Riddle Philip Webb H. Thomas Willman III Class of 1994 Sonja Batten Stephen Spratlin Bullock

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Anne Kissel Harper Pam Hungerbuhler Michael Paul Jones, Jr. Eric M. Overby Brett Pellock Caroline Placey Tracie Calvert Rosser Jennifer M. Rubin Laura Anne Shepherd Katherine Anne Smith Julie Lynne Steiner Class of 1995 Laura Barbas-Rhoden Harold Dean Green, Jr. Scott Allen Haggard Joshua Eric Kight Molly Meghan McCarthy Darren Howard Pillsbury Andrew Rhea Schretter Amanda Wojtalik-Courter Class of 1996 Keith Robert Blackwell Thomas Andrew Bryan Robert Cartwright Timothy P. George Bomee Jung James Benjamin Kay IV Bradley Scott Malcom Justin Shoemake Robert Matthew Sutherland Stephen Tate Robert T. Trammell, Jr. Class of 1997 Ryan Paul Bartlett Christie Mew Jan Leilani Cooksey Lisa Ann Coole William Stephen Steiner Andrew Abell Wade Class of 1998 Jay Chugh Adrian John Daigle Brandon Edward Kremer Robyn Andree Painter Vijaya Rangan Palaniswamy Beth Shapiro Catherine Allison Evans Webb Class of 1999 Leona Nichole Council Tzu-Chuan Jane Huang Ellen Sutherland Irby Lacy Feldman McCurdy Torré Deshun Mills Class of 2000 Melissa Bugbee Buchanan Dhruti Contractor Tiffany Earley-Spadoni Matthew Scott Eckman Bronson Lee Michael Eugene Morris Ethan Sims Holly Gooding Tran

Class of 2001 Laura Ann Adang Dustin J. Calhoun Chris Caruso Semil P. Choksi Fruzsina Csaszar Di Ruggiero Corey Gill Amita Ramesh Hazariwala Kathryn Jessica Hull Gardner Linn Thomas John Ludlam Frank Martin Amy Mulkey McGowan Joseph Adams Perry-Parrish Laquesha Shantelle Sanders Andrew Clark Thompson Kyle Wingfield Class of 2002 Divya Balakrishnan Alyssa Holmgren Craigie Laramie Duncan Amy Elizabeth Early Eric Jonas Gapud Julie Dotterweich Gunby Allyson Elizabeth Harper Rachel Kassel Cathy A. Lee-Miller Marc Paul Lindsay Caitlin Christine Martell Lorina Naci Tina Rakkhit Nandi Kameko Nichols Kathryn Stepp Nicolai Mary Catherine Plunkett Suzanne Scoggins Steven C. Smith Andrew John Sucre Lakshmi Swamy John Andrew Wright Emory Paul Wright Class of 2003 John Anthony Asalone Maria Anderson Booth Marshall Chalmers Timothy Tianyi Chen Adam Cureton Brian Dunham Christopher James Gibson Jennifer Gibson Gill Leah Rose Givens Tanya Marie Martin Hudson Eirin Kallestad Dmitry Sergeevich Kolychev Robin Elizabeth McGill Meredith Neal McCarthy Moore Jeffrey Pugh Rob Quinn Kimberly Council Sheridan Jennifer Srygley Sucre Gemma Suh Doannie Tran Melanie Monroe Venable Joseph Brendan Wolpin Class of 2004 Ellen Downs Beaulieu Jake Boggan

Virginia Barton Bowen Amanda Morgan Casto William Cullen Conly Blake L. Doughty Corrin Nicole Drakulich Deepti Gupta-Patel Vanessa Reynolds Hale Sarah Nicole Julia Hemmings Bliss Immanuel Khaw David Allan Kross Daniel Michael Ludlam Evan James Magers Megan Jean McKee Kunal Mitra Jane Adaeze Okpala Julie Orlemanski Satya Patel Nathan Ratledge Daniel Winfield Reed Travis Daniel Reeves Randolph Lines Starr Carson Wayne Strickland Manoj (Sachin) Varghese Josh Weddle Charles Elliott Willson Class of 2005 Ben Bain Jeanette Eva Thurber Barzelay Allison Carter-Agnotti Krisda H. Chaiyachati Eugenia Gina Chu Charles P. Ciaccio, Jr. Renee Claire Contreras Kathryn Kay Coquemont Matthew Crim Kacie Schoen Darden John Thomas DeGenova Anne Zimmerman Hawkins Jeremy Paul Johnson Raechel Anglin Kummer Ivy Nguyen Le Ashley Lott Thomas M. Mittenzwei Brendan F. Murphy Allison Scott Roach Sarah Ellen Sattelmeyer Amy Nicole Sexauer Matthew Buckley Smith Adam M. Sparks Charles T. Tuggle III Kate Vyborny Leslie Wolcott Tuquyen Mach Yee Class of 2006 Jennifer Bartmess Jason M. Brown Simon Ferrari Daniel Gough Warren Brandon Holton Jana Dopson Illston Chloe Renee Thompson Kelley Melissa Cabinian Kinnebrew Lisa Last Joseph LeCates Jenny Page Linton Mike Lynch Patrick J. Maher Beth Grams Margalis

Brian Patrick Quinif Katherine Leigh Morgan Ragland Heather Ripley Rebekah Rogers Laura Emiko Soltis Robby Staley Matthew Stewart Nathan Joseph Stibrich David Turner Sara Pilzer Weiss Class of 2007 Mary Patricia Alvarez William Brooks Andrews Franklin Edwin (BJ) Ard John Christopher Binford Yves Bouillet Priya Chandan Lesley Graybeal John Floyd Howell III Douglas Michael Jackson Joseph Edgar Lariscy IV Michael James Levengood Robert Bradley Lindell Andrew Campbell McKown Erin Mordecai Yannick Morgan Amulya Nagarur Jayanthi Narain Corrine Allison Novell Caelin Cubenas Potts Sarah Brown Puryear Anna Harrison Saffer Helen Caples Smith Zach P. Smith Jake Everett Turrentine Katrin Usifo Class of 2008 Maria Alejandra Baetti Sarah Ritchey Bellamy Benjamin Cobb Anureet Cheema Copeland Rachel Elizabeth Whitaker Elam Katherine Elizabeth Folkman Adele Handy Goodloe Matthew Wood Grayson Lynzi Jacqueline Archibald Gruetzemacher Shannon Hiller Donald Ray (DJ) Johnson, Jr. Joseph Robert Kapurch Peter Klein Mindy Lipsitz Anant Mandawat William Giles Mann Jordan Elizabeth Myers Bryan Scott Overcarsh Adam Podowitz-Thomas Tyler Blalock Pratt Deep Jayendrakumar Shah Gabriel Rehman Shaukat George Valentinov Vulov Class of 2009 Craig Chike Akoh Payton McCurry Bradford Kevin K. Chang Chuan (CiCi) Cheng Chris Chiego Rebecca Yeong Ae Corey Colleen Helen Cotton Jordan Allen Dalton

Christina Lynn Faust Elizabeth Riggle Gargaro William Featherston (Beau) Gilmore III Elizabeth Anne Godbey Clare JoAnna Hatfield Chad Hume Brittany Lee McCall Nithya M. Natrajan Caitlin McLaughlin Poe Kevin Christopher Poe Paul Ruddle II Marlee Waxelbaum Santos Milner Owens Staub Sana Hashmi Zahiruddin Class of 2010 Betsy Allen Adams Thomas Matthew Bailey Amanda Brouillette Sarah Caruana Kevin Copp Amy Davis David Fu Peter Horn Dave Howcroft Laura McDonald Hunter Connor McCarthy Jasmaine Williams McClain Josh McLaurin Zoë Meroney Allon Mordel Virginia Newman Cleveland Alcides Piggott, Jr. Kelsey Jones Pratt Lucas Puente Sharon McCoy Swabb Jennifer Taylor Lila Elisabeth Tedesco Robert B. Thrasher Class of 2011 Anne Karam Conroy Katherine Sara Cuadrado Ryan Friday Lucy Fu Claire Underwood Hailey Marcus Jamel Hines Mir Inaamullah Matthew Levenson Phoeny Li John Benjamin Marshall Aaron Marshburn Calley Mersmann Phillip C. Mote Muktha Natrajan Sabrina Ann Ragaller Geales Goodwin Rawe Robert Rosenbleeth Rachel Pocock Shah Trey Sinyard Alex Squires Stephanie Chapman Weishaar Tracy Yang Sheena Zhang Class of 2012 Victoria Suzanne Akin Elizabeth Allan Juan Cardoza-Oquendo Patrick Fitzmaurice Dana Higgins Hillary Kingsley Logan Krusac Morgann Ashley Lyles

Tatum Danielle Mortimer Luke Mosley Saptarsi (Rohan) Mukhopadhyay Bryn Elise Murphy Jaime Ayers Patterson Jacob Hunter Rooney Chaim Schwartz Matthew R. Sellers Anuj Shukla Will Stephenson Hemali Vin Thomas Matthew Ward David Zweig Class of 2013 Megan Unger Caudill Sara De La Torre Berón Camille Gregory Brittany Young Leamon Ryan McLynn Derek Ou-Ponticelli Todd Pierson Reuben Reynolds Matthew Wyatt Saltz Bethany McCain Seewoester Waring (Buck) Trible Lawrence William White JoyEllen Freeman Williams Addison Wright Class of 2014 Sara Thomas Black Jesse Yuen-Fu Chan Smitha Ganeshan Anisha Hegde Gerber Joseph E. Gerber Philip Joseph Grayeski Osama Hashmi Paul Kirschenbauer Marianne Ligon David Millard Clara Nibbelink Rachel Claire Sellers Blake Shessel Jeremiah Stevens Matthew Tyler Jacqueline Van De Velde Kishore Vedala Cameron Zahedi Yuliya Bila Zarnitsyna Class of 2015 Joshua Chang Savannah Colbert Maria Cox Parker Evans Eilidh Geddes Ronald Jackson Kurtz Michael Land Kameel Mir Sarah Mirza Davis Parker Camir Neville Ricketts Alex Rowell Grace Siemietkowski Rowell Allison Koch Saroni Avery Wiens Saucier Sophie Giberga Thompson John Henry Thompson Megan Ernst Tipton Megan Frances White Class of 2016 Caroline Coleman

Alex Edquist Seth Isaac Euster Lee Handly Folk Caroline Moore Gold Kirstie Hostetter Caleb Alexander Ingram Jacob Kennedy Shaun Kleber Torre Elisabeth Lavelle Chenée Tracey Lewitzke Chris Lewitzke Leighton Rowell Lima Kate Lovejoy Kelsey Lowrey Lauren Dennison Maslin Sandip Kaur Minhas Meredith Paker Eytan Palte Rand Pope Hannah Reiss Giovanni Righi Madison Snelling Minhyuk Michael Song Karishma Sriram John Bradley Stroud Kevin Sun Treva Chung-Kwan Tam Bert Thompson, Jr. Kathleen Wilson-Kennedy Class of 2017 Jonathan Adelman Tristan Paul Bagala Cali Callaway Laura Courchesne Jonah Driggers N. Drew Farr Moira Fennell Carver L. H. Goodhue Shuchi Goyal Erin Elizabeth Hollander Glenn Anderson Jacoby Susie Jones Hammad Ahmed Khalid Bruce Li Krystal Lo Vijeth Mudalegundi Trang Xuan Nguyen Morrison Nolan Justin Payan Joy Peltier Gabrielle Pierre Elijah Scott Jason Terry Luke Thompson Class of 2018 Kerri Andre Michael Logan Campbell Lorin Crear Thomas Andrew Desoutter Maddie Dill Brianna English Shreya Ganeshan Kalvis Golde Jack Hall Mallory Jessica Harris Rachel Kelley Josh Kenway Mallika Madhusudan Em Maloney Samia McEachin Reilly Megee Bailey Palmer Sierra Runnels

Mollie Simon Taylor Smith Samuel Tingle Matthias Stephen Wilder Elizabeth Francina Wilkes Victoria Yonter Lilian Zhu Class of 2019 Swapnil Agrawal Rachael (Fola) Akinola Ashley Amukamara Maria (Izzy) Cerón Dwain (Chip) Chambers Trisha Dalapati Tarun Daniel Guy Eroh Steven Feng Laurel Hiatt Jessica Ho Nirav Ilango Bly Lee Zoe Li Divine Ogbuefi Kavi Pandian Jessica Pasquarello John Rawlings Ashley Reed Ruth Schade Caroline Shearer Aditya Sood Stephanie Stewart Abigail West Ashley Willard Class of 2020 Avni Sheel Ahuja McKenna Aliya Barney Rebecca L. Buechler Claire Martha Drosos Montgomery Lloyd Fischer Stephan Nicholas George Emma Marie Goldsmith Nicole Marie Googe Griffin Scott Hamstead Mackenzie Rose Joy Aditya Krishnaswamy Nicolas Leis Jessica Yan Ma Jon (Jack) Mallory McRae III Sebastian Puerta Nina P. Reddy Margaret Grace Russo Andrew Dunivin Schmitt Benjamin Crawford Starks Katie Luedecke Trebuchon Class of 2021 Asim Ahmed Zoë Lorene Andrews Nitin Sai Prasad Ankisetty Eva-Michelle Belikova Phaidra S. Buchanan Katherine Fredrica Christie Zakiyya Nzinga Ellington Arden Anne Farr Victoria Christine Fonzi Divya Ghoshal Nina Grace Howard Satya Amritsai Jella Jamil Fayazali Kassam Anderson Kunho Kim Yi Jian Ma Ma Manav Cherian Mathews Kyle Pishunjay Patel

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Tarun Neel Ramesh Isabelle Olivia Riddle Percy Rottinghaus Margaret Frances Schrayer Jessica Bailey Thompson Angela Lily Tsao Emma Grace Tucker Anthony J. VanDieren Avery Elise Warner Brian Jay Woolfolk Rachel Janeyee Yuan Class of 2022 Robyn Evelyn Anzulis Luke Joseph Armao Carter Elizabeth Best Claire E. Bunn Jordan Amias Cole Keaton Patrick Coletti Emma Calhoun Ellis Elizabeth Ann Esser

Emma Chandler Innes Hale Edward Tatum (Tate) Hunda Jena M. Jibreen Shi Ho Kim Eric Nathan Miller Aparna Pateria Sydney Taylor-Brooke Phillips William Goins Ross Nathan Samuel Safir Anna Samsonov Oleksandra (Sasha) Stogniy Emma Joanna Traynor Jaaie Upkar Varshney Margaret Elizabeth (Emme) Warren Himani Yadav Class of 2023 Eshaan Agrawal Zainub Rushna Ali Aakash Arora

Maeve Akiko Breathnach Mary Teresa Breen Mariah Leigh Cady Denzel Jeremiah Cunningham Sophia Emelia DeLuca Samuel Chukwubuike Ejiofor II Aliya Danyel Elmore Danielle Chukwunoryenim Emefiele Vic Calvin Fischer Shashank Sriram Ganeshan Patricia Alejandra Gonzalez Franco Madison Janel Greer Hyde Alford Healy Melita Joanna Kalczynska Elise Maria Karinshak Vanisha Kudumuri Marianne Christine Lamarche Carlos Felipe López Ramírez Isabelle My Lan Luu

Margaret Louise Mitchell Natalie Elena Navarrete Priyanka Sunil Parikh Sahana Maya Parker Christopher Alan Rosselot Jordan Edward Theoc Claudia-Michele ZiYi White Lauren Rose Wilkes Class of 2024 Claire Elizabeth Armstrong William Cole Broomberg Theron E. Camp Audrey Conner Kayla Costin Natasha Dörr-Kapczynski Emilio Dante Ferrara IV Jonathan Golan Jason Germaine Hawkins

Cassidy Jean Hettesheimer Evan Sidney Johnson Daniel Greer Klein Matthew Jeffrey Li Khushi Harshkumar Mehta Sophia Maria Milazzo Eniola Olujumoke Olubunmi Ashni M. Patel Milca Odalis Ramirez Caroline Emma Schneider Emily Paula Spector Kunal Vohra Maxwell Booth White Leah Channell Whitmoyer Charlotte Conway Williams Joseph Logan Williamson Thomas Elliot Williamson

RAMSEY ALUMNI

Ramsey Honors Scholar alumni by class year Class of 2004 Daniel Anthony del Portal Ladson Gaddy-Dubac Andrew Ely Guthrie Virginia Wood Pate Samuel Winters Richwine III Rachel Elizabeth Wahlig Class of 2005 Katherine Elizabeth Bugg Andrew Gilman Crowley Lawrence Robert Ficek Matthew Eric Hickman Ngozi Christie Ogbuehi James Christopher Tarr Brian William Teplica Class of 2006 Molly Martin Anderson Staci Hutsell Cannon Elizabeth Kate Davidson Jarrett Roux Horne Jackson Charles Dillingham May Class of 2007 Mary Beth Bereznak Jonathan Andrew Charles Brian Lee Claggett Kelly Eaton Gladin Hope Carrell Ham Maggie Hodges Brian Levy Daniel Mathews Lamar Houston Moree Lauren Elizabeth Sillery Oberg Teerawit (Tim) Supakorndej Rebecca Rahn Vahrenwald Andrew Vesper

Class of 2008 Matthew Charles Agan Brent Lewis Allen Molly Beatrice Pittman Babineaux Jeff Elrod James Gordy Annie Ming Huang Joseph Stuart Knight John Matthews James Lucas McFadden Noah R. Mink Gregory James O’Connell Blake William Shealy Karen Christina Wong Class of 2009 Nneka Alicia Arinze Shannon Chen Jonathan Brown Chestnut Nisha Gupta Jeremiah Johnson Jeremy Jones Lindsay Beth Jones BK Katzmann Madison Moore Pool Peter Samuel Shoun Joseph Dempsey Turrentine Class of 2010 Alexander Linton Brown Peyton Clark Edwards Carole House William Daniel Jordan III Halina Maladtsova Nick Passarello Lauren Elizabeth Pinson Caitlin Gail Robinson Emily Frances Reed Underwood Zao Mike Yang

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Class of 2011 Jonathan Arogeti Jason Daniel Berkowitz Christopher Jordan Floyd Haylee Humes Mark Johnson Jung Woong Kim Nicole Elizabeth Nation Erika Parker New Griffin Rice Joseph Cataquiz Rimando Stephen Bradford Thompson Andrew Watts Laura Ann Wynn Class of 2012 Whitney Ising Adams Sam Gray Aisha Mahmood Haley Tiffany Hu John Bradley Otwell Ryan Sheets Catherine Lois Shonts Sheila Vedala Anna Savelle Walker Class of 2013 Glenn Branscomb Logan Butler Trevor Hunter Hohorst Yiran Emily Peng Alexander Collins Vey Class of 2014 Catherine Backus Emily Backus Victoria Lynn DeLeo Amanda Holder Stephen Edward Lago Mariana Satterly Pranay K. Udutha

Class of 2015 Cody Baetz Carmen Kraus Tuan Anh Nguyen Abigail Taylor Shell Class of 2016 Melissa Carlene Cousins Berta Maria Franzluebbers Samuel Thomas Johnston Ray Paleg Mihir B. Patel Julie Saxton Class of 2017 Prentiss Rachel Autry Malcolm Alexander Barnard Katie Michele Googe Heather Huynh Megan Murphy Jones Class of 2018 Jenny Alpaugh Davis Coleman Emily Giambalvo Evan Knox Zoe Schneider Class of 2019 Manasa Kadiyala Jacqueline Kessler Prabhjot Minhas Vineet Raman Hayley Rutchow William (Trey) Walker Class of 2020 Evan Chandler Barnard Sara Elizabeth Cagle Sophia Cynthia Giebelhausen Emma Danielle Hope

Sarah Aven Hartwell Jones Grant Harrison Mercer Carl Thomas (Trey) Miller III Class of 2021 David Harry Bekore Erica Kaila Glorianna Bressner Elijah David Solomon Courtney George Branham Culpepper Samantha Jane Daly Hannah Yongxian Huang Isaac Martin Zane G. Placie Karan A. Pol Meredith Elaine Van De Velde Theodore Jacob Vincent Winston Hayes Way James Herbert West Class of 2022 Yehia Abdelsamad Marshall Dean Berton Rosasharn Lilly Brown Alex Joshua Eldridge Rachel Aubrey Mattson Austin M. Stack William Frank Swenton III Garrett H. Williams Class of 2023 Albert Zhonghai Chen Nicholas Andrey Kundin Molly Katherine Young Class of 2024 Adeboye Adeoye Patrick Chen CJ Jones Matthew Motley William Riley

FOUNDATION FELLOWS ANNUAL REPORT, 2024-2025 Project Managers Jessica B. Hunt, Sydney Phillips Editor/Graphic Designer Stephanie W. Schupska Writers Avery Caldwell, Ella Johnson, Krista Richmond, Stephanie W. Schupska Photographers Leah Banko, Wingate Downs, Peter Frey, Edwin Hammond, Dorothy Kozlowski, Laney Martin, Sydney Phillips, Stephanie W. Schupska, Chamberlain Smith, Welch Suggs, Andrew Davis Tucker, various Fellows Editorial Assistance Dani Garcia-Pozo, Gracie Howard, Ella Johnson, Marlie Scoggins, Erin Suh

Charlie Stout, Luke Hendrix, Henry Traynor, and Bryce Knoll show their UGA pride while in the countryside near Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Iceland, as they waited for the northern lights to appear.

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