Since 1999, the Scholarship Committee of the San Diego Chapter of AWIS has been presenting scholarship awards each year to outstanding women at different levels of their academic careers.
All winners of past years' scholarship awards have demonstrated outstanding commitment to and achievement in their academic and extracurricular pursuits. Their academic interests and chosen fields of study cover a number of scientific disciplines, including: Marine Biology, Molecular Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Neurosciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Structural Engineering, and Mathematics.
Scholarship Recipients:
2008
Community College
Esther Dinio (Southwestern College)
Lauren Patella (San Diego City College)
Undergraduate
Irene Hale (SDSU)
Lynn Nguyen (UCSD)
Sharon Matsuoka (Cal State San Marcos )
Anna Siebers (UCSD)
Graduate
Ryan Fawcett (SDSU)
Breeann Kirby (SDSU)
Julianne McCall (UCSD)
Anna Pridmore (UCSD)
2007
Community College
Eva Gabriel Baylon (San Diego City College)
Cynthia Wood (San Diego City College)
Undergraduate
Nadia Cheng (UCSD)
Christina Metzer (Point Loma Nazarene University)
Sonia Alejandra Reveco (UCSD)
Kayla Jane Tindall (UCSD)
Graduate
Marisol Balistreri (USD)
Elaine Chan (UCSD)
Khanichi N. Tapé (San Diego State University)
Yvette Vaden (San Diego State University)
2006
Community College
Melissa Sandoval (San Diego Mesa College)
Undergraduate
Linda Marie Boettger (UCSD)
Taylor Debevec (UCSD)
Vivian Gonzales (UCSD)
Graduate
Elinor Lichtenberg (UCSD)
Michelle Palmisano (UCSD)
Naomi C. Pike (CSU, San Marcos)
Kelly Woods (USD)
2005
Community College
Jayma Koerner (Cuyamaca College)
Morrigan Shaw (San Diego Mesa College)
Undergraduate
Megan Eckles (UCSD)
Michelle Leibrand (USD)
Tina Nguyen (USD)
Elise Sbarbori (UCSD)
Graduate
Amanda Lewis (UCSD)
Natalie Ostroff (UCSD)
2004
Community College
Lisa Olshansky (San Diego City College)
Michelle Scott (San Diego City College)
Undergraduate
Kelly Featherstone (UCSD)
Jennifer Lynn Nielsen (San Diego State University)
Christina Sing (Point Loma Nazarene University)
Graduate
Sharon Cohan (UCSD / San Diego State University)
Kathryn Nguyen (UCSD)
Paula Stigler (San Diego State University)
2003
Community College
Yessenia Ibarra (San Diego City College)
Kimberly Samms (San Diego Mesa College)
Undergraduate
Robyn Clark (San Diego State University)
Charlene Hooper (San Diego State University)
Van Nguyen (San Diego State University)
Graduate
Iman Famili (UCSD)
Alison McManus (USD)
Rosemary Ambata Remigio-Baker (San Diego State University)
2002
Community College
Nora Gonzalez
Praveena Selvadury
Undergraduate
Rebecca de la Torre
Roshanak Ramezani
Graduate
Donna Riley
Jessica Yingling
2001
Community College
Tina Jones (Grossmont College)
Undergraduate
Blanca Zauscher (UCSD)
Graduate
Kara Lavender (Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UCSD)
2000
Community College
Megan Tatreau (MiraCosta College)
Undergraduate
Anita McElroy (UCSD)
Graduate
Bonnie Peterson (San Diego State University)
1999
Community College
Christine Muir (MiraCosta College)
Undergraduate
Monica Haynes
Carolyn Lieberan
Amy Mingo
Sineade Younge (SDSU)
Graduate
Bonnie Bertolae
Updated 04/24/08 CL