This year the Donor Recognition and Student Awards Ceremony at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering continued the college’s long-standing tradition of bringing together many generous friends with the students who directly benefit from their support. Meeting with the donors for the first time is always emotional for the recipients who are so thankful for the funding and the donors who get to see the warm smile of a promising young person getting to pursue his or her dream. During the event, scholarship and fellowship recipients are able to meet face to face with their benefactor to express gratitude, talk about their current projects and career goals.
Many individuals, corporations and foundations generously donate to the college each year through scholarships and fellowships awarded on the basis of merit and financial need. The entire FAMU-FSU Engineering community is extremely grateful to the donors of the awards. Here is a full listing of awards and the student recipients:
Alexander Rochell Opportunity Scholarship
Ariana Morales Rapallo
Bruce & Deborah Morrison Undergraduate Research Award
Christian Gaya, David Balbuena, Devin Bautista-Leaf and Antonio Goodman
Byron & Mildred Sprangler Scholarship
Angelo Senat, Alexis Riley, Daeshavon Johnson (not shown) and Kyara Sealy (not shown)
Carter Opportunity Scholarship
Kaia Little, Laura Rincon, Katherine Hernandez and Marcela Dominguez (not shown)
Chemical Engineering Scholarship
Kevin Sanders
Chemical & Biomedical Scholarship
Raheem Thomas
Cummings Scientific Scholarship
Jonathan Albo
Dean Chen Undergraduate Research Award
Eric Smith (not shown)
Dr. Byron McCormick Scholarship
Alonzo Russell
Duke Energy Scholarship
Sara Steele, Carmen Araujo and Antonio Goodman
Dynamic African-American Women Scholarship
Corie Henrie-Bastien
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Jacob Smith
FPL Undergraduate Research Award
Adrianna Taylor and Alexia Mullings (not shown)
Frank Knechtel Scholarship
(not shown) Gentry Darkins and Jaqueline Masaki
Hayden Endowed Scholarship
Fabrice Taondeyande, Alix Kabre, Jack Enstrom, Shelby Graziani and Jessica Koller
Intel HBCU Scholars
Jayson Francois, Kowe Kadoma, Johnathan Bailey, Grant Steans, (not shown) Mckenzie Brown, Ruben Nelson, Jamal Stephens and Wargsen Joseph-not shown
Jim and Sandy Dafoe Undergraduate Award
Ben Leathers
John E. Bates Scholarship
Raquel Werner Albert, Ben Leathers, Jesufane Mentor, Orion Yeung, (not shown) Cody Vanderpool and Justin Bartell
Mike Franck Memorial Scholarship
Jesufane Mentor
P. Carlos Trawick Scholarship
Zachary Sespico
Patricia S. Boevnik Memorial Scholarship
Weston Dudley
Sharon R. Hames Scholarship
Darlysa Fortune
Southern Bell Presidential Scholarship
Amy Sirak, Shayla Rhodes, (not shown) Anthony Wyrick and Rachel Rosko
Stewart-Tulley Family Scholarship
Suzane Juste, William Pineda, Christina Balterman, Royce Pokela, (not shown) Charissa Lucien, Jonathan Cooper and Tyler Levin
Thomas Rodriguez Scholarship
David Balbuena and Irangel Castro