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Rhodes Scholarship Annie Kafoure, 2002 Miami graduate and Harrison Scholar, was one of 32 students from around the country selected as a Rhodes Scholar for study at Oxford. While at Miami, Anne tripled majored in creative writing, English literature and Women's Studies. She received the Greer/Hepburn Senior Prize in English, studied abroad at the University of Cambridge, and participated in the University Honors Program. Anne's community service included serving as a summer intern at Planned Parenthood, working with mentally and physically challenged children and volunteering at a domestic violence program.	Annie Kafoure
Marshall Scholarship In the last two years, Jessica Hohman and Billy Sauerland were both awarded the prestigious British Marshall Scholarship, which is the largest single scholarship for Americans studying in Britain. A Harrison Scholar and double chemistry and history major, Hohman used her 2006 scholarship to enroll in a joint program with the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Awarded in 2007, Sauerland who is a countertenor and member of the Grammy award-winning vocal ensemble, Chanticleer, is using his scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music. Past winners include Sarah Stewart (1999) who used her scholarship to earn a master’s degree in public health in developing countries from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. USA Today All-Academic Team Jessica Hohman was one of only 20 students in the nation to be assigned to the All-USA College Academic First Team for her work on universal health care in 2006. During that same year, Ethan Karp was assigned to the Academic Third Team for his protein research using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Past recipients also include: Abbey Steele (2001 winner) for her work in establishing the first college chapter of Free the Slaves, a sister organization of Anti-Slavery International; Jennifer Marlowe (1999 winner) who conducted research on parasites found in insects; Sarah Stewart (1999 winner) from Peoria, Illinois who conducted medical missionary work in Haiti and India. Astronaut Scholarship Two Miami students were recently named winners of this acclaimed scholarship for study in science and technology and in recognition of their leadership skills, academic achievement and pioneering spirit. Eric Frey, a senior physics major from Dayton, Ohio, was awarded $10,000 from the Astronaut Foundation last May. One year earlier, Greg Newstadt, a physics and electrical engineering major and Harrison Scholar, was given this scholarship in a public ceremony with the famous Astronaut Buzz Aldrin presiding. The Truman Two University Honors students, Ross Meyer and Allison Rank, class of 2004, were named Truman Scholars. Meyer, an interdisciplinary studies major and honors program member from Cincinnati, is pursuing a master's of public policy and a doctorate in government and social policy at New York University. Rank was a political science and women's studies major from Stow, OH. She plans to attend law school, with a focus on public interest and juvenile law. Previous winners include: Meredith Schnug (class of 2003) who founded the Students for the Separation of Church and State and was named Ohio state champion in impromptu speaking and a national finalist in rhetorical criticism and persuasive speaking.	Ross Meyer Meredith Schnug
The Goldwater Eric Frey (class of 2008) was among 317 recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious award of its type for undergraduates in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering. Eric is a physics major from Dayton, Ohio, a cartoonist for the Miami Student, and a member of the University Honors Program. Past winners of the Goldwater Scholarship include: Priya Gursahaney and Michael Mikolaj (2003); Elizabeth Hague (2002); Zechariah Sandlin (2000 recipient); Lisa Chatwood, Greg Cooper and Justin Montgomery (1999 recipients); Jennifer Marlowe (1998 recipient).
Fullbright Scholarship Justin “Dusty” Wilmes received a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in 2007 to teach English in Russia. Previous winners include: Christina Synowiec (2006 recipient) to work in South Korea as a teaching assistant; Josh Greenberg (2002 recipient) to conduct research in New Zealand; Jaclyn Turnwald (2002 recipient) to teach English in South Korea.	Priya Gursahaney
Beckman Scholarship Two Miami students, Alexander Berrebi (a senior microbiology major from Morgantown, W.V.) and Christine Hajdin (a senior biochemistry major from Sunbury, Ohio) were recently named Beckman Scholars. This program recognizes outstanding students in chemistry and biological sciences at select universities throughout the U.S. Berrebi’s research focuses on molecular and cellular mechanisms of retina regeneration in the embryonic chicken, and Hajdin’s work focuses on an enzme that contributes to the antibiotic resistance of the bacterium, Aeromonas sobria. Previous winners include: Stuart Grosser (2006), who worked on developing a new structural biology method to determine the typology of integral membrane proteins; Scott Bresler, Brian Dishong and Chris Shoemaker (2005);