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Two TWU students selected for national science scholarship
program
9/14/09
TWU NCMR
Scholars Rae Lynn McFarlin, left, and Victoria Loveland
Photo credit: Shannon Drawe
DENTON –
Texas Woman’s University seniors Victoria Loveland and
Rae Lynn McFarlin recently received $10,000 scholarships from
the National Consortium of Measurement and Signals Intelligence
Research (NCMR) Scholars Program.
They are among
46 students in the nation to receive the scholarships, which
are awarded through the National Science Foundation.
Ms. Loveland of
Rockwall is a senior biochemistry major and assistant manager
of the TWU swimming pool. She is a TWU Honors Scholar, a member
of the Athenian Honors Society and volunteers with TWU’s
Helping Hands Chapter, Keep Denton Beautiful and Denton’s
Friends of the Family Thrift Store. She is the president of
the TWU Kappa Epsilon Mu chapter, the student section of the
American Chemical Society, and is a member of Iota Sigma Pi,
the national honors society for women in chemistry, and Beta
Beta Beta, the national biology honors society. She also is
a student researcher in the lab of TWU biology professor Dr.
Nathanial Mills.
“It is rewarding
to know that my hard work over the past three years is being
recognized with a national scholarship,” Ms. Loveland
said. “The scholarship will help me reach the finish
line of graduation in the spring.”
Ms. McFarlin of
Bonham is a senior mathematics and chemistry major and the
TWU student regent. She is a tutor and student assistant in
the TWU Science Learning Resource Center and for the TWU Math
and Computer Science Department. She also is a past president
and vice president of the TWU chapter of the national mathematics
honor society Kappa Mu Epsilon, and is a member of the TWU
Honors Scholar Program, the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and
the TWU Leadership Institute. She recently completed a chemistry
research internship at UT Southwestern Medical School.
“I wouldn’t
have dreamed it was possible to receive a national award if
it weren’t for the support of TWU faculty and staff,”
Ms. McFarlin said. “Being at TWU has taught me that
the sky is the limit in terms of my possibilities as a student
and as a future college professor and researcher.”
The NCMR Scholarship
Program supports scholarships and technical exchange initiatives
by the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Office of the Director
of National Intelligence. For more information, visit www.ncmrscholars.org.
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