Department of Mathematics Scholarships and Awards
Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award
During the spring semester, the Undergraduate Committee (UGC) selects a mathematics major (who will be graduating during that academic year) for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Mathematics. The department's selection for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Mathematics is then forwarded to the College of Science for consideration for the College of Science Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award.
- 2008 Spring - Brendan Fry
- 2007 Spring - Christopher McMurdie
- 2003 Spring - Justin W. "Dub"Gaberdiel
Goodwin (Elaine and Glenn) Scholarship Award
Selected by the UGC. For students majoring in Mathematics. Must be Arizona resident: Generous contributions were made to establish this scholarship by family and friends of the Goodwins. Elaine was a children's librarian in Tucson and Glen was a former NASA scientist and innovator in heat transfer research. They both shared a love of mathematics, a love of life, and a true love for each other.
- 2007- 2008 Monica Kapp
- 2007- 2008 Lizette Ortega
- 2007- 2008 Jasmin Uribe
Jackson (Durward P. and Alice) Award
Selected by the UGC. For students majoring in Mathematics. Must have at least a 3.0 GPA and be Pell Grant eligible: Dr. Durward Jackson received his BS in Aerospace Engineering in 1964 from The University of Arizona, and subsequently earned a Master of Engineering Administration from the University of Utah and his Ph.D. in Executive Management from the Claremont Graduate University.
- 2005- 2006 Pavla Senkyrikova
- 2005- 2006 Dorian Smith
- 2003- 2004 Pavla Senkyrikova
- 2002- 2003 Doug Owen
- 2002- 2003 Jennifer Talley
- 2002- 2003 Mike Urbancic
LUSK (Harry W. and Janet Sine) Scholarship Award
The Lusk funds were initially used as a scholarship fund - recipients selected by the UGC. In 2007, the UGC moved to support Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UTAs) with LUSK scholarship funds: The Lusk Award was established by Dr. Duncan Buell in 1985 in honor of his grandparents. Harry and Janet Lusk graduated from The University of Arizona in 1912 and 1911, respectively. Their three children also graduated from the UA, making theirs the first family all of whose members were UA graduates. Dr. Buell, grandson of Harry and Janet, continued the tradition by receiving a B.S. in Mathematics from the UA in 1971. He subsequently received a M.A. (University of Michigan) and a Ph.D. (University of Illinois), both in mathematics.
- 2008 Spring Matthew Hall
- 2008 Spring Alex Henniges
- 2007 Spring Sarae Beal (Hatch)
- 2007 Spring Brendan Fry
- 2006 Spring Matthew Moore
- 2005- 2006 Peter Gross
- 2004- 2005 Tyler Robinson
- 2002- 2003 Ed Carter
- 2002- 2003 Joshua Green
Math Ed Scholarship Award
The Mathematics Educations Scholarships were awarded to support and encourage mathematics majors to become secondary education mathematics teachers. This award is no longer being offered. The following students are former award recipients.
- 2006- 2007 Kimberly Gray
- 2006- 2007 Sarae Beal (Hatch)
- 2006- 2007 Stacia Davis
- 2006- 2007 Leann Thyng
- 2005- 2006 Wahid Belfadil
- 2005- 2006 David Berry
- 2005- 2006 Stacia Davis
- 2005- 2006 Sarae Beal (Hatch)
- 2005- 2006 Nicolai Boysen
- 2005- 2006 Beverly Cooper
- 2005- 2006 Rebecca Frost
- 2005- 2006 Kimberly Gray
- 2005- 2006 Samuel Olderbak
- 2005- 2006 John Pate
- 2004- 2005 Lydia Larochelle
- 2004- 2005 Sara Blight
- 2004- 2005 Allison Gibbons
- 2004- 2005 Andrew K. Kleinman
- 2004- 2005 Steven Martinez
- 2004- 2005 Heather Skinner
- 2004- 2005 Therron Todacheenie
- 2004- 2005 Robert Brummett
- 2004- 2005 Malisa Carino
- 2004- 2005 Caren Childers
- 2004- 2005 Sara Hales
- 2004- 2005 John Pate
- 2004- 2005 Esther Wong
Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Two awards are made each year, one for December commencement (for students who graduated over the summer in the fall semester) and the other for May commencement (for students graduating in the spring semester). Each semester, the department's selection for Outstanding Graduating Senior in Mathematics is then forwarded to the College of Science for consideration for the College of Science Outstanding Graduating Senior Award.
- 2008 Spring Haokun "Sam" Xu
- 2008 Fall Brittanie Broersma
- 2007 Spring Christopher McMurdie
- 2007 Fall Andrew Winslow
- 2006 Fall Peter Poer
- 2003 Spring Ed Carter
- 2002 Spring Ivo Seitenzahl
Richard Pierce Memorial Scholarship
Selected by the UGC. Awarded to outstanding students majoring in Mathematics. This award was endowed by family and friends of our late Professor, Richard "Dick" Pierce, who was a member of the Mathematics Department from 1975-1990. Professor Pierce enriched the lives of his colleagues and graduate students, and especially of the undergraduates in the department. He was a valuable mentor to numerous young mathematicians.
- 2007- 2008 Ehsan Bokhari
- 2007- 2008 Harshil Seth
- 2007- 2008 Brendan Fry
- 2006- 2007 Brendan Fry
- 2005- 2006 Tyler Robinson
- 2004- 2005 Andrew Lebovitz
- 2003- 2004 Jad Halimeh
- 2002- 2003 Althea Moorhead
- 2002- 2003 Shiho Takeda
Rick Peet Memorial Scholarship
Selected by the UGC. Awarded to outstanding students majoring in Mathematics. The Peet Memorial Award was established in 1992 by friends and family of Rick Peet, who had been an undergraduate in the Mathematics program and, but for his unforeseen death in 1990, would have entered the department's graduate program. Rick was a typical mathematics major in that he was also a talented athlete and musician, and he believed deeply in the social value of advanced study in the sciences.
- 2008- 2009 Liz Uribe
- 2007- 2008 Jarl Haggerty
- 2007- 2008 Sean Howe
- 2007- 2008 Andrew Pyzdek
- 2006- 2007 Jennifer Anderson
- 2005- 2006 Brendan Fry
- 2004- 2005 Ryan Hatch
- 2003- 2004 Gabriel Marcus
- 2002- 2003 Michelle Cobeaga
Roy Graesser Foundation Scholarship
Selected by the UGC. Awarded to outstanding students majoring in Mathematics. Must be AZ resident. The longest standing award, named for Roy F. Graesser, who was Head of the Mathematics Department in the 1940s and 50s. Emeritus Professor Art Steinbrenner recalled Graesser as a gentle and considerate individual who lived simply, despite having the means to endow a substantial foundation after his death.
- 2007-2008 Derek Hollman
- 2007-2008 Daniel Rachin
- 2007-2008 Amanda Schaeffer
- 2007-2008 Andrew K. Somers
- 2007-2008 Sarah Williamson
- 2007-2008 Livia Zarnescu
- 2007- 2008 Jessica Bernier
- 2007- 2008 Sarae Beal (Hatch)
- 2007- 2008 Stacia Davis
- 2007- 2008 Leann Thyng
- 2007- 2008 Liz Uribe
- 2007- 2008 Mitch Wilson
- 2006- 2007 Ivan Barrientos
- 2006- 2007 Peter Gross
- 2006- 2007 Peter Manning
- 2006- 2007 Christopher McMurdie
- 2006- 2007 John Pate
- 2005- 2006 Samuel Alexander
- 2005- 2006 Aaron Bennett
- 2005- 2006 Ajit Divakaruni
- 2005- 2006 Alan C. Wang
- 2004- 2005 Matthew Green
- 2004- 2005 Megan Wilson
- 2003- 2004 Christopher Elofson
- 2002- 2003 Laura Baker
- 2002- 2003 David Brown
- 2002- 2003 Ed Carter
- 2002- 2003 Michael Henry
- 2002- 2003 Becket Hui
- 2002- 2003 Robert Jenkins
- 2002- 2003 Noah Snavely
- 2002- 2003 Michael Stepp
- 2002- 2003 Anne White
- 2002- 2003 David Woods
UAHA Outstanding Sr. Award (University Alumni Hispanic Association)
Nominated by Mathematics faculty and awarded by UAHA. Must be Hispanic graduating senior noted for his/her outstanding effort and achievement.
- 2007 Spring Joseph C. Ortiz
Engineering Mathematics Major Scholarships and Awards
- 2007- 2008 David Mares (Robert Cook Memorial Scholarship)
- 2007 Matthew Foster (Outstanding Senior Award Nomination - College of Engineering)
- 2006- 2007 David Love (Barnum, WE & Lucille Scholarship)
- 2006- 2007 Matthew Foster (Wilson Clarence Scholarship)
- 2005- 2006 Matthew Foster (Elias Scholarship)
- 2004- 2005 Ryan Hatch (Wilson Clarence Scholarship)
College of Science Scholarships and Awards
College of Science Ambassador (for Mathematics)
- 2008- 2009 Amanda Schaeffer
- 2008- 2009 Livia Zarnescu
- 2007- 2008 Brendan Fry
- 2007- 2008 Haokun "Sam" Xu
- 2007- 2008 Livia Zarnescu
- 2006- 2007 Ivan Barrientos
- 2006- 2007 Brendan Fry
- 2006- 2007 Anita Lee
- 2006- 2007 Haokun "Sam" Xu
- 2005- 2006 Ivan Barrientos
- 2005- 2006 Stephanie Kmotorka
- 2004- 2005 Ivan Barrientos
- 2004- 2005 Christopher Elofson
- 2004- 2005 Stephanie Kmotorka
Fischer-Franz Scholarship Award
Selected by the UGC. Outstanding Junior, majoring in the field of Astronomy, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and/or Physics on a rotating basis accordingly. Mathematics majors will be considered for the 2009-2010 academic year and every fourth year thereafter.
- 2005-2006 Kimberly Moody
Galileo Circle Scholarship Award
- 2008 Spring Amanda Schaeffer
- 2008 Spring Sean Howe
- 2007 Spring Kyle Marshall
- 2006 Spring David Hernandez
- 2006 Spring Caitlin Casey
- 2006 Spring Haokun "Sam" Xu
- 2005 Spring Christopher McMurdie
Other Awards
Fulbright Fellowship
- 2003 Laura Baker
Goldwater Scholarship
- 2009- 2010 Sean Howe
- 2008- 2009 Sean Howe
- 2008 Michael R. Mitchell
- 2006 Spring Caitlin Casey
- 2003 Benjamin Armbruster
- 2003 David Brown
- 2002 Laura Baker
Marshall Scholarship Award
- 2006 Ajit Divakaruni
Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society
- 2008 Fall Troy Comi
- 2008 Fall Sun Juhyung
- 2008 Fall Lauren R. Myers
- 2008 Fall Laurie L. Zarnow
Pillars of Excellence Awards
Students are selected university wide by the Honors College, sponsored by the UA Bookstore.
- 2009 Jonathan Cain
- 2009 Ivan Grubisic
Robie Gold Medal
- 2008 Spring Matthew Hall
Flinn Scholarship
- 2005 Fall - Amy Alabaster
- 2005 Fall - Ajit Divakaruni
- 2005 Fall - Anita Lee
- 2005 Fall - Giao Xuan Quach
- 2005 Fall - Alan C. Wang
- 2004 Fall David Hernandez
- 2003 Fall - Anne McGettigan
National Merit Recognition Award
- 2006- Derrick Sund
- 2005 Fall - Mark William Brewster
- 2005 Fall - Matthew Louis Brockman
- 2005 Fall - Claire Anne Conlon
- 2005 Fall - Robet James Crandall
- 2005 Fall - Matthew Louis Hall
- 2005 Fall - Sean Martin Koedoot
- 2005 Fall - Kiran A Kumar
- 2005 Fall - Jennifer J. Lowe
- 2005 Fall - Michael Ryan Mcguire
- 2005 Fall - Jesse B. Niwa
- 2005 Fall - William Chesluk Parker
- 2005 Fall - Giao Xuan Quach
- 2005 Fall - Kellen Vann Renshaw
- 2005 Fall - Claire J. Secomb
- 2005 Fall - Chris S. Smillie
- 2005 Fall - Andrew K. Somers
- 2005 Fall - Brokk Koen Toggerson
- 2005 Fall - Alan C. Wang
- 2004- 2008 Brendan Fry
- 2004- 2008 Samuel Rawlins