Departmental Awards and Scholarships
The Mathematics Department gives awards and scholarships to graduate
students based on their academic performance, teaching, and citizenship. Below
you can find a list of these awards, including a description of each award and
recent awardees.
Academic Achievement Award
This award was established in 1998 using Mathematics Department Development
funds. This award is made by the Chair of Mathematics on the recommendation of
the Mathematics Graduate Committee and recognizes Mathematics graduate students
who have excelled in academic achievement.
| 2019: | Jessica Lajos, Thomas Lane, Chih-Kuang Lee, Steven Lin
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| 2018: | Ore Adekoya, Patrick Dynes, Mahesh Sunkula, Paul Regier, Cory Wilson
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| 2015: | Mahesh Sunkula
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| 2014: | Scott Thung
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| 2013: | William Carter
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| 2012: | Funda Gultepe, Tetyana Malysheva
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| 2011: | James Broda, Alyssa Leone
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| 2010: | Nikolay Buskin
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| 2009: | Matthew Lynam
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| 2008: | Sangbum Cho
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| 2007: | Sarah Marsh
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| 2006: | James Dover
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| 2005: | Chase Franks
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| 2004: | Vera Tonic
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| 2003: | Daniel Benton
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| 2002: | Jungfang Li, Tao Xu
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| 2001: | Leslie Davidson-Rossier
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| 2000: | Mohammed Allali, Lourdes Juan
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| 1999: | Trisha Bergthold, Zair Ibragimov
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| 1998: | Dubravko Ivansic, Lourdes Juan
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Harold Huneke Endowed Fund Award
This fund was established in 1986. It is in honor of Dr. Harold Huneke,
David Ross Boyd professor of Mathematics, an outstanding educator who received
several teaching awards during his tenure at OU. It is also in memory of
Dr. Huneke's wife, Opal Harral-Huneke. Recipients should be graduate
students in Mathematics who are in good academic standing and the award is
based on their performance as graduate student assistants.
| 2024: | Javier Loya Chavira
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| 2023: | Rob Merrell
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| 2022: | Ryan Oltermann
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| 2021: | James Beyer
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| 2020: | Ryan Gueli
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| 2019: | Beth Rawlins
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| 2018: | Ling Jin
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| 2017: | Jordan Wiebe
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| 2016: | Gordon Brown
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| 2015: | Devin Mitchell
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| 2014: | Craig Edwards, Injo Hur
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| 2013: | Emily Lennox, Rachel Wright
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| 2012: | Sean Bauer, Ye Li
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| 2011: | Scott Thuong, Tetyana Malysheva
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| 2010: | Candace Andrews, John Paul Cook
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| 2009: | Tara Lee Mecham, Cherith Tucker
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| 2008: | Daniel Benton, Timothy Frye
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| 2007: | Luke Brown, Krista Hands
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| 2006: | Jason Martin, Shamim Nemati
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| 2005: | Vera Tonic
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| 2004: | William Herring, Taralee Mecham
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| 2003: | Yelin Ou, Robert Sulman
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| 2002: | Stephen Lancaster, Jason Martin
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| 2001: | Russell Goodman, Laura Florescu
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| 2000: | Kay Weiss, Jonathan White
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| 1999: | Trisha Bergthold, Lourdes Juan
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| 1998: | Mohamed Allali, Leslie Davidson-Rossier
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Richard V. Andree Memorial Scholarship
This fund was established in 1988 to honor the memory of Dr. Richard
V. Andree who served University of Oklahoma for many years as a
distinguished Professor of Mathematics and supporter and promoter of
mathematics and computer science programs. This award is to support creative
students of Mathematics in recognition of their academic excellence, department
and university citizenship, and activity in support of Pi Mu Epsilon.
| 2024: | Haley Bahn, James White
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| 2023: | Alisa Ediger, Lucas Yong
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| 2022: | James Beyer
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| 2021: | Chih-Kuang Lee, Nathan Jones
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| 2020: | Jessica Lajos, Andrew Lutz
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| 2019: | Beth Rawlins, Ryan Gueli
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| 2018: | Ashely Berger, Jordan Dancer, Ling Jin, Wenwen Li, Ryan Reynolds, Tia Williams
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| 2017: | Gordon Brown, Dania Sheaib, Alok Shukla, Ignat Soroko, Benjamin Stucky
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| 2016: | Connor Davis, Julia Jackson, Thomas Lane, Megan Leary, Thomas Morgan, Kyle Scarbrough, Alok Shukla, Jieru Zhu
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| 2015: | Nathan Adams, Tetyana Malysheva, Melody Molander, Elizabeth Pacheco, Manami Roy, Mahesh Sunkula
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| 2014: | Bryan Archer, Jonathan Merlini, Dania Sheaib, Benjamin Tharp
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| 2013: | Injo Hur, Rebecca Miller, Elizabeth Pacheco, Salam Turki
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| 2012: | Houssein ElTurkey, Lynn Greenleaf
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| 2011: | Jeff Breeding, Shayna Grove, Rachel Wright
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| 2010: | Scott Van Thuong, Thomas Madsen, Nancy Ho
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| 2009: | Sean Crowell, Thomas Madsen, Ravi Srinivasan
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| 2008: | Jeffery Breeding, Thomas Madsen, Kashyap Rajeevsarathy, Emre Tokgoz
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| 2007: | Eduardo Martinez, Ravi Srinivasan, Joshua Wages
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| 2006: | Vera Tonic, Hamid Hamidi, Philip Adams
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| 2005: | Taechang Byun, Taralee Mecham
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| 2004: | Pedro Olaya, Arim Seo
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| 2003: | Junfang Li, Jason Martin, Laura Munteanu, Yelin Ou
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| 2002: | Marius Munteanu, Russell Goodman, Robert Sulman, Yelin Ou, Ewa Matusiak
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| 2001: | Marius Munteanu, Arim Seo, Andrey Marenich
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| 2000: | Marina Borovikova, Yuriy Bulka, Marius Munteanu
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| 1999: | Mohamed Allali, Marius Munteanu
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| 1998: | Zair Ibragimov, Marius Munteanu
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Harold Huneke Endowed Scholarship
This fund was established in 1992 and is in honor of Dr. Harold Huneke who
received his PhD from OU in 1957, taught Mathematics at OU from 1960 through
1981, and who was recognized as a David Ross Boyd Professor because of his
excellent teaching. This scholarship recognizes outstanding doctoral students
in Mathematics who plan a career in college or university teaching.
| 2024: | Henry Carnick, Sajal Halder, Jeremiah Isu, Anna Mikulo, Bach Tran
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| 2023: | Lauren Kriegel, Jessica Radford
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| 2022: | Chih-Kuang Lee, Martin Carlson
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| 2021: | Ryan Reynolds
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| 2020: | Joseph Randich
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| 2019: | Jessica Lajos, Kyle Scarborough
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| 2018: | Erin Hausmann, Thomas Lane, Dania Sheaib, Jordan Weibe
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| 2017: | Ore Adekoya, Thomas Lane, Elizabeth Pacheco
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| 2016: | Martin Carlson, Manami Roy
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| 2015: | Long Tran, Tetsuya Yamamoto
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| 2014: | Rachel Wright, Tetyana Malysheva
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| 2013: | Houssein El Turkey, Scott Thuong
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| 2012: | John Paul Cook, Misun Lee
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| 2011: | John Paul Cook, Tetsuya Yamamoto
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| 2010: | Sarah Marsh, Minsu Kim
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| 2009: | Jason Martin, Jana Talley
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| 2008: | Catherine Hall, Sarah Marsh
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| 2007: | Suyu Li, Jason Martin
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| 2006: | Youngju Kim, Junfang Li, Eduardo Martinez
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| 2005: | Yelin Ou
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| 2004: | Yelin Ou
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| 2003: | Daniel Benton, Jay Malmstrom, Taralee Mecham
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| 2002: | Bradley Bos, Marius Munteanu
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| 2001: | Jay Malmstrom, Jonathan White
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| 2000: | Hamide Dogan
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| 1999: | Mohamed Allali, Russell Goodman
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| 1998: | Trish Bergthold, Hamide Dogan
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John Clark Brixey Graduate Scholarship
This fund was established in 1993 and is in honor of John C. Brixey, Sr.
(1904-1989), former professor of Mathematics at the University of Oklahoma. The
purpose of this scholarship is to aid the University of Oklahoma in attracting
and retaining outstanding doctoral students in Mathematics.
| 2024: | Ryan Gueli, Maya Verma
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| 2023: | Siddharth Ramakrishnan Cherukara, Lucas Smith
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| 2022: | Jeremy West
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| 2021: | Noah Torgerson
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| 2020: | Connor Davis
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| 2019: | Wenwen Li
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| 2018: | Martin Carlson, Angie Ellis, Andrew Lutz, Beth Rawlins
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| 2017: | Elahe Khalili Samani, Thomas Morgan, Jieru Zhu
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| 2016: | Mahesh Sunkula, Shaoyun Yi
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| 2015: | Alok Shukla, Jieru Zhu
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| 2014: | Ignat Soroko, Salam Turki
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| 2013: | Miao Cao, Lynn Greenleaf, Tetsuya Yamamoto
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| 2012: | Elizabeth Pacheco, Matt Lynam
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| 2011: | Chao Liu, Kashyap Rajeevsarathy
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| 2010: | Yoe Herrera Jaramillo, Houssein El Turkey, Ye Li
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| 2009: | James Dover, Vera Tonic
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| 2008: | James Dover, Suyu Li, Cherith Tucker
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| 2007: | Vera Tonic
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| 2006: | Suyu Li, Ravi Srinavasan, Andrea Stone
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| 2005: | Youngju Kim, Eduardo Martinez, Pedro Olaya
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| 2004: | Daniel Benton, Youngju Kim, Eduardo Martinez
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| 2003: | Changhoon Lim, Arim Seo, Lina Wu
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| 2002: | Laura Munteanu, Pedro Olaya, Arim Seo, Lina Wu
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| 2001: | Yelin Ou, Marina Borovikova, Tao Xu, Totrakool Khongsap
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| 2000: | Leslie Davidson-Rossier, Russell Goodman, Lei Zeng
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| 1999: | Zair Ibragimov, Loudes Juan
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| 1998: | Lourdes Juan
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Thomas Hill Scholarship
| 2024: | Chary Addanki, Travis Casey
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Conrad and Ellen Masterson Fellowship in Mathematics
This fund was established in 2019 by Conrad and Ellen Masterson. The purpose of
this fellowship is to promote excellence in graduate study in mathematics with
a special emphasis on support for original research. Recipients must be
regularly enrolled doctoral students in the Mathematics Department with a GPA
of 3.0 or above.
| 2023: | Tatiana Abdelnaim, Carlos Villanueva
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| 2022: | Wenwen Li, Bach Tran, James White
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| 2021: | Steven Lin, Joseph Randitch
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| 2020: | Maya Verma, Dustin Gaskins
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C. Eugene Springer Mathematics Scholarship
This fund was established in 1989 in honor of Dr. C. Eugene Springer, Professor
Emeritus of Mathematics. Dr. Springer was a Rhodes scholar who taught at the
University for 41 years prior to his retirement in 1974. An internationally
known expert in Differential Geometry, Dr. Springer also served the Department
as chairman. Springer Scholars must exhibit outstanding potential in
mathematics and plan a career in the mathematical sciences.
| 2024: | Jay Lane, Sayantan Santra, Noah Torgerson
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| 2023: | Tomoya Tatsuno, Bach Tran, Jeremy West
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| 2022: | Tatiana Abdelnaim, Maya Verma
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| 2021: | Ryan Olterman, Patrick Dynes
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| 2020: | Patrick Dynes, Steven Lin, Chih-Kuang Lee
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Nancy Scofield Hester Mathematics Scholarship
Mrs. Hester established this fund, as well as the Nancy Hester Presidential
Professorship in the OU Department of Mathematics, in 2010. Nancy Scofield
Hester graduated from the University of Oklahoma in the mid 1960’s with a
degree in mathematics. The scholarship was established to assist graduate or
undergraduate students who are making satisfactory progress toward graduation,
and need supplemental financial assistance.
| 2024: | Amogh Gupta, Javier Loya Chavira, Sam Markmiller
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| 2023: | Carsen Brown, Jeremiah Isu, Anna Mikulo, Yunchuan Zhou
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| 2022: | Noah Torgerson, Shravan Saoji
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| 2021: | Lucas Smith
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| 2020: | Chary Addanki, James Beyer
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| 2019: | Ryan Reynolds
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| 2018: | Thomas Morgan, Beth Rawlins, Ben Stucky, Siddhesh Wagh
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| 2015: | Ashley Berger, Gordon Brown, Julia Jackson, Dania Sheaib
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| 2014: | Matthew Lynam, Elizabeth Pacheco
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| 2013: | Benjamin Tharp, Jieru Zhu
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David and Judi Proctor Scholarship
| 2024: | Tomoya Tatsuno, Jeremy West
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T. K. Pan Scholarship
This award was established in 1995 by Dorothy and Eugene Wong in memory of her
father, T.K. Pan, OU Emeritus faculty and Professor of mathematics, 1953-1975.
| 2000: | Laura Florescu
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| 1999: | Laura Florescu, Andrea Stone
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MGSA Good Citizen Award
This award was established in 2009 using Mathematics Department Development
funds. The award is made by the Mathematics Graduate Students Association and
recognizes a Mathematics graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding
departmental citizenship in service to their peers and/or to undergraduate
Mathematics majors and minors.
| 2024: | Jeremy West
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| 2023: | Tomoya Tatsuno
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| 2022: | Lauren Kriegel
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| 2020: | Camilo Alvarez
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| 2019: | Chih-Kuang Lee
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| 2018: | Sandeep Repaka
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| 2012: | James Broda, Salam Turki
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| 2011: | Lee Lerner
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| 2010: | Nancy Ho
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| 2009: | Shayna Grove
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MGSA Good Mentor Award
This award was established in 2009 using Mathematics Department Development
funds. The award is made by the Mathematics Graduate Students Association and
recognizes a Mathematics graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding
mentorship of their peers and/or undergraduate Mathematics majors and minors.
| 2024: | Bach Tran
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| 2023: | Luke Dechow
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| 2022: | Ryan Reynolds
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| 2020: | Ryan Reynolds
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| 2019: | Manami Roy
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| 2018: | Jessica Lajos
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| 2010: | Thomas Madsen
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| 2009: | Ravi Srinivasan
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