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Marshall Scholars For 2022 Selected

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The 41 winners of the 2022 Marshall Scholarships were announced Monday.

Created by the British government by an Act of Parliament to honor George C. Marshall, General of the Army, Secretary of State, and architect of the post-world War II Economic Recovery Program (ERP), better known as the Marshall Plan, Marshall Scholarships were first granted in 1953.

The scholarships are awarded to academically exceptional American citizens who’ve recently earned an undergraduate degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States. More than 1,000 students applied for the scholarships this year.

The scholarships pay for one or two years of postgraduate study at a British university of the student's choice (the two-year scholarships can sometimes be extended for an additional period of study). The new recipients will begin their studies in the United Kingdom next September.

Considered one of the most prestigious postgraduate awards available to U.S. students, Marshall Scholarships have been awarded to over 2,200 individuals since the inception of the program.The latest class of Scholars represents a broad diversity of backgrounds and interests, and, as usual, they graduated from a wide range of institutions in the U. S.

This year’s class attended 33 different U.S. colleges and universities, with nearly a third graduating from a public institution. The current cohort features the most winners ever from U.S. Service Academies, including three from the U.S. Military Academy, two from the U.S. Naval Academy and two from the U.S. Air Force Academy. The University of Alabama, Yale University, Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania each had two Marshall Scholars.

A graduate of the University of New Hampshire was selected for the first time, and graduates from the University of Maryland – Baltimore County and Montana State University won for only the second time in their respective histories.

The complete list of 2022 winners can be found here, As the following sample illustrates, they represent a remarkable range of talents and interests, including artists and athletes, activists and authors:

  • Kennedy Miller is an opera singer from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
  • West Point Cadet Tommy Hall is a Mandarin major who established the West Point Human Rights Lab, a team of cadets who work with experts at government agencies and in academia to study genocide and other crimes against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang.
  • James Marek, of Duke, has been developing an early warning system for earthquakes.
  • Carnegie Mellon University's Greta Markey studies water systems engineering.
  • Myya Hehm, a West Virginia University graduate, served as an intern at the U.S. Department of State.
  • Ifeyinwa Ojukwu, from Syracuse University, intends to obtain an advanced degree in precision medicine.
  • New York University’s Callie Holley is a published author and motivational speaker who has written about the Black Diaspora.
  • Air Force Cadet Allyson Burba is an electrical and computing engineering major who has worked on creating a low-cost, motorized wheelchair controlled by eye movement.
  • Matthew Gannon, a Dartmouth graduate, is an award-winning documentary film maker.
  • Nina Potischman, a graduate of Pomona College, is a creative writer who recently has completed her first novel.
  • Lydia Nyachieo, a University of Wisconsin student, serves as an editor and staff writer for The Wisconsin International Review. She won UW’s Newman Family Scholarship, given to the most promising undergraduates studying global affairs.

“Marshall Scholars continue to represent the very best of American society, from their ingenuity and creativity to their commitment to public service,” said Dame Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to the United States. “For decades, the scholarship has played an important role in supporting young future leaders such as these and I am excited for them to continue their development at some of the UK’s top universities.”

The Marshall Scholarship program is funded primarily by the British government, but also receives support through partnerships with various British academic institutions. Additional support comes from the Association of Marshall Scholars (AMS), the official alumni organization of the Marshall Scholarship and the British Schools & Universities Foundation (BUSF).

The Scholars are able to study for graduate degrees in almost any academic subject at any university in the UK. The current class will attend 21 different institutions across the UK, including the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, King’s College London, the University of Sussex, Queen’s University of Belfast, the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland and the Royal Academy of Music.

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