During the spring of 2014, the Garwin Family Foundation (GFF) awarded more than $15,000 in merit-based sponsorships to enable four high-achieving Carbondale Community High School (CCHS) students to attend outstanding summer enrichment programs focused on the arts, sciences, or math. The awards were made during the inaugural year of the GFF’s CCHS Student Sponsorship Program for Talented Students in Arts, Sciences and Math.
The following four CCHS students were awarded sponsorships:
- James M. Cradit, a CCHS sophomore, who was admitted to the Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College Program in Providence, RI, where he will focus on a jewelry major and also study drawing foundations, design foundations, and critical studies in art, during the six-week program;
- Shruti Kumar, a CCHS sophomore, who was accepted to the Columbia University Summer Program for High School Students, where she is enrolled in the Explorations in Genetics and Molecular Biology course, during the three-week session in New York, NY;
- Anjalika Mohanty, a CCHS sophomore, who will attend the National Youth Leadership Forum focused on Careers in Law and CSI, in Washington, D.C., for six days of hands-on exposure to professions in law and forensic science; and
- Ananth Panchamukhi, a CCHS freshman, who will study Honors Physics for three weeks in the Equinox Program offered through Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development in Evanston, IL.
The GFF, a tax-exempt operating foundation based in Carbondale, Illinois, was established in 1993 by Leo and Ruth Garwin. The GFF’s principle objectives are furthering study and fostering achievement in the arts and sciences, humanities, law, and medicine. In the two decades of its operation, it has underwritten many educational programs; its latest project is the CCHS Student Sponsorship Program for Talented Students in Arts, Sciences and Math.