Eleven High School Students Earn Garwin Family Foundation Scholarships for Summer 2022 Enrichment Opportunities
Eleven outstanding high school students have earned merit-based scholarships from the Garwin Family Foundation (GFF) to attend highly selective enrichment programs in STEM and the Fine Arts.
Arkaprabha Kolay studies “Introduction to Programming with Machine Learning” at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.
Arkaprabha Kolay attended “Introduction to Programming with Machine Learning” at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. The 3-week online course was taught via the “Canvas” system. The course focused on understanding machine learning based on the Python language — a branch of AI learning based on the idea that systems can fully function through coding.
Yoonseo Jung attends a Number Theory course at Stanford University.
Yoonseo Jung is enrolled in a Number Theory course at Stanford University. Students attend live class sessions via Zoom, then work on assignments solving rigorous math problems.
Minseo “Emily” Jung studies Economics at the University of Chicago.
Emily Jung attended a 3-week course in Economics at the University of Chicago’s Pathways program. The course, taught via Zoom sessions, was an introduction to rigorous Chicago-style economics, where students learned about four critical fields of economics: price theory, game theory, experimental economics, and macroeconomics.
Jason Qin studies “Algebra 2.5” and “Numbers” at the Awesome Math Summer Program.
Jason Qin reports that his first week at Awesome Math was very exciting, where he learned many “new and amazing” math concepts.
Longmei Ge learns about “The Pursuit of Happiness” at the University of Chicago.
Longmei Ge has been loving her first week attending the “Collegiate Writing: Awakening into Consciousness” course at the University of Chicago. According to Longmei, the class has been both challenging and interesting, with classmates encouraging each other to work hard.
Michelle Wang studies Autonomous Air Racing through the MIT Beaverworks Program.
Michelle Wang has been busy learning about drone theory, math, and computer vision during her first two weeks of the Autonomous Air Racing program at MIT Beaverworks.
Jayla Ware studies Climate Change Resiliency at the University of Florida, Gainesville.
Jayla Ware enjoyed a “hands-on, enriching learning experience” at the University of Florida Climate Change Resiliency Program.
Samuel Wang studies “Introduction to Pharmacology” at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.
Samuel Wang reports on his experiences while attending “Introduction to Pharmacology” at the University of North Carolina.
Alexander Brown studies “Art and Design” at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Alexander Brown is enjoying his Art and Design course at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Alex is one of 25 students who are also attending the program which includes drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture classes.
Elaina Xiao attends the Artificial Intelligence course at Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies.
Elaina Xaio is enrolled in the Artificial Intelligence course at Stanford’s Pre-Collegiate Studies program. During her first week, Elaina participated in Zoom sessions from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Carbondale Community School Library, followed by office hours with her instructor.
Watch now: Grants expand Carbondale student horizons
By LES ODELL, The Southern (Originally published in the Southern Illinoisian on June 25, 2021) CARBONDALE — Teenagers and summer break. For many it is a time of sleeping in, enjoying a local swimming hole and just taking it easy, focusing on anything but academics. But for 10 students affiliated with Carbondale Community High School, summer is a time to explore topics ranging from number theory to artificial intelligence and pharmacology to climate change.
Ten Carbondale High School Students Earn Garwin Family Foundation Scholarships For Summer 2021 Enrichment Opportunities
Ten outstanding Carbondale high school students have earned merit-based scholarships from the Garwin Family Foundation (GFF) to attend highly selective enrichment programs in STEM and the Fine Arts.
GFF Alumni Maya Benyas, Charlie Du, and Eli Tsung named as National Merit Semifinalists
The Garwin Family Foundation congratulates Maya Benyas, Charlie Du, and Eli Tsung recently named as National Merit Semifinalists. They will join 16,000 semifinalists competing for Class of 2021 National Merit Scholarships.
Alexander Brown attends a pre-collegiate sculpture course at RISD.
Alexander Brown describes his creative experience with a pre-collegiate sculpture course at the Rhode Island School of Design. “We start off the week by watching an hour-long slideshow presented by our teacher, Gail Dodge. We also watch a few other small videos to get us acquainted with the materials and topic of the week. The previous topic was making a sculpture with “found objects”. We could use anything that we could get our hands on to create a piece of art,” Alexander reports.
Longmei Ge, a second time GFF recipient, attends Materials in Science and Engineering at Stanford University.
Longmei Ge reports on the Materials in Science and Engineering course at Stanford University, where she studied exoplanet and star-system research this summer. “Two recently graduated students visited one of our classes to speak to us about binary-star systems, which I thought were absolutely fascinating,” Longmei says.
Michelle Wang attends the AI4ALL summer camp program at Stanford University.
Michelle Wang has been attending the AI4ALL course at Stanford University via Zoom sessions this summer. “The first week of Stanford AI4ALL has been amazing! I have learned so much about AI, its impact and applications. I have also met many amazing students from around the world,” Michelle exclaims!