Emily Jung begins her internship at the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung Foundation, whose purpose is to promote democracy, peace, and international understanding. This is her first of two programs underwritten by GFF.

Longmei, a rising sophomore at CCHS, has arrived at Brown to begin her summer program in Marine Biology.

The 2019 scholarship winners for the Garwin Family Foundation’s Carbondale Community High School CCHS Student Sponsorship Program for Talented Students in the Arts, Sciences, and Math are (left to right): Maya Benyas, Longmei Ge, Minseo “Emily” Jung, Arkaprabha Kolay, and Charlie Du.

Aisha Ruperto enhanced her cooking skills and food knowledge base, learned how to fit into the rhythm of a busy restaurant kitchen, and made lasting relationships during her time interning at Tom’s Place. As part of the mentorship-model internship in the culinary...

Eli Tsung learned more programming skills than he even imagined possible in his “Introduction to Programming” course at Stanford’s Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes. He was challenged with coursework that explored how to use programming tools and how they worked. In...

Charlie Du spent three weeks in intensive math courses at AwesomeMath at the University of Texas in Dallas. He grew his mathematics acumen and his independent living skills while away from home for the first time. In addition, he had the pleasure of working with...

Ian Kinsel spent his summer at Students and Teachers as Research Scientists (STARS) in St. Louis, where he focused on photovoltaic biomaterials. Not only did he conduct six weeks of hands-on engineering research, he read scientific papers, wrote a research paper on...

Maya Benyas attended STEM II at Brown University, where she focused on neuroscience—through lectures, labs, and independent research. Her coursework caused her interest in neuroscience to blossom and greatly enhanced her understanding of the core functions and...

Gabriela Benyas experienced a summer of intensive organic chemistry instruction and hands-on experiments at Michigan Math and Science Scholars (MMSS). As a sponsoree of the Garwin Family Foundation Student Sponsorship Program for Talented Students in the Arts,...

The Garwin Family Foundation (GFF) is thrilled to introduce a new feature on our website: “Where Are They Now?” This section of our website will share the successes of our prior GFFers as they follow their educational and career paths—and make a difference in the...

The 2018 scholarship winners for the GFF’s CCHS Student Sponsorship Program for Talented Students in the Arts, Sciences, and Math are: (Back Row) Ian Kinsel, Eli Tsung, Gabriela Benyas, (Front Row) Charlie Du, Maya Benyas, and Aisha Ruperto.   Six outstanding...

Dr. Marsha Garwin and Ms. Kit Ryan engage with members of the audience, following presenting to the 85th Annual Joint IASB/IASA/IASBO Conference.   Representatives of the Garwin Family Foundation (GFF) and Carbondale Community High School (CCHS) shared the...

Peter Huh shares the highlights of his three weeks at Stanford University’s Pre-Collegiate Institutes, where he studied particle physics, made friends with like-minded peers, and practiced Taekwondo with collegiate athletes. Read more about Peter’s academic, social,...

Zeyad Moustafa returned from STARS with a new appreciation for the scientific process and a new research credentials, which include scientific report writing. Through STARS, Zeyad garnered many laboratory and life skills. Read about his project and his days at STARS...

Jaden Lucas gives us a window into three weeks of learning and living at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes, where he was enrolled in “Astrochemistry: The Study of Life in Space.” Not only did Jaden study astrochemistry, he also learned about how to conduct...

Gabriela Benyas spent two weeks in rehearsal and performance as part of the Midwest Young Artists Chicago Chamber Music Workshop (MYA). This was her second enrichment program of the summer sponsored through the Garwin Family Foundation’s Student Sponsorship Program...

Violinist Gabriela Benyas experienced a summer of intensive music instruction and performance through the Garwin Family Foundation’s Student Sponsorship Program for Talented Students in the Arts, Sciences, and Math. Her first enrichment program was the Lamont Summer...