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Princeton seniors Ysabel Ayala and Cierra Moore have received the Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship to spend a year after graduation pursuing a project of special interest to them. Kenji Cataldo, a member of the Class of 2020, received the fellowship last year.
The fellowship, created by 1953 Princeton alumnus Martin Dale, provides a $35,000 grant for a senior to spend the year after graduation on “an independent project of extraordinary merit that will widen the recipient’s experience of the world and significantly enhance the recipient’s growth and intellectual development.”
Twenty-four Princeton sophomores (listed below) also received Dale Summer Awards in 2020 and 2021.
Jennifer Altmann for the Office of Communications
May 11, 2021 3:27 p.m.
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Bumper DeJesus, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Princeton seniors Ysabel Ayala and Cierra Moore have received the Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship to spend a year after graduation pursuing a project of special interest to them. Kenji Cataldo, a member of the Class of 2020, received the fellowship last year.
The fellowship, created by 1953 Princeton alumnus Martin Dale, provides a $35,000 grant for a senior to spend the year after graduation on “an independent project of extraordinary merit that will widen the recipient’s experience of the world and significantly enhance the recipient’s growth and intellectual development.”
Eleven students win 2021 Spirit of Princeton Award for service, contributions to campus life
by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students
May 11, 2021 1:08 p.m.
An illustration of the 11 Princeton students who won the 2021 Spirit of Princeton Awards.
Image courtesy of the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate
Eleven students have been named winners of the 2021 Spirit of Princeton Award, honoring Princeton University undergraduates for positive contributions to campus life. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the undergraduate experience through dedicated efforts in student organizations, athletics, community service, religious life, residential life and the arts.
Four seniors awarded Labouisse Prize for international civic engagement projects
Pooja Makhijani, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
March 2, 2021 9:02 a.m.
Princeton University seniors Chisom Ilogu, Sarah Kamanzi, Leopoldo Solis and Lydia Spencer have been awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize to pursue international civic engagement projects for one year following graduation.
Ilogu, a history concentrator from Belle Mead, New Jersey, will develop a digital and in-person exhibit in Nigeria and Senegal about the major pan-African festival FESTAC 77. Kamanzi, a French and Italian concentrator from Kigali, Rwanda, will interview African international students in Rwanda, like herself, who come from low income-backgrounds but have acquired socioeconomic and passport privileges. Solis, a history concentrator from Tucson, Arizona, will spend his year in the Huastecan region of Mexico, teaching English and basic computational skills in th
April Chernila. Courtesy photo.
April Chernila is the founder and president of the LAHS Girls Coding Club and a Vice President for California Scholarship Federation. She is a four-year member of the LAHS Dance Program and has spent the last two years on Advanced Dance. Outside of school, April is a Team Leader for the International Internship Program: she and her team work with a community in Nigeria to spread awareness about human trafficking by creating educational programs. April is also a Distributed Proofreader for Project Gutenberg where she helps edit online public domain texts, giving people access to books worldwide. April has maintained a cumulative GPA of 4.3 and achieved a 4.8 GPA during her most recent semester. In college, she hopes to study data science in conjunction with public policy.