STUDENT AND FACULTY EXPERIENCES - Duke University

“Imagine working with a group of young scholars ushering from all over Sub-Saharan Africa with talents as varied as the many languages they speak. The Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Program at Duke includes Pre-Med students who sing opera; converts from chemistry to pure mathematics, and budding documentarians who previously ran peanut farms! The scholars look out for one another, and our monthly dinners are much like sitting down to eat at the dinner table at home. We laugh, we listen, we counsel one another. Every occasion is a sheer pleasure.”

- Anne-Maria Makhulu, Ph.D.Faculty Director, Mastercard Foundation ScholarshipAssociate Professor in the Department of Cultural Anthropology

“The David M. Rubenstein Scholarship has been such a tremendous blessing for myself and my family. It has introduced me to many of my closest friends at Duke. It’s not just a scholarship; it has provided me with a family of peers and adults, and because of that, I never feel alone—it has made Duke feel like home. Being a Merit Scholar just gives me so much confidence in myself and my abilities in knowing that I was selected out of thousands of applicants to receive this honor.”

- Jamya WileyDavid M. Rubenstein Scholar, Class of 2022

“Scholars at OUSF push me to achieve more and serves as a network of support and guidance. The scholarship has given me the opportunity to pursue service opportunities that wouldn’t otherwise be available and has granted me the freedom to pursue anything I want academically. The financial aspect will allow me to graduate debt-free and enables me to seek opportunities and ventures that would have otherwise been virtually impossible. I am so blessed to have this opportunity, and I hope to use it to continue to impact the community here at Duke and in Durham.”

- Fran RomanoBenjamin N. Duke Scholar, Class of 2022

STUDENT AND FACULTY EXPERIENCES

“Witnessing the growth, grit, and stamp of the David M. Rubenstein Scholarship Program has been a true gift. Being interim director and former faculty director from the program’s inception has been one of the proudest accomplishments in my career.”

- Minna Ng, Ph.D.Former Faculty Director, David M.Rubenstein Scholars Program Assistant Professor of the Practice of Psychology and Neuroscience

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“Being a Mastercard Foundation Scholar is one of the greatest things that ever happened to me. I received the scholarship at a very critical stage in my life. As a first-generation college student, some of my close relatives tried to discourage me from continuing with my studies. But I was lucky that my parents realized the value of education at an early age, even though neither of them attended college. After I discovered Duke University and its incredible Global Health program, I applied early decision and was lucky enough to be accepted. I was later notified that I was selected as a finalist for the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship program. As a Merit Scholarship student at Duke, I enjoy a lot of privileges that most of my peers envy. One specific event that impacted me was attending a professional etiquette dinner, where I learned and was able to practice networking and professional development skills. As a Merit Scholar at Duke, I have the opportunity to develop life-changing skills through the events organized by OUSF.”

- Muhammed S. BahMastercard Foundation Scholar, Class of 2022

“The core selection criteria for the Benjamin N. Duke Scholarship Program are leadership, academic merit, and community service. These criteria nicely align with the two mottos which appear on the South Carolina state seal: dum spiro spero (while I breathe, I hope) and animis opibusque parati (preparedness in mind and resources), along with the North Carolina state motto: esse quam videri (to be rather than to seem). As the faculty director and a former scholar, the Benjamin N. Duke scholarship names for me a community of shared commitment to living these values by being servant leaders, creative thinkers, and

engaged citizens in the Carolinas and beyond.”

- Adam Hollowell, Ph.D.Faculty Director, Benjamin N. Duke Scholarship ProgramSenior Research Associate, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity

“The Benjamin N. Duke Scholarship Program provides me with the opportunity to dedicate two summers of my Duke career to actively engage with my community in the Carolinas and internationally in hopes to foster positive change within our society. Overall, being a Merit Scholar at Duke is about more than academics. It is about being a caring, empathetic, compassionate, and informed student equipped with the tools needed to confidently

improve our collective community: The World.”

- Bre ClinkscalesBenjamin N. Duke Scholar, Class of 2022

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“As Faculty Director of the Karsh International Scholarship Program, I have the privilege of interacting and mentoring extremely talented students from all regions of the world. In addition to their academic achievements, Karsh Scholars’ personal life experiences contribute to make Duke a more international and diverse campus. I am confident that these scholars will have a remarkable impact on communities around the world.”

- Giovanni Zanalda, Ph.D.Faculty Director, Karsh International Scholarship ProgramAssociate Research Professor in the Social Science Research Institute

“I was so fortunate to have received the Trinity Scholarship at Duke because it meant that I could attend a world-class university with world-class research and academic opportunities without worrying about the financial burdens it would put on my family. Being a Duke Scholar, to me, means being a part of an intellectually driven community who

strive to use their interests and talents to make a positive impact on the world.”

- Ashley MyersTrinity Scholar, Class of 2022

“Whether we are attending a speaker event at the Duke Chapel, meeting new scholars at our Orientation Week welcome open house, or just relaxing together and eating good food during an OUSF study break, I always feel at home as a Merit Scholar. I am beyond grateful for how much I’m getting out of the Duke Merit Scholarship Program, and I am motivated to take advantage of every opportunity to excel as a scholar and serve as a

mentor for others.”

- Joy ReevesAlumni Endowed Scholar, Class of 2022

“Some of my closest friends, and the people that I learned the most from during my time at Duke University, have come from the OUSF Merit Scholarship community. They challenged me, taught me about their respective fields, and encouraged me to push myself further. The combination of having a great network of people to work with and of having people greatly respect the Angier B. Duke Scholarship both within Duke and at companies/organizations

across the nation is invaluable.”

- Benjamin WeltonAngier B. Duke Scholar, Class of 2019


Nationally Competitive

Scholarships assists Duke students

and alumni as they apply to

prestigious fellowships and

scholarships like Rhodes,

Marshall, and Fulbright for

graduate school, research, service

learning, foreign language study,

work, or internships abroad.

The Office of University Scholars & Fellows provides support and

mentorship through Merit Scholarship Programs (MSP) &

Nationally Competitive Scholarships (NCS).


MERIT SCHOLARSHIPPROGRAMS GLOSSARY Angier B. Duke Memorial ScholarshipStudents who demonstrate intellectual achievement and exceptional potential for academic leadership

University Scholarship Program

Students who demonstrate a passion for interdisciplinary research, collaborative thinking, and innovative scholarship

Karsh International Scholarship

Reginaldo Howard Memorial ScholarshipStudents of African heritage with exceptional academic and personal accomplishments and who exhibit a commitment to transformative leadership, intellectual courage, and social justice

Alumni Endowed ScholarshipStudents who are the children and grandchildren of Duke alumni with outstanding academic achievement

Benjamin N. Duke Memorial Scholarship

Students from North or South Carolina who excel academically, engage their communities, and aspire to become leaders at Duke and beyond

Mastercard Foundation Scholarship

Change-makers from Sub-Saharan Africa who demonstrate academic ability, and commitment to their communities

Trinity Scholarship Program

Students with outstanding academic achievement from various areas of North and South Carolina; this Scholarship honors Duke’s history as TrinityCollege

David M. Rubenstein Scholarship

Robertson Scholars Leadership Program

Recognizes the outstanding academic achievement and vision of students who are the first in their families to attend college

Young leaders who demonstrate extraordinary potential and strive to make transformational contributions to society

International students who demonstrate academic achievement and potential for global impact


ENRICHMENT FUNDING EXPERIENCES

Photograph by Jack MyhreUniversity Scholar, Class of 2019

Jack MyhreUniversity Scholar, Class of 2019

Jack Myhre spent the summer of 2018 at Hôpital Espoir de Kibuye, a rural hospital in central Burundi, working under the head engineer for the hospital. Kibuye is referral hospital for 12 rural clinics and serves over a tenth of the country population at a doctor-patient ratio of 1: 30,000.

Jack grew up in Kenya and Uganda, and this internship allowed him to experience what it would be like working as an engineer in East Africa. Jack believes engineers must make decisions not solely to maximize profit but also with concern for social ramifications and long-term impact. Working as an engineer in a developing country requires prioritizing sustainability and efficient use of limited resources. Often the struggle is not to find the canniest solution, but creating one that is affordable and longstanding.

Jack felt like he grew academically and deepened his commitment to serving underprivileged communities. His experience in Rwanda was pivotal to his decision to pursue an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development at Cambridge University as a Gates-Cambridge Scholar in the fall of 2019.

Carter Zenke & Joshua AzzaAngier B. Duke Scholar, Class of 2020 Karsh International Scholar, Class of 2019

Carter Zenke and Joshua Azza spent the summer of 2018 co-leading the Karsh Mentorship Initiative in Nepal with CVM School Principal Shanker Paudel.

The goal of Karsh Mentorship Initiative is to run after-school camps that mobilize students as change agents and global citizens in a system of rote-learning education that typically leaves students disengaged from local issues and global challenges.

The photos show the students, school leaders, and Duke mentors at their school CVM School in Gatthaghar, Nepal, and at our other partner school, Shanti Niketan School in Pokhara, Nepal.


Irina CristaliKarsh International Scholar, Class of 2019

Irina Cristali spent the summer of 2018 at Duke, working on a research collaborative project within the DOMath (Duke Opportunity for Mathematics) program. This was her second summer doing DOMath, following a successful 2017 project in probability.

The goal of her 2018 project was to mathematically measure the complexity of two dynamical systems, the logistic map, which can be used to model population growth or to generate cryptographic codes, and the dynamic linear model, often used for fitting time-series data, that is, a series of data points indexed in time order. Dynamical linear model can be used to predict the future movements of a robot with a GPS sensor, based on an observed current trajectory.

Grace Smith Benjamin N. Duke Scholar, Class of 2020

In the summer of 2018, Grace Smith lived in Kigali, Rwanda, and worked with Solace Ministries. Solace Ministries is a non-profit organization that was founded in the wake of the 1994 Genocide. The Genocide devastated the small, beautiful country of Rwanda and has deeply scarred those who survived.

Solace was founded and is fully staffed by survivors of the genocide who work to provide fellow survivors with counseling, medical care, education sponsorship for orphans, and empowerment to women in the form of agri-loans for cows or goats or micro-business.

Solace has created 56 communities across the country that are “alternate families.” These alternate families comprise of widows, orphans, and others who gather together regularly to weep, praise, share testimonies and burdens. Grace is very grateful to have had the opportunity to join the Solace family for ten weeks, where she listened to, learned from, and worked alongside incredibly perseverant, faithful, joyful, and inspiring people.


Katlyn Hurst Reginaldo Howard Scholar, Class of 2021

Katlyn Hurst worked in The Healthy Schools Program and The Nutritional Recuperation Program in Guatemala in the summer of 2018.

The Healthy Schools Program provides students in the Palajunoj Valley with free annual clinical care accompanied by education aimed to encourage lifelong healthy habits. The program has two major components, health education outreach and mobile clinics in schools. Katlyn traveled to different schools and community centers weekly to give workshops about hygiene, nutrition, and reproductive health. The students also participated in an interactive health education class focused on learning basic hygiene.

The Nutritional Recuperation Program focused on supporting chronically malnourished children, pregnant women, and young mothers by providing medical and nutritional services. This program promoted health education and drastically improved family health across the Palajunoj Valley. Katlyn worked to ensure clean home environments through the donation of resources, such as clean water, smokeless stoves, and sanitary toilets for the community.

Kushal Kadakia Angier B. Duke Scholar, Class of 2019

Kushal Kadakia worked with researchers at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy to study the Chinese health care system in the summer of 2018.

This project is part of the portfolio of Chinese health policy studies at the Duke-Margolis Center. The research also impacts Track II Dialogue on Health Care Reform sponsored by the National Committee on US-China relations. Kushal worked with researchers at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to author a paper on Chinese health care reform, which was published by the Journal of Chinese Comparative Studies in May 2018. The team was invited by the World Bank to present at their findings at a private summit with the Chinese Ministry of Health.


Elizabeth NowlinTrinity Scholar, Class of 2019

In the summer of 2018, Elizabeth Nowlin spent six weeks in Namibia volunteering at the N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary. She spent four weeks at the main sanctuary in central Namibia and one week at each of the southern research sites, Neuras and Kanaan.

During her time in Namibia, she cared for and rehabilitated a variety of African wildlife, including cheetahs, baboons, zebras, and meerkats. She spent most of her time assisting the research department on GPS with collar tracking, data processing, game counts, camera traps, and human-wildlife conflict cases in the local community.

Clayton DelpTrinity Scholar, Class of 2020

Clayton Delp spent six of weeks in the summer of 2018 at several of England’s most historic houses of worship, studying with the music staff to develop his skills as a composer and director of choral music.

He was granted special access to a unique English tradition in one of the most disciplined musical standards in the world: Anglican chorister culture. Through exposure to beautiful singing, a period of vigorous composition, and continuous workshopping with highly distinguished directors and composers, he developed a deeper understanding of the norms of music composition for a religious setting. As a product of these insights, he added an extended work to his portfolio of compositions: his own setting of the Evensong service.

Steven HerreraDavid M. Rubenstein Scholar, Class of 2020

Steven Herrera spent the summer of 2018 in Hawaii, as a Ho’olana summer program intern at the Waipā Foundation. The foundation helps people understand how native Hawaiian values and practices apply to modern life. Steven contributed by working on the 1,600-acre property located on the north shore of Kaua’i. He raked, weeded, and planted a variety of organic fruits and vegetables for local native Hawaiians, prepared more than 2,000 lunches for summer camp participants and victims of a recent flood, and removed invasive species at the foundation’s gardens and restored acres of taro fields.


Margaret OvertonAlumni Endowed Scholar, Class of 2020

Margaret Overton attended The Climate Reality Project training in Los Angeles, California, an international non-profit founded by former Vice President Al Gore. This was the largest Climate Reality Training program and had over 2,200 participants. As a Climate Reality Leader, Margaret is required to complete ten “Acts of Leadership” within one year of the training. These can be any action that promotes education, awareness, and action on climate change. She has already begun working on these by joining the team that is planning a Climate Reality training program at Duke, and she is also helping to facilitate environmental work on campus through the Environmental Affairs Committee.

Murotiwamambo Washington Mudziviri Mastercard Foundation Scholar, Class of 2019

In the summer of 2018, Murotiwamambo Washington Mudziviri worked with the Harvard-Botswana AIDS partnership in Botswana. He worked at the Botswana National Health laboratories assisting in two clinical trials: AMBITION study and CREG study. The AMBITION project was developed to evaluate a new treatment course in phase III clinical trial. The new treatment would provide a safe and shortened treatment for cryptococcal meningitis in low-resource settings for the first time. Administering a single intravenous dose of liposomal amphotericin is now possible in nearly all hospital settings in the area.

Kate WatkinsBenjamin N. Duke Scholar, Class of 2019

Kate Watkins spent the summer of 2018 on the island of Roatan, which is forty miles off the coast of Honduras. Kate worked with Bass Connections research partners to implement a mobile application to improve vaccine records at Clinica Esperanza, a non-profit clinic on the island. Kate and her coworkers followed up and surveyed mothers with young children in the migrant community of La Colonia to determine vaccine uptake and timeliness among families who had recently moved to the island from the mainland.


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ALUMNI

ALUMNI OUTCOMES

Rhodes Scholarships

23

Mitchell Scholarships

3Goldwater Scholarships

37Truman Scholarships

36

MarshallScholarships

16ChurchillScholarships

6

Nationally Competitive Scholarships

111Merit scholars have won Nationally Competitive Scholarships

Graduate School PlacementCambridge ColumbiaCornellDukeEmoryHarvardJohns HopkinsMITNYUNorthwesternOxfordPrinceton

Stanford University of California, Berkeley University of California, DavisUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of MichiganUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of TorontoUniversity of VirginiaVanderbiltWharton School of BusinessYale

Other Awards and PrizesTony Award Pulitzer PrizePhi Beta KappaProspanica ScholarForbes 30 Under 30MacArthur Genius GrantWinner, Google Science FairTop 100 Life Science VisionariesNational Book Critics Circle Award

Entrepreneurs and CEOs Kaleidoscope EducationKaren Beasley Sea Turtle HospitalLucid Dream Virtual RealityMytonomyPartners in HealthSmart Metals RecyclingThe MuseTheorist MediaThrive Men’s Skin Care

Axovant SciencesBodhi and FriendsCrestaDarasami GroupFashion Law InstituteFirefly LabsFundRx Venture CapitalGuidestar Happywax.com

International Experiences

Our scholars have access to enrichment funding which many choose to use for international experiences such as:

Composed music in England

Studied rural healthcare in the PhilippinesAnalyzed Chinese Healthcare Policy

Studied business development in Hungary

Filmed an environmental documentary in Colombia

Studied fisheries management and conservation in Palau

Worked for human rights non-profit in Brazil

Studied farming productivity in South Africa

Studied sea turtle ecology in Mexico

Worked in an orphanage in Peru

Worked in a lab studying cryptococcus in Botswana

Worked as a paramedic in France


NOTABLE ALUMNI

Physicist at National Institute of Standards and Technology

Akobuije Chijioke, Ph.D.

Reginaldo Howard, 1996

Founder of Arosa+LivHOME, Arosa LLC, and Nurse Care of

North Carolina

Ari MedoffBenjamin N. Duke, 2003

Teacher, environmental activist, and Founder of Karen Beasley Sea

Turtle Hospital

Jean Beasley

Producer, and Director, Motown: The Musical

Charles Randolph Wright

Angier B. Duke, 1977

Angier B.Duke, 1958

Anne Tyler

Author and Pulitzer Prize Winner


Célèste Kee, Ph.D.University, 2004

Allan Kiplagat

Jacob Tobia

Gender Activist, author of Sissy


Bill GrossAngier B. Duke, 1966

Philanthropist, Fund Manager, and Investor

Executive Director, Teach For America Eastern NC

Andrew LakisTrinity, 2004

Arun Karottu University, 2015

Co-Founder of Smart Metals Recycling

Alex McIntoshTrinity, 1991 Mastercard, 2016

Founder of Thrive Men’s Skin Care and Ecomundi Venture Capital

Software Engineer at Google

Jacob Harold

President and CEO of GuideStar

Florence TeshaMastercard, 2017

Managing Director at Redavia Solar Power

Hal Weaver, Ph.D.

Research Professor and Project Scientist at NASA

Angier B. Duke, 1975 Alumni, 1999

Director of New Orleans ArtsEducation Alliance


Founder of Partners in Health, the Subject of Mountains Beyond

Mountains

University, 2015 Benjamin N. Duke, 1998 Karsh International, 2015

Award-winning queer Nigerian-Swedish artist and

photographer

Mikael OwunnaAngier B. Duke, 2012

Kara Medoff Barnett

Executive Director of The American Ballet Theatre, Tony Award

Winning Producer

Trinity, 2000

Susan ScafidiAngier B. Duke, 1990

Poman Lo

CEO of Century Innovative Technology

Kathryn Minshew

Founder of The Muse


Matthew Patrick

A YouTuber with 11.3 million Subscribers and Creator of Game

Theory


Prateeti Khazanie, MD

Assistant Professor, Cardiology and Transplant Specialist

Mary Adkins

Author of By The Time You Read This

OB/GYN at Women’s Healthcare Partners

Todra Anderson, MD

Producer of Rachel Maddow Show and Good Morning America

Lisa FerriAngier B. Duke, 1994

Maab IbrahimReginaldo Howard, 2012 Benjamin N. Duke, 2004

Portfolio Manager at Google.org

Winnie BiwottShelly Li

Co-Founder of Smart Metals Recycling

Children’s Book Author and a Professional Illustrator

Susie Lee Jin

NOTABLE ALUMNI

Paul Farmer, MDBenjamin N. Duke, 1982 Benjamin N. Duke, 2000 Angier B. Duke, 1999

Law Professor, and founder of the Fashion Law Institute

Co-founder of Twende

Reginaldo Howard, 1987


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