Foundation honors student with scholarship, research opportunity
By Christina Brown | February 16, 2009At the beginning of this month, fourth-year College student Courtney Schroeder accepted a $50,000 scholarship from the Winston Churchill Foundation that will allow her to spend the next year performing research at Cambridge University in England.The scholarship, which is awarded to about 13 students annually, allows students to gain a year of research experience before entering graduate school, said Astronomy Prof.