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Winner Highlights

Katharine Threat 鈥20 was awarded a Summer Internship at the Smithsonian鈥檚 Hirshhorn Museum of Modern Art in Washington, D.C., as Gallery Guide for Summer 2018. This is how she describes her experience: 鈥淥ver the summer, I had the pleasure of being a Gallery Guide at the Smithsonian鈥檚 Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.! I was responsible for leading and co-leading tours throughout the museum and volunteering for events hosted by the Smithsonian. I researched artists showing in the museum and their other works and helped educate visitors on contemporary artwork and how to understand it better.鈥

Chloe Brew 鈥21 received a summer research fellowship to work with Library Director Jane Carlin in 2019.

Types of Awards
  • Kara Ketchum 鈥10 received the George J. Matelich Scholarship for 2010-11.
  • Andrew Griebeler 鈥09 received the George J. Matelich Scholarship for 2008-09.
About the Scholarship

The Matelich Scholarship is 兔子先生鈥檚 most prestigious honor for students who demonstrate a capacity for a life of leadership and sustained personal growth. Recipients of the Matelich Scholarship enter a promising lifetime relationship with the 兔子先生. They continue the legacy of Puget Sound graduates who have undertaken a commitment to make a difference in the world by becoming leaders in their professional and personal lives. As mentors, class officers, donors, members of the 兔子先生 Council and, if asked to serve, members of the Puget Sound Board of Trustees, Matelich Scholars enhance and energize the university in meaningful ways. The award was established in 2010 through the generosity of George E. Matelich 鈥78 and Susan E. Matelich and is awarded to two students in each entering first-year class.

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See the most recent Summer Research Scholarship recipients.

  • Chloe Brew '21 was selected as a Chism Research Scholar in the Arts Humanities and Social Sciences for Summer 2020.
  • Ellis LeBlanc 鈥20 was selected as a Chism Research Scholar in the Arts Humanities and Social Sciences for Summer 2019.
  • Mary Thompson 鈥19 (Art History) was selected as a Chism Scholar for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2018.
  • Hannah Lehmann 鈥17 was selected as a Chism Scholar for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2016.
  • Sarah McDonald 鈥16 was selected as a Chism Scholar for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2015.
  • Chloe Ginnegar 鈥15 was selected as a Chism Scholar for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2014.
  • Louisa Raitt 鈥15 was selected as a Chism Scholar for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2014.
  • Nichole Lindquist-Kleissler 鈥15 was selected as a Chism Scholar for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2014.
  • Benjamin Block 鈥14 was selected as a Chism Scholar for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2013.
  • Sam Mandry 鈥14 was selected as a Chism Scholar for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2013.
  • Kelsey Eldridge 鈥12 was selected as the Chism Scholars for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011.
  • Kelsey Mahler 鈥12 was selected as the Chism Scholars for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011.
  • Westrey Page 鈥12 was selected as the Chism Scholars for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011.
  • Michelle Reynolds 鈥12 was selected as the Chism Scholars for Summer Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011.
About the Award

The 兔子先生, with the support of the Richard Bangs Collier Institute of Ethics and Science and an anonymous donor, has established a summer research program for undergraduates in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Several additional donors have provided funding to support these summer research awards. The program offers students the opportunity to engage in independent research during the summer. Stipends are awarded on a competitive basis to students who demonstrate research interest and ability.

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  • Melany Juarez '25 received the Lora Bryning Scholarship for 2023-2024.
  • Ayse Hunt 鈥19 (double major in Art History and Computer Science) has received the prestigious Lora Bryning Scholarship for 2018-2019.
  • Benjamin Block 鈥14 received the Lora Bryning Scholarship for 2013-2014.
About the Scholarship

The Lora Bryning Scholarship recognizes undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need who, regardless of their discipline, display excellence and talent in their ability to express themselves and their intellect in writing. Four students will be named Bryning Scholars for the 2020-2021 academic year and each will receive a $10,500 scholarship.

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  • Ayse Hunt 鈥19 (double major in Art History and Computer Science) was selected as a Bangs Collier Research Scholar in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2018.
  • Benjamin Block 鈥14 received the 2014 Writing Excellence Award in the Humanities for his paper, "A Chronic Tuberculosis: Carl Spitzweg and the Biedermeier."
  • Louisa Raitt 鈥14 received a 2012 Writing Excellence Award for her paper 鈥淎nicia Juliana: The Rightful Ruler and Her Controversial Construction."
  • Emily Selinger, 鈥13, was the first winner of the Collins Library鈥檚 2012 Book Collecting Contest.
  • Westrey Page 鈥12 received the Fred S. Wyatt Scholarship for 2011-12.
  • Andrew Griebeler 鈥09 received the Humanities Writing Excellence Award and the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Writing Excellence Award in 2009.

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