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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 WRITER: Kim Cretors, 706-542-6927, kcretors@uga.edu UGA HONORS STUDENT AMANDA CASTO RECEIVES GATES CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP ATHENS, Ga. – University of Georgia Honors student Amanda Morgan Casto has received the Gates Cambridge Scholarship. This is the third national scholarship awarded to UGA students in the last week. The Gates Cambridge Scholarship, established in 2000 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through a $210 million gift to the University of Cambridge, enables outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of a student’s intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others. “University of Georgia Honors students have enjoyed another extraordinary year of success in national and international scholarship competitions,” said President Michael F. Adams. “The University community celebrates these outstanding achievements.” Casto, daughter of Stephen and Anna Casto of Anderson, S.C., is a senior majoring in genetics and cellular biology. She is a Foundation Fellow and Ramsey Scholar and last year received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. She currently works in the genetics lab of UGA professor Janet Westpheling. “Amanda’s success is not only a testament to her outstanding record, but a testament to the many faculty mentors who have worked closely with her over the past four years,” said Jere Morehead, director of the Honors Program and associate provost at UGA. For more information on the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, visitwww.gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk; for information on the Honors Program at UGA, visit www.uga.edu/honors. News Bureau |
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