University of Dallas

The University of Dallas is proud to announce the winners of several scholarships for incoming students. UD will welcome ten recipients of the Scholars of Excellence award to the Class of 2028. Scholars of Excellence are recognized for academic merit and receive full-tuition scholarships. The Crusader Scholarship, inaugurated this year, covers full tuition costs for five well-rounded students who best represent what it means to be a UD Crusader. Finally, the UD Homeschool Scholarship is a $5,000 annual scholarship provided to one exemplary high school senior attending homeschool. Director of Admission Carey Christenberry congratulated the winners and welcomed them into the Crusader community. "The winners of these scholarships represent the very best and brightest of the Class of 2028, which is saying a lot, since the Class of 2028 as a whole is remarkable," Christenberry said. "These winners represent what it means to be a Crusader: someone who seeks truth, wisdom and virtue as the purpose of education."

Aubrey Wieberg, BA '24, is UD's first Truman Scholar, as well as the creator of UD's Big Event and the founder of the Dallas Refugee Project. The Truman Scholarship is the foremost graduate scholarship in the country for aspiring public servants. The award recognizes students for outstanding leadership and grants them funding to pursue graduate education for a career in service. The competition draws applicants from top institutions, and only students that receive the approval of their institution can apply. Out of 705 applicants, Wieberg is one of just 62 students to receive the award.

Three business students enrolled in the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business at the University of Dallas were recently awarded scholarships for their entrepreneurial spirit and outstanding leadership during the 37th annual Texas Business Hall of Fame (TBHF) on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in San Antonio, Texas. The students were among 36 awardees from across the state to be honored with the TBHF's Future Legends Scholarship. The TBHF awarded each a $15,000 competitive scholarship endowed by The Mitchell Family Foundation.

University of Dallas junior Jasmine Adams recently received the English Department's inaugural Lendvay Short Story Award, on Thursday, Oct. 10, named in honor of the late Marilyn Lendvay, BA '70 MA '76, who taught English and tutored students in writing for 17 years at Eastfield College, a part the Dallas County Community College District.

University of Dallas rising senior Ashley Hinojosa was recently named a recipient of the National Speakers Association 2018 Bill Gove Scholarship Award. NSA awards six scholarship grants each year to eligible juniors, seniors and graduate students who wish to be pioneers in the public speaking industry. The association has awarded more than $350,000 to students since the program's inception in 1989.

Andrea Wierzchowski, MPsy '15, recently received the 2017 Melanie Foundation scholarship for her work in raising mental health awareness in traditionally underserved communities. She credits her University of Dallas education, and specifically her studies in phenomenological psychology, with her continued success.

Three University of Dallas students have received a 2017 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to pursue academic study abroad. Recipients of the scholarship, which is awarded annually by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, were selected from more than 10,000 applicants.

Three students were named Clare Boothe Luce Scholars this April and received full-tuition-and-fees scholarships for 2016-2017. The Clare Boothe Luce Fund encourages women to enter, study, graduate and teach in science, engineering and mathematics.

Four University of Dallas students were awarded the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy scholarship.

A University of Dallas freshman, Kateline Vukovics, won a scholarship that will be put towards the cost of her tuition.

Fifteen University of Dallas students were awarded scholarships to study abroad during the Spring 2014 semester on the University of Dallas campus near Rome, Italy.

The following local students were awarded scholarships to study abroad during the fall semester at the University of Dallas' Eugene Constantin Campus at Due Santi ("The Two Saints"), a historic district south of Rome, Italy:

The University of Dallas Department of Biology has recognized two students with its Warren and Anne Marie Pulich Scholarship, an award established in honor of Professor Emeritus Warren M. Pulich, a leading ornithologist and one of the first faculty of the University of Dallas, and his wife Anne Marie. The award is given each year to outstanding students in the sciences or mathematics based upon scholastic achievement. Those students are:

The University of Dallas Department of Biology has recognized two students with its Warren and Anne Marie Pulich Scholarship, an award established in honor of Professor Emeritus Warren M. Pulich, a leading ornithologist and one of the first faculty of the University of Dallas, and his wife Anne Marie. The award is given each year to outstanding students in the sciences or mathematics based upon scholastic achievement. Those students are: