Recipients of Elite Scholarships

Every year Augustana students and alumni secure competitive scholarships. View the list below for some examples. Faculty and staff have also participated in these premier programs and integrate the inspiring lessons they learned along the way back into their teaching. These employees are featured in the second list below.

Students

Name	Major(s)	Program	Year of Award
Eleanor Weckwerth	Physics and Mathematics	Goldwater	2022
Taryn Helgeson	French/Government/Int’l Affairs	Gilman	2021
Gloria McKenney	Elementary Education	Gilman	2021
Tiana Townsend	Physics/Chemistry(ACS)	Gilman	2021
Logan Winter	Communication Disorders	Gilman	2021
Sky Nockels	History/Government/Int’l Affairs	Gilman	2021
Rebecca Ziems	Spanish/All-Grades Education	Gilman	2021
Sky Nockels	History/Government/Int’l Affairs	Critical Language Scholarship	2021
José Cruz Medina	Sociology/Modern Foreign Languages/Psychology	Critical Language Scholarship	2021
Audrey Cope	Government/Int’l Affairs/French	Truman	2020
Morgan Moe	Nursing	Gilman	2020
Mia Phillips	Psychology	Gilman	2020
Kristina Ritschard	Nursing	Critical Language Scholarship	2020
Malik Sanders	Physical Education/Health Education/All-Grades Education	Gilman	2019
Dagny Anderson	Anthropology	Gilman	2019
Saliya Ali	Government/Int’l Affairs/Spanish	Gilman	2019
Kofi Gunu	Government/Int’l Affairs	Rhodes	2018
Chofian Abobakr	Government/Int’l Affairs and Communication Studies	Gilman	2018
Ellen Scheiring	Nursing	Gilman	2017
Alison Rollag	Psychology	Gilman	2017
Kofi Gunu	Government/Int'l Affairs	Schwarzman	2016
Jon Heiberger	Economics/Philosophy	Gilman	2016
Rafiullah (Rafi) Kaker	Government	Rhodes	2014
Jordan Dobrowski	Anthropology/Religion	Gilman	2014
Kristin Waltner	Spanish/All-Grades Education	Gilman	2014
Ruthellen (Elle) Tornberg	Biochemistry (ACS)	Goldwater	2013
Kristin Klarenbeck	Biology/Spanish	Gilman	2013
Elizabeth Zokaites	English	Gilman	2013
Peter Kline	Government/Int’l Affairs	Gilman	2013
Ashley Schmidt	Biology	Goldwater	2012
Erika Zetterlund	Physics/Religion/Mathematics	Goldwater	2012
Nick Bleeker	Chemistry (ACS)	Goldwater	2008
Bethany Jochim	Physics	Goldwater	2008

Faculty & Staff

Name	Position at Augustana	Program
Dr. Anna Reich	Associate Professor, Art	Fulbright Scholar
Billie Streufert	Assistant Vice Provost, Student Success	Fulbright Education Administrators Program
Dr. Colin Irvine	Provost	Fulbright Scholar
Dr. Jeffrey Miller	Professor, English	Fulbright Scholar
Dr. Joel Johnson	Professor, Government and International Affairs	Fulbright Scholar
Dr. Mike Nitz	Professor, Communication Studies	Fulbright Scholar