Students study on the Quad in 2020
Eniola Ajao ’21, a Watson Fellow
As Amherst’s class of 2021 graduates, take a look back at the many national fellowships and scholarships that members of the class have won—even during this challenging pandemic period. Their awards include funding for learning foreign languages, teaching English abroad, pursuing graduate degrees and conducting research around the world.
Watson Fellow Eniola Ajao ’21 expressed a sentiment that we can imagine many of these fellowship and scholarship winners share. “I am most looking forward to the chance encounters with strangers that branch into more encounters and open up unexpected opportunities,” Ajao wrote. “I am also excited for the opportunity to be totally independent, and the growth that will inevitably follow.”
- 2021 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships for Benjamin Aliaga ’21, Evan Daisy ’21, Sabrina Lin ’21, Sarah Montoya ’21, Cy Nguyen ’21, Abigail Offei-Addo ’21 and Luke Williamson ’21 (with David Anasky ’21 and Sara Kaufman ’21 named as alternates)
- 2021 Watson Fellowships for Eniola Ajao ’21 and Margot Lurie ’21
- 2021 Rhodes Scholarship for Jeremy Thomas ’21
- 2020 Goldwater Scholarship for Jea Adams ’21
- 2020 Beinecke Scholarship for Enoch Shin ’21
- 2020 Critical Language Scholarship for Cy Nguyen ’21
- 2018 Critical Language Scholarship for Ben Gilsdorf ’21