University of Dallas

2013 Fulbright Teaching Assistantship

Michaela Sobrak-Seaton, UD senior Philosophy major with a  German concentration, has been awarded a German Pädagogischer Austauschdienst, which is to say a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship, for the academic year 2013-14.  A complete list of UD Fulbright recipients can be found here.

Michaela Sobrak-Seaton 

Sebastian Scofield 

2013 Goldwater Scholar

Junior UD Biology major Sebastian Scofield is a 2013 Goldwater Scholar.  Upon leaving UD, Sebastian's plans include earning a doctorate in evolutionary ecology, and then teaching and conducting research at the university level.  He wants to continue his life-long passion for studying insects that display a high level of social organization, like ants, bees and wasps.

2012 Madison Memorial Fellowship Recipient

Jennifer Venable won a Madison Memorial Fellowship in 2012.  Jennifer is currently a Master of American Studies candidate at the University of Dallas, and she teaches AP government at Waxahachie High School.  Jennifer found the required application process to be challenging, but well worth the effort.  She particularly enjoyed the required one-month period of summer study at Georgetown University.  

Jennifer Venable 

Anna Marie DeLaRosa

2011 Goldwater Scholarship and 2012 NSF Graduate Fellowship Winner 

Anna Marie DeLaRosa graduated from the University of Dallas with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2012.  Anna Marie is currently in graduate school at Texas A&M University in the research group of Dr. François P. Gabbai.  

2012 NSF Graduate Fellowship Recipient

 Monica Lacy graduated from the University of Dallas in 2010 with a B.S. in Physics.   Monica received the NSF Graduate Fellowship to conduct research in biophotonics at Vanderbilt University. 

 Monica Lacy

Will Spearman

2008 Fulbright Recipient

After graduating from the University of Dallas with a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. in Mathematics in May 2008, Will Spearman went to Switzerland on a Fulbright Scholarship in order to conduct research at CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research). Will currently is working towards a Ph.D. in High Energy Physics at Harvard University and was recently a co-author on the Higgs discovery paper.

2009 NSF Graduate Fellowship Recipient

 David Solis graduated from UD in 2008 with a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. in Mathematics.  David will receive his Ph.D. from Rice University in May 2013.  On the day he successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, David was told he had also won the Robert Lowry Patten Award for his service to the graduate student community and for his achievements.

 David Solis