Alvin Earl Armajo of Newark, who majored in math and statistics at the University of Pennsylvanis, received an honorable mention NFS Minority Fellowship and plans to attend the University of Delaware for graduate study. The National Science Foundation offers graduate fellowships each year via a national competition.
Panelists review applications and make the awards.
This year, there were 7,723 eligible applications and 740 three-year graduate fellowships awarded. There were 1,498 eligible minority applications and 120 awards.