Youngstown State students nominated for scholarship

Staff report

Youngstown

Two Youngstown State University students have been nominated for the prestigious Marshall Scholarship.

Senior Mario Sracic of Hermitage, Pa., is a mathematics major with a dual minor in computer science and statistics. Kevin Hulick of Austintown is a senior with a double major in political science and economics and a minor in philosophy.

Founded by a 1953 Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, the Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a graduate degree in England.

Up to 40 scholars are selected annually.

Sracic tutors at YSU’s Mathematics Assistance Center. He is a member of the Leslie H. Cochran University Scholars Program and the YSU Honors Program.

Having won regional and national awards for mathematics competitions, Sracic also completed a Research Experience for Undergraduates at Kansas State University this summer.

Hulick is a recipient of the Dean’s Scholarship and various competitive scholarship awards in his fields. He also has won national awards for his performances in moot court competitions and for the briefs he has written in conjunction with them.

Sracic’s and Hulick’s application packets for the scholarship were endorsed by the university after Ronald Shaklee, director of the Scholars and Honors programs, reviewed them and determined their academic credentials to be viable for the scholarship program.

They now enter the Chicago regional portion of the process, where their applications will be judged for the interview round. The candidates to be interviewed for the national selection process will be announced in November.