Prestigious scholarships awarded to two YSU students

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Two Youngstown State University students have been selected as recipients of prestigious scholarship.

Andrew Morgan of Fowler, a senior, has been selected to receive a scholarship from Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society.

Jasmyne Huckaba, a double major in psychology and sociology, has been selected to receive the Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad.

Morgan, the son of Scott and Helen Morgan, will receive a cash award of $2,000 for his senior year of study at YSU. He is majoring in electrical engineering (computer digital option) and computer science, with a minor in mathematics.

A graduate of Mathews High School in Vienna, Morgan plans to graduate from YSU in May 2017.

He also was named a Goldwater Scholar this year and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and the Pi Mu Epsilon National Math Honor Society. He is active in YSU Student Government, Academic Senate and YSU Honors College and is a first-year engineering teaching assistant.

Huckaba is studying in Chiang Mai, Thailand, this summer.

She is the 17th YSU student since 2012 to be selected as a Gilman Scholar, receiving more than $50,000 in funding in total.

The scholarship is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Gilman scholars receive up to $5,000 to apply toward their study abroad or internship program costs.