Two Fulbright Students Named as Goldwater Scholars

Two students have been awarded prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, the top national award for students in mathematics, science and engineering. Rachel Lee of Siloam Springs and Matthew Naglak of Searcy are among the 278 students in the nation to be named Goldwater Scholars. They will each receive a $7,500 scholarship. Lee and Naglak are junior physics majors in Fulbright College and the Honors College. Professor Gregory Salamo is the research mentor to both.

Rachel Lee, a Bodenhamer Fellow and National Merit Scholar, is a biophysics major. She plans to earn a doctorate in biophysics and become a faculty member, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in research.

Matthew Naglak, majoring in biophysics and mathematics, is a Sturgis Fellow and an Arkansas Governor’s Distinguished Scholar. He also plans to earn a doctorate in physics and teach at the university level.

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