2022-23 Donor-Supported Graduate Fellowships Awarded

Monday, April 18, 2022

The Graduate School recently awarded donor-supported graduate fellowships to 14 Charlotte students, representing a broad cross section of academic programs.

Established to support exceptionally talented and committed graduate students, the Graduate School offers a variety of fellowships for program specific research or scholarship. The fellowships are presented annually in the spring with award payments beginning in the upcoming academic year.  The 2022 fellowship recipients were chosen from 468 applicants. 

“We congratulate these students for their dedication to higher education and for their contribution to the creation of knowledge,” said Tom Reynolds, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School. “And we appreciate our generous donors for their investment in student success at UNC Charlotte.”

More information on fellowships is available from the Graduate School’s Student Funding site. 

2022-2023 UNC Charlotte Graduate School Fellowship Recipients

Thomas L. Reynolds Graduate Student Research Award

Ashley Dickson, MA Psychology and PhD Organizational Science
Farida Yasmin, PhD Biology

Joanna R. Baker Memorial Graduate Fellowship

Claire Dundon, Master of Health Administration

Dr. Craig R. Brown Graduate Fellowship

Brian Flynn, Ed.D. in Educational Leadership

Wayland H. Cato Jr. First-Year Graduate Fellowship

Tessa Gebert, PhD Biology
Moran Nichols, PhD Special Education

Lucille P. and Edward C. Giles Dissertation Year Graduate Fellowship

Coming soon!

DRReaM Graduate Fellowship

Daniel Alvarez-Orachia, Master in Health Administration

Herschel and Cornelia Everett Foundation First-Year Doctoral Graduate Fellowship

Kristen Van Swearingen, PhD in Health Psychology

Herschel and Cornelia Everett Foundation First-Year Master’s Graduate Fellowship

Jay Gulick, MA in Sociology

Faye Jacques Memorial Graduate Fellowship

Mai Vang, MS in Earth Sciences

John Paul Lucas Jr. Scholarship for Educational Leadership

Sarah Willey, MA English

Dr. William F. Kennedy Graduate Fellowship
Logan Twohey, PhD Geography

Claudia Reynolds Graduate Fellowship

Midori Gillaspy-Chang, Master of Social Work

Zonta Club Scholarship

Audrey Currie, MA Communication Studies