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Two Honors College students, Oliver R. Gothe and Joseph H. Montoya, have been named 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars. Another Honors College student, William W. Kay, received an honorable mention.
The Goldwater Scholars were selected from a field of 1,035 mathematics, science, and engineering students nationwide. The one- and two-year scholarships are valued at up to $7,500 per year and are awarded to students intending to pursue a career in research and/or college-level teaching. Thirty-four Goldwater Scholarships have been won by Carolina students since 1990.
Gothe is a junior physics and chemistry major minoring in mathematics who immigrated to South Carolina from Germany when he was 15. He has been awarded the Palmetto Fellowship and the President's Award. Gothe aspires to conduct research in biomedical applications of nanotechnology and to teach and train future scientists.
Montoya is a junior majoring in chemical engineering and minoring in mathematics and music performance. He is a Carolina Scholar and also holds the Lieber Scholarship, the Robert C. Byrd Memorial Scholarship, the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship, and the National Merit Scholarship. His on-going research interest is catalysis.
Kay, a senior majoring in mathematics has received the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship and the University's James Bruce Coleman Mathematics Scholarship. He anticipates obtaining a Ph.D in mathematics.
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From left, Joseph Montoya, William Kay, and Oliver Gothe
