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CONTACT: By Jonathan Wallace NATIONAL PHYSICS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO FSU SENIOR TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida State University student majoring in physics is the 2008-2009 recipient of the Minority Undergraduate Physics Scholarship presented by the American Physical Society (APS). The scholarship is presented annually to 30 of the most deserving minority students in the United States majoring in physics. Bernadette Cogswell, a senior in the FSU physics department will receive $2,000 per year for educational materials and tuition. “I was thrilled to receive the award,” said Cogswell. “It was very validating to find out I had been selected as one of the recipients.” With the help of corporate and individual donors, the minority scholarship has offered students the opportunity to attend and complete their undergraduate course-work since 1980. Past scholars have received Ph.D.s in physics and have gone on to become professors at universities. “The minority scholarship is encouraging students both financially and professionally to continue in physics who might otherwise change fields,” said Cogswell. After Cogswell finishes up her undergraduate degree, she plans to work toward a master’s in fluid dynamics or the study of chaos theory, then pursue a doctorate in theoretical nuclear physics. “Bernadette is hard-working, serious and talented, and indications are that she would be a very good graduate student,” said physics Professor Winston Roberts. For more information about the American Physics Society and the scholarships it offers, go to <www.aps.org/programs/honors>. ### |