West Virginia University Student Recieves NSF Fellowship
Posted by John Hunter | Under NSF Fellows Friday May 11, 2007WVU Student Receives Graduate Research Fellowship:
Tirzah Mills, who will graduate from West Virginia University’s Department of Chemical Engineering in May, recently received a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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This summer, Mills will be working for OpX, a start-up biotech company in Colorado that she also worked for last summer. She will start her Ph.D. this fall at University of Colorado at Boulder, in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Eventually, she plans to become a college or university professor.
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“In my experience, girls are often turned off to science, engineering and math from an early age. Some find it boring, difficult, or don’t see the value of it,” Mills said. “I would hope that serving as a SWE advisor would help females majoring in engineering find the support they need to stick with it. In addition, I want to help organize outreach events for girls still in K-12 that would help pique their interest in engineering.”
West Virginia has a WV Promise scholarship program which is fair and not too difficult to qualify for. The educational department there is really trying to get students to attend college in West Virginia. They are below average on attendance there for college and they are supporting students in West Virginia for financial aid to help cover their tuition.