Outstanding graduating seniors at the University of Maryland have analyzed drought patterns, researched diabetes and tutored elementary school students in math. One plans to be an eye surgeon; another, a human rights attorney.
But as varied as their aspirations and accomplishments are, each of the students – including Scholars alums Lindsay Moynihan (JLT), Aliah Brown (JLT), Maria Nikolaitchik (SDU), MaryAnne Onianwah (SGC), Kelly Biglin (GPH), and Alyssa Leventhal (GPH) – chosen as 2023-24 Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars shares a deep conviction that they could not have achieved so much without teachers and professors who guided, inspired, tutored and challenged them during their academic journeys.