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Jan. 20, 2005

Two NC State University Students Garner Mitchell Scholarships

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Lily Jeng

Two North Carolina State University students are among 12 nationally who have been honored with a prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship for 2005-06.

Lily Jeng of Cary, a senior majoring in biomedical engineering, and Carolyn “Carie” Windham of Coats, a senior majoring in history, were honored for their academic excellence, leadership and community service. They were chosen from a field of 220 applicants from 166 colleges and universities.

Jeng is a Goldwater Scholar, a Park Scholar and a National Merit Scholar. She is a member of the University Honors Program, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. Her volunteer activities include working at a local hospital, helping at the N.C. Senior Games, and initiating first-aid education classes for local middle school students. Jeng graduated from the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in 2001, and is the daughter of Wayne and Jing-Shyan Jeng of Cary.

Carolyn “Carie” Windham

Windham is a Park Scholar and a member of the University Honors Program, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. She currently serves in student government as chief of staff to the student body president, and formerly served as editor of the Technician, the university’s student newspaper. Windham has volunteered with Noah’s Landing, a non-profit nature center, Service Raleigh and the Alternative Spring Break Project that visited the Dominican Republic. She graduated from Southern Nash High School in 2004, and is the daughter of Dora Lee Turner of Coats.

The Mitchell Scholarship program links future American leaders to Ireland. The program is administered by the US-Ireland Alliance, a nonpartisan, non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., and is named in honor of the pivotal role the former U.S. senator from Maine played in the Northern Ireland peace process.

As Mitchell Scholars, Jeng and Windham will work toward graduate degrees in Ireland or Northern Ireland. Jeng will pursue a degree in bioengineering at the University of Limerick, and Windham will study Irish history and politics at the University of Ulster.

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