The Park Scholars
Background and Interests
Park Scholars pursue degrees in a wide variety of academic majors, and many pursue minors or dual degrees.
In addition to working individually on academic and professional activities of personal interest, the Park Scholars engage in several team and class endeavors during their four years at NC State. They are creative, smart, motivated, service-oriented, and participate in a wide array of extracurricular activities, including student government, varsity and intramural athletics, fraternities and sororities, academic and cause-related clubs, entrepreneurial ventures, and arts organizations.
Park Scholars hail from across North Carolina and the United States. North Carolina counties and states highlighted in red on the maps below have produced Park Scholarship recipients (click maps to enlarge).
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Achievements
The Park Scholarship is a stepping stone to success. Park Scholars have received numerous accolades for academic work, leadership potential, and service endeavors, including the following honors and distinctions:
Nationally Competitive Scholarships
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
- Boren Scholarship
- Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship
- Department of Homeland Security Scholarship and Fellowship
- Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship
- Fulbright U.S. Student Grant
- Gates Cambridge Scholarship
- George J. Mitchell Scholarship
- Harry S. Truman Scholarship
- Marshall Scholarship
- Morris K. Udall Scholarship
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship
- Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
National Honor Societies