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Two Florida State University graduates are heading to Oxford University where they will have their studies fully paid through the Frost Scholarship Programme.
It marks the third consecutive year that FSU has had two graduates named Frost Scholars to Oxford. The scholarship is supported by the Phillip and Patricia Frost Philanthropic Foundation. Phillip Frost is a Miami-based billionaire in the pharmaceuticals business. His wife, Patricia, is a retired educator and member of the State University System’s Board of Governors.
Beginning their studies at Oxford University this fall will be Barbara Dietrick and Eleni Jaecklein, both 22. Both will study biological sciences.
Dietrick, who will delay her acceptance into the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine until fall 2017, will be seeking a master’s degree in clinical embryology at Oxford.
“I am absolutely indebted to the Phillip and Patricia Frost Philanthropic Foundation for supporting my aspirations to become a leader in biomedical science,” Dietrick said in a release. “In addition to the inspiration from my family, the knowledge I will gain from the Master of Science in Clinical Embryology program will allow me to further investigate disease mechanisms and how physicians and scientists can collaborate to use clinical embryology to improve health and quality of life.”
Jaecklein will work on a master’s degree in integrated immunology at Oxford.
“When I began my studies at Florida State University, I never imagined that I would be attending graduate school at the University of Oxford,” Jaecklein said. “I look forward to studying at this world-class university and participating in research directed by pioneers in the field of immunology. I am looking forward to becoming involved in the Oxford community and beginning this next phase of my studies.”
Jaecklein got involved in research early at FSU, having conducted genetics research in the spring of her sophomore year in the laboratory of biological science Associate Professor Karen McGinnis.
Dietrick and Eleni Jaecklein are among 10 students selected this year from within the State University System earning full one-year scholarships in STEM field such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics, according to FSU.
Craig Filar, director of the Office of National Fellowships at Florida State, said Dietrick and Jaecklein represent what the scholarship supporters look for in talented student researchers in science.
“This is the third year of the Frost Scholarship Programme,’’ Filar said. “Florida State University has been fortunate to have two scholars named to each of the three cohorts, giving us a total of six scholars in three years, now that we have added Barbara and Eleni.”
Filar went on to say, “This highly competitive program encourages FSU students to recognize themselves as competitive for admission into Oxford University in the sciences. The Phillip and Patricia Frost Philanthropic Foundation shares this belief that the education our students receive as undergraduates at Florida State University prepares them to excel at Oxford University.”
Chosen for the 2014-15 Frost Scholarships at Oxford were Lawrence Dunn, who planned to pursue a master’s degree in mathematics and the foundations of computer science and Samantha Siegel, who was to study pharmacology.
Selected last fall were FSU graduates David Miller and Richard Rogers.
Miller, a resident of Tallahassee, planned to study medical anthropology at Oxford this fall, while Rogers planned to study pharmacology."
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