Children of GBO Staff Among Recipients of 2023 AUI Scholarship 


Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF

Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), has selected the recipients of its 2023 AUI Scholarship, each of whom will be awarded a $3,500 renewable scholarship ($14,000 over four years to each scholar) to support their academic careers. Among this year’s recipients, 16 are the children of staff members at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, and are located throughout NRAO’s facilities in New Mexico, Virginia, Texas, and Chile, and two are the children of staff members at the Green Bank Observatory.

AUI 2023 Scholarship Recipients

  • Esperanza “Paige” Avery, NRAO – NM 
  • Isabella Bauserman, GBO – WV
  • Gian Paolo Cecchini Bocaz, NRAO – CH
  • Lillian “Lily” Castro, NRAO – VA
  • John De Guia, NRAO – TX (FD VLBA)
  • Logan Connor Dougherty, NRAO – CH
  • Ina Lee Evans, NRAO – VA
  • Louise Howard, AUI – TN
  • Natacha Jacques, NRAO – VA
  • Kevin McCleary, NRAO – NM
  • Maxwell O’Ganian, GBO – WV
  • Damian Otero, NRAO – NM
  • Santiago Puentes, NRAO – CH
  • Kayla Remijan, NRAO – VA
  • Madelyn Romero, NRAO – NM
  • Madison Romero, NRAO – NM
  • Connor Sakshaug, NRAO – VA
  • Jenna Thunborg, NRAO – NM 
  • Kacey Thunborg, NRAO – NM

Read more about the 2023 AUI Scholarship recipients here.

See the original press release from NRAO here.