Top Scholars and national fellowship participants bring distinction to themselves and the university. Here’s where their stories unfold. Learn more about our students, their accomplishments and their journeys to success.
Engineering students Sean Bowker and Ella Harshyne will receive funding for tuition, education related fees and summer internships. Through their summer internship, the SMART Scholars will be mentored by experienced Department of War scientists and can put the knowledge they've developed in their coursework into practice.
20 students, a record for the University of South Carolina, have earned the 2026 - 2027 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad.
South Carolina Honors College senior Emilia Keesey is a 2026 recipient of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters scholarship. Funded by the European Union, the EMJM scholarship allows students from across the world to earn two master's degrees in two years while studying in two or more European countries.
Orie Lindler and Genevieve Robinson have earned Boren Scholarships for the 2026 - 2027 academic year.
First-year international studies and languages, literatures and cultures major Maddie Bailey will travel to Kyrgyzstan this summer for intensive language study.
USC students competing for national fellowships strengthen the institutional academic stature, resulting in heightened distinction of the entire university community. We celebrate national fellowship finalists and winners and invite you to learn about them.
Our Top Scholars are doing amazing things, capitalizing on their extraordinary academic talent, sense of responsibility and remarkable leadership skills. Stamps, Carolina, 1801, McNair and Horseshoe Scholars’ ideas and abilities are shaping the world of tomorrow.
Scholar Stories is compiled by National Fellowships and Scholar Programs, and chronicles the activities of our Top Scholars and alumni.
Annual reports of the on goings and accomplishments of many of our Top Scholars.