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CONTACT: Susie P. Gonzalez
May 19, 2008
Trinity University Student Majoring in Music, German Earns Recognition as Beinecke Scholar
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Sarah Elaine Robinson |
SAN ANTONIO – A Trinity University student completing her junior year is one of 22 undergraduates in the nation selected as a Beinecke Scholar in a competition for students of the arts, social sciences, and humanities to use during graduate school. The Trinity recipient is Sarah Elaine Robinson of Lake Jackson, Texas, who is candidate for two degrees in May 2009, a bachelor’s in music and a second in German language and literature.
As a Beinecke Scholar, Ms. Robinson will receive more than $30,000 in support for her graduate education. She will pursue a doctorate in musicology and plans to apply to universities such as Yale, Princeton, and Harvard. At Trinity, Ms. Robinson was named to the Dean’s List for four semesters and was a member in the Alpha Lambda Delta national honor society as well as the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She also received a Trinity Trustees Scholarship and a Herndon Music Scholarship.
“This is the first time that a Trinity student has won this award. It’s a prestigious national award designed to encourage America’s best undergraduates to pursue graduate work in the humanities,” said Carl S. Leafstedt, associate professor and chair of Trinity's music department.
Each year, about 100 colleges and universities are invited to nominate a junior for the award. Other winners of this year’s scholarship attend Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and the University of California at Berkeley, among others.
The Beinecke Scholarship Program was established in 1971 by the Sperry and Hutchinson Co. to honor Edwin, Frederick, and Walter Beinecke. The corporate board created an endowment to provide substantial scholarships for the graduate education of young men and women of exceptional promise. The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in their graduate studies.
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