The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2010

A F S A N E W S AFSA is proud to feature the 26 Foreign Service high school seniors select- ed as the 2010 AFSAMerit Award winners, who collectively received a total of $35,700 in scholarships. On Foreign Affairs Day, May 7, those winners in the area took part in the annual merit awards ceremony. AFSA congratulates all the winners and runners-up for their academic and artistic achievements. Winners received $1,800 awards, and honorable mentionwinners received $800 awards. The best-essay winner and the com- munity-service winner each received $250. Judges weremembers of AFSA’s Committee onEducation and individuals fromthe ForeignService community. This year, 70 students competed for the 15AcademicMerit Awards. They were judged on grade-point averages, SAT scores, essays, letters of recom- mendation, extracurricular activities and other factors. From the Academic Merit Award applicants, a best-essaywinner (MarleneHaggblade) and a com- munity-service winner (Abigail Einhorn) were selected. Fourteen students submitted art merit applications under one of the fol- lowing categories: visual arts, musical arts, drama and creative writing. Each art applicant was judged on his or her art submission, two letters of recom- mendation and an essay. CynthiaMiller was selected as the ArtMerit Award winner for her poetry submissions, and she was also an Academic Merit HonorableMentionAwardwinner. LorrayneDever andKatrina Ternus were selected as the ArtMerit HonorableMentionAwardwinners. Both students submitted drawings and/or paintings under the Visual Arts category. Eight AcademicMerit named scholarships have been established to date, and these awards were bestowed to the highest-scoring students. The recip- ients of these scholarships were: Stephen Kwong, receiving the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide Scholarship; Marlene Haggblade, receiving the John and Priscilla Becker Family Scholarship; AbrahamChaibi andMichael Fogarasi, receiving the Turner C. CameronMemorial Scholar- ships; AnaOlson, receiving the JohnC. LearyMemorial Scholarship; Alexander Koenig and Patrick McGuire, receiving the Joanna and Robert Martin Scholarships; and LindseyHunt, receiving theDonald S.Memorial andMaria Giuseppa Spigler Scholarship. Formore information on the AFSAMerit Awards, the AFSA Scholarship Program, or how to establish or apply for a scholarship, contact Lori Dec at (202) 944-5504, at dec@afsa.org , or visit our Web site at www.afsa.org/ scholar/ . All Merit Award winner information is posted there. 2010 AFSA Merit Award Winners BY LORI DEC, SCHOLARSHIP DIRECTOR Abigail Einhorn – daughter of Joy and Norman Einhorn (State); graduate of Seton High School, Front Royal, Va.; attending Purdue University, majoring in engineering; des- ignated the AFSA Merit Awards “Community Service” winner. Michael Fogarasi – son of Mariya and John Fogarasi (FCS); graduate of Seoul Foreign School; attending Boston College, majoring in environmental studies/Asian studies; designated a Turner C. Cameron Memorial Scholar. Marlene Haggblade – daugh- ter of Helen Gunther (USAID) and Steven Haggblade; gradu- ate of Poolesville High School, Poolesville, Md.; attending Pomona College, majoring in biology; designated the John and Priscilla Becker Family Scholar and the AFSA Merit Awards Best Essay winner. Caryl Merten – daughter of Susan and Ambassador Kenneth Merten (State); grad- uate of McLean High School, McLean, Va.; attending the University of Virginia, major- ing in foreign affairs. Ana Olson – daughter of Ambassador Deborah Jones (State) and Ambassador Richard Olson (State); gradu- ate of the Madiera School, McLean, Va.; attending Brown University, majoring in sociol- ogy or anthropology; desig- nated the John C. Leary Memorial Scholar. Stephen Kwong – son of Marsha and Ralph Kwong (State); graduate of St. Mary’s High School, Crofton, Md.; attending the College of William and Mary, majoring in biology; designated the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide Scholar. Patrick McGuire – son of Suzanne (State) and Patrick (State) McGuire; graduate of the International School of Manila; attending Stanford University, majoring in physics or comparative litera- ture; designated a Joanna and Robert Martin Scholar. Abraham Chaibi – son of Lora Berg (State) and Karim Chaibi; graduate of the American School of Paris; attending Princeton University, majoring in physics; designated a Turner C. Cameron Memorial Scholar. Academic Merit Winners Fiona Hogan – daughter of Abby and James Hogan (State); graduate of the International School of Curacao; attending the University of Florida, majoring in biomedical engineering. 70 F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L / J U L Y - A UGU S T 2 0 1 0 Reuben Luoma-Overstreet – son of Kristine and Charles Luoma-Overstreet (State); graduate of Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, Va.; attending the U.S. Air Force Academy, majoring in engi- neering.