“I am especially in awe of all the elements that must come together to ensure that these scholars are not only financially supported, but are able to grow over the next four years. Scholarships are made possible by generous charitable donations and are facilitated by the Dean and staff of the Department of Undergraduate Education to enable students to develop transformative relationships, participate meaningfully in various communities, We take great care to ensure that you have a wonderful, spiritually enriching experience, your time at Duke.”
Learn more about individual scholarships here. College Scholars and Fellows Office.
Duke University’s 2027 Distinguished Scholars recipients are:
Alumni Endowed Scholarship
Professor Stephen Craig, Professor Carol Levin, Co-Director
- Clark Campbell, from St. Louis, Missouri, John Burroughs School graduate
- Karla Shield, from Winnie, Texas, graduate of Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School
Ange B. Duke Memorial Scholarship
Lillian B. Pierce, Dean
- Edward Huang, Apex, North Carolina graduate of William G. Enlo Magnet High School
- Siddarth Jandhyala, from Phoenix, Arizona, graduated from BASIS Phoenix High School
- Daniel Levin, from Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania, graduate of Taylor Olderdis High School
- Razvan Marcu, from Craiova, Romania, Graduate of Bucharest International Computer High School
- Eugene Park, from Brentwood, Tennessee Graduated from Brentwood High School
- Xiotian “Tina” Qian, from Beijing, China, graduated from Beijing Second Middle School International Department
- Zachary Robers, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, graduated from East Chapel Hill High School
Benjamin N. Duke Memorial Scholarship
Adam Hollowell, Dean
- Yasmin Abdel Rahman, a graduate of Heritage High School, from Wake Forest, North Carolina
- Emma Bao, from Simpsonville, South Carolina, graduate of Riverside High School
- Tanner Buck, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, graduated from St. James High School
- Scarlett Francini, from Pittsboro, North Carolina, graduate of the North Carolina Graduate School of Science and Mathematics
- Zachary Heil, from Valdez, North Carolina, graduated from Jimmy C. Drone High School
- Claire Meehan, from Graham, North Carolina, graduate of Southern Alamance High School
- James Merritt, from Charlotte, North Carolina, graduated from Sun Valley High School
- Isabella Peralta, from Aiken, South Carolina, Aiken Scholar Academy Graduate
- Ximena Salinas-Ayala, from Monroe, North Carolina, graduate of Porter Ridge High School
- Divya Srijay, from Spartanburg, South Carolina, graduate of Dorman High School
- Lily Jen from Woodruff, South Carolina, Woodruff High School graduate
Reginald Howard Memorial Scholarship
Martin P. Smith, Dean of Academic Affairs, Dean
- Chelsea Clarke, from East Brunswick, New Jersey, graduate of Hung School in Princeton
- Daniel Mehari, from Silver Spring, Maryland, graduated from Montgomery Blair High School
- Jaden Small, from Bronx, New York, graduate of Loomis Chaffee School
Kirsch International Scholarship
Giovanni Zanarda, Dean
- George Addu, Presbyterian Secondary School graduate from Kumasi, Ghana
- Sylvester Alizey, from Gamashi, Ghana, Graduate of Adisadel University
- Mehdi Chouikha From Soukla, Tunisia, graduate of African Leadership Academy
- Kzivakwashe Goula, from Harare, Zimbabwe, graduate of Waterford Kamraba United World College South Africa
- Dadou Ikirezi, from Kigali, Rwanda, Graduate of Bridge2Rwanda School
- Yuliya Leverfarb, from Novosibirsk, Russia, graduate of the Educational Skills Center Comprehensive School
- Matias Pinto Chavez, from Santiago, Chile, graduate of Nido de Aguilas International School
trinity scholarship
Professor Stephen Craig, Professor Carol Levin, Co-Director
- William Abell, from Greensboro, North Carolina, graduate of Walter Hines Page High School
- Isabel Davis, from Jamestown, North Carolina, graduated from Southwest Guildford High School
- Jack Fresina, from Greensboro, North Carolina, graduated from Grimsley High School
- Madison Hann, from Columbia, South Carolina, graduated from Spring Valley High School
- Kushi Jakati Originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, early college graduate from Guildford College
- Isha Omer, from Kinston, NC, Arendelle Parrot Academy Graduate
- Laura Ortiz Gomez, from High Point, North Carolina, graduated from Southwest Guildford High School
- Annika Suman, from Greensboro, North Carolina, early college graduate, University of Guildford
college scholarship
Victoria Lodewick, Dean
- Marcia Urthan from Manchester, Connecticut, graduated from Manchester High School
- Rosemina Aieko from Migori County, Kenya, graduate of Mount Laverna Secondary School in Nairobi
- Jeffrey Bohrer Guerra from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Unidad Educativa Balandra Cruz del Sur graduate
- Katherine Nahalwe, Lusaka, Zambia, graduate of St. Francis Claire Secondary School
- Sarah Tandon, from Sterling, Virginia, graduate of Dominion High School
- Manahil Tariq From Lahore, Pakistan Graduated from Lahore International School
- Holly Twila, from Northolt, England, graduated from Elthorne Park High School
