Mick Kulikowski, News Services, (919) 515-3470
Jennie Lamonte, (919) 513-4076
Dec. 14, 2007
Brian Lee Clark, a senior majoring in physics and minoring in mathematics at North Carolina State University, has been awarded a 2008 Marshall Scholarship.
The Mt. Pleasant, N.C., native will use the scholarship – which includes university fees, cost-of-living expenses, an annual book grant, thesis grant, research and daily travel grants, and fares to and from the United States – to pursue advanced study in mathematics and a master's degree in physics from the University of Cambridge beginning in fall 2008.
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| Brian Clark Photo by Roger Winstead |
Clark is one of two Marshall Scholar recipients representing a North Carolina institution and one of just 37 recipients nationwide from more than 900 applicants. He received his scholarship through the Atlanta region, which interviewed 20 candidates from a field of 115 applicants. He is NC State's second Marshall Scholar.
The Marshall Scholarship is awarded to selected U.S. students with at least a 3.7 GPA who wish to pursue advanced degree studies in Britain. It is named after George C. Marshall, who stated that "a close accord between our two countries is essential to the good of mankind in this turbulent world of today, and that is not possible without an intimate understanding of each other."
A 2004 graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School, Clark received one of NC State's merit scholarships – the Caldwell Scholarship – after his freshman year. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and NC State's University Scholars Program.
Clark is no stranger to overseas travel and study. He was a summer student at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland in 2007, where he learned more about – and worked beside – the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle collider. He also conducted a summer research program in high energy particle physics at the University of Oxford in 2006.
Clark also serves as student director of NC State's "WE Recycle" program, a nationally recognized program that recycles waste at home football games.
After his time at Cambridge, Clark plans to get his Ph.D. in physics and to teach at the university level.
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