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Only by the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, in partnership with UWorld and the Department of Defense National Defense Education Programs, to undergraduate sophomores and juniors across the United States.  The Goldwater Scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from among 1,350 natural science, engineering and mathematics students who were nominated by 445 academic institutions out of an estimated pool of more than 5,000 students.  The scholarships are for one or two years, depending on the recipient鈥檚 year in school, and cover the cost of tuition, mandatory fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.

Numerous Hope students have received scholarships through the years, including six during the past three years.  A total of 24 Hope students have received the awards since 2006, the earliest year for which data is available on the Goldwater website.

Laurin is majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology.  She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in biochemistry and conduct fundamental, translational research while teaching and mentoring students at the university level.

She has been conducting research at Hope since the spring of 2023, including part-time during the academic year and full-time for 10 weeks during each of the past two summers, with Dr. Kristin Dittenhafer-Reed, associate professor of chemistry.  The project focuses on understanding the mechanisms that regulate mitochondrial DNA expression and maintenance.

Following the conclusion of the current school year, she will work with Dittenhafer-Reed in May and then spend the rest of the summer at the University of Michigan through the Perrigo Undergraduate Summer Fellowship program.  She will work with Dittenhafer-Reed again during the 2025-26 school year.

Laurin鈥檚 other activities at Hope have included the orchestra and the club women鈥檚 ice hockey team.  She is a 2022 graduate of Portage Northern High School and the Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center.

Rosenberger is majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology, in addition to pursuing a major in religion with an emphasis on Christian history, theology and ethics.  She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in biochemistry and an MD, to lead and conduct basic research in biomedical science, and to aid in the translation of that research to patients in the form of targeted molecular therapies.

She has been conducting research at Hope with Dr. Leah Chase, professor of biology and chemistry, part time every semester since the spring of 2023 and full-time for 10 weeks during the summer of 2023.  The Chase laboratory has been investigating the regulation of a membrane transport system that plays a critical role in protecting the brain鈥檚 cells from damage by mediating oxidative stress.

Also during the summer of 2023, for five weeks, and for 12 weeks during the summer of 2024, she conducted research at the University of Chicago in the Ovarian Cancer Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Ernst Lengyel, MD/Ph.D., who is the Arthur L. and Lee G. Herbst Distinguished Service Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and chairs the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Dr. Hilary Kenny, Ph.D., who is a research associate professor in the department.  The laboratory has been investigating the role of the extracellular matrix protein biglycan (BGN) in ovarian cancer tumor progression.

In addition to working in the Chase laboratory this summer, Rosenberger will begin preparing a manuscript based on the research, applying to medical school, and will spend a month working full-time at a local dental clinic to continue engaging and exploring the healthcare field.

Her other activities at Hope have included the SPERA treble vocal ensemble; the Taekwondo club, of which she is vice president; serving as a teaching assistant for the General Biology Lab; and volunteering at Holland Hospital.  She is a 2022 graduate of Neuqua Valley High School.

is a federally endowed agency established by Public Law 99-661 on November 14, 1986. The Scholarship Program honoring Senator Barry Goldwater was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue research careers in the fields of the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics. The Goldwater Scholarship is the preeminent under-graduate award of its type in these fields. With the 2025 awards, the foundation has awarded 11,162 scholarships since 1989.