The Top Scholar award is funded by the Wright State Parents Association and the Friends of the Wright State University Libraries. The Top Scholar is selected by the dean of each college and the Lake Campus. Each Top Scholar must have at least a 3.6 GPA and be on track to graduate in spring. Any other criteria used to select a Top Scholar are determined by the deans and may vary by college. A book is purchased and added to the University Libraries permanent collections in honor of each student and includes a bookplate with the student’s name and college. The subjects of the books are chosen from within the students’ majors and the books are selected by the libraries’ collection management team. Students’ names and colleges are also added to the online catalog record of their Top Scholar Award book.
College of Science and Math Top Scholar
Stamatina Tolias
Stamatina Tolias is a student in the Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology department.
Top Scholar Department Nominees
Roselle Almazan
Roselle was admitted to Wright State with the Valedictorian Scholarship and she has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA, one of just 3 students in Biology to accomplish that feat this year.
Hannah Colvin
Hannah Colvin is a member of our behavioral neuroscience concentration and she also is working towards a minor in business.
Joseph Davidson
Joseph Davidson Joe will be receiving his Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Environmental Science Spring semester 2020. He has maintained a 4.0 throughout his academic career at Wright State.
Kari Giovanelli
Kari Giovanelli is a well-rounded excellent scholar. She has the prerequisites of a 4.0 cumulative GPA, and awards such as the Nelson Faerber Endowed Scholarship, Martin Luther King Jr.
Elizabeth Gomez
For her thesis, Elizabeth screened through 104 genes for expression in the female reproductive system of flatworms and identified two required for germline formation.
Alexander Groeger
Alexander Groeger is working towards a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Engineering. While maintaining his 4.0 GPA he is involved in a Deep Learning Project with Wright Patt and in an independent study course on Quantum Computing.
Joey Hwang
Joey Hwang has earned some of the highest marks in all of his statistics classes. In addition to his coursework, Joey has an internship at Canary Consulting and they have offered him a permanent part-time position.
