We are proud to award multiple Tallo scholarships each year. We understand the critical importance of financial aid, and seek to help our students as they pursue their academic and professional dreams.
The Tallo Dashboard Scholarship – awarded quarterly – asks students to provide their best answer to a certain question. The student with the most impressive, unique, or intriguing answer is selected as the winner.
This time around, we asked applicants to submit their best answer to the following question: Describe a teacher or course that drew your interest to a certain STEM career or area of study.
Although we had many fantastic applicants, we could only choose one. And so we are pleased to announce Ryan Church from North Carolina as our most recent Dashboard Scholar!
Ryan recently graduated from John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, NC where he was extremely active in his chapter of HOSA – Future Health Professionals; as a senior, he was also elected President of his chapter. He was voted captain of his soccer team twice, and helped lead his teammates to back-to-back conference titles. He will be enrolling at the University of South Carolina this fall.
We caught up with Ryan for a little Q & A so we could get to know him a little better. Here’s what he had to say:
1. Something you wouldn’t know about me is…that I love thrift shopping and most of my shirts are from thrift stores.
2. For fun, I like to…play soccer and go to the beach with friends.
3. Two people I wish I could meet are…Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Bob Ross because I love their shows and I feel like they both have lots of knowledge and interesting life advice to share.
4. The best teachers I’ve ever had were…Mrs. Coston and Mr. Terzian. Both of them were great and gave me the passion to pursue biology in college and as a career.
5. The last app I downloaded on my phone was…the University of South Carolina app, because I love my future school.
6. After high school, my next step is…to attend the University of South Carolina to study biology.
7. In ten years, I see myself…either in dental school or pursuing a biological research career.
8. My greatest dream is…to spend my days in a lab working to discover new things that will benefit the world.
9. The thing I like the most about Tallo is…that it connected me with many scholarship opportunities and gave me the chance to get myself out there and be rewarded for my hard work.
As part of his scholarship, Ryan will also be awarded the exclusive Tallo Dashboard Scholarship Digital Badge.
Congratulations Ryan, good luck as you begin your college career. Go Gamecocks!
