16 TXST graduate students awarded P.E.O. International Peace Scholarships

STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Lane Fortenberry | June 24, 2024

Sixteen Texas State University graduate students have received awards from the P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship (IPS) Fund for 2024-2025. The P.E.O. IPS provides up to $12,500 for women pursuing graduate studies in the United States, and international students may apply for a one-time renewal to receive up to $25,000 in total to support their graduate degrees.

TXST routinely receives more awards than any other institution in Texas. For example, 12 of the 19 recipients for the 2023-2024 award year were TXST students.

The 2024-2025 awardees, including their home countries, degree levels, and majors, are listed below:

• Grace An
  • Republic of Korea
  • master's student, music performance and pedagogy
• Andreia Alves
  • Brazil
  • doctoral student, aquatic resources and integrative biology
  • renewal – first award 2022-2023
• Hilary Ansah
  • Ghana
  • doctoral student, geography
  • renewal – first award 2023-2024
• Eunice Babatunde
  • Nigeria
  • doctoral student, materials science, engineering, and commercialization
  • renewal – first award 2022-2023
• Namrata Bhandari
  • Nepal
  • doctoral student, aquatic resources and integrative biology
• Anupa Bhatta
  • Nepal
  • doctoral student, geography
• Joyeta Bishnu
  • Bangladesh
  • master's student, biochemistry
• Nakky Ekeanyanwu
  • Nigeria
  • doctoral student, geographic information science
  • renewal – first award 2023-2024
• Fernanda Guitron Topete
  • Mexico
  • doctoral student, physical therapy
• Nirvana HeidarianBaei
  • Iran
  • doctoral student, geography
• Nasim Layegh
  • Iran
  • doctoral student, developmental literacy
• Elahe Mahmoudi
  • Iran
  • doctoral student, developmental literacy
• Anna Maier
  • Germany
  • doctoral student, applied anthropology
• Neelam Thapa Magar
  • Nepal
  • master's student, sustainability studies
  • renewal – first award 2023-2024
• Tatiana Velásquez Roa
  • Colombia
  • doctoral student, aquatic resources and integrative biology
• Pingping Wang
  • China
  • doctoral student, geographic information science

This year's class includes TXST's first-ever recipients from several graduate programs (applied anthropology and biochemistry) and concentrations (developmental literacy and music performance and pedagogy) and ties our record for the most recipients in a single year.

In total, 78 TXST graduate students and graduate alumni have received this award using the advising support services provided by The Graduate College's external funding coordinators.

The P.E.O. IPS is a highly coveted, competitive scholarship. TXST has an impressive history of success with this award, including a 100% renewal rate. In fact, several of this year's recipients were not funded upon their first applications, but they re-applied and were successful the second time.

Visit The Graduate College’s External Funding Awardees page for more information about this year’s recipients, as well as links to archived award news about previous recipients.