New Graduate Students 2025-2026

This Fall, the Mathematics Department welcomed 12 new graduate students. One of which entered with a Masters, and 11 with a Bachelors. Three were awarded scholarships and two were awarded a fellowship!

Lucas Allen - Bachelor’s from University of Wisconsin

Sage Bothwell - Bachelor’s from Oregon State University

Libbie Clevette - Bachelor’s from Doane College

Jackson Dube - Bachelor’s from Oregon State University

Marian Frick – Bachelor’s from University of Kansas

Quinn Keeler - Bachelor’s and Master’s from Queens University

Aidan Lincicum – Bachelor’s from Macalester College

Oscar Murillo-Espinoza - Bachelor’s from Cal State University Monterey Bay

Emily Payne – Bachelor’s from University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Brendan Perez – Bachelor’s from Linfield University

Haidee Ruvalcaba – Bachelor’s from Cal State University Northridge

Sumi Vora – Bachelor’s from Pomona College

The Math department is pleased to announce graduate students who received awards for the 25/26 academic year.

Two of our returning students, Hsiang Thum and Zejing Wang, all had the Wei Scholarship renewed. These scholarships are from the Wei Family Private Foundation. This foundation is a non-profit organization, established to honor the memory of Dr. (Mrs.) Chung Kwai Lui Wei and Mr. Hsin Hsu Wei. The purpose of this foundation is to award scholarship grants to students of Chinese heritage with high academic credentials.

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Hsiang Thum

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Zejing Wang

Aidan Lincicum and Emily Payne were awarded the Provost Scholarship. The purpose of the Provost’s Distinguished Fellowship and Scholarship program is to support programs in the recruitment of Oregon State’s most meritorious graduate students.

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Aidan Lincicum

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Emily Payne

Lucas Allen was awarded the ARCS scholarship (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists). The ARCS Foundation Oregon Chapter advances science and technology in the United States by providing financial awards to academically outstanding students who are U.S. citizens studying to complete Ph.D. degrees in science, engineering, math, technology, and medical research at Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon State University and the University of Oregon.

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Lucas Allen

Oscar Murillo-Espinoza and Haidee Ruvalcaba were awarded the Ramanujan-Hardy Fellowship. This fellowship was established to help recruit and retain post-baccalaureate and graduate students from communities that are historically underrepresented in higher education.

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