SOU Student Wins Scholarship to Study Chemistry at U.C. Berkeley

Laura Armstrong, a 22-year-old Chemistry major, has been awarded the $5000 Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship scholarship. Armstrong, home-schooled through high school, plans on attending U.C. Berkeley. Her future plans include achieving her Ph.D. "Thank you! I want to do the research they do at U.C. Berkeley", she explains, specifically in the area of theoretical chemistry.

The prestigious scholarship is one of just 57 awarded in the nation, and the first of its kind at Southern Oregon University.