Katie Keegan PEG ’22 sighed when she got the call from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Graduate Computations Science Fellowship program: Why were they personally phoning hundreds of students whose applications had been rejected?
Then she heard the word ‘congratulations.’ Keegan’s hands began to shake: The now 18-year-old was joining the ranks of fewer than 5 percent of students that have received the fellowship historically.
Former Mathematics department chair John Ong called her scholarly accomplishment a significant milestone at Mary Baldwin. “As her advisor, I am in awe of her discipline, ambition and achievement,” he said.