{"id":32985,"date":"2022-05-03T10:16:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/physics\/?p=32985"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:34:49","slug":"meet-goldwater-scholar-and-alumni-legacy-scholar-pangaea-finn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/physics\/blog\/2022\/05\/03\/meet-goldwater-scholar-and-alumni-legacy-scholar-pangaea-finn\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Goldwater Scholar and Alumni Legacy Scholar Pangaea Finn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image wp-image--caption\" id=\"attachment_5460\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2022\/04\/image.jpg\" alt=\"Pangaea Finn, a 2022 Goldwater scholar triple majoring in mathematics, physics and music performance\" class=\"wp-image-5460\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:contain\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pangaea Finn, a 2022 Goldwater scholar triple majoring in mathematics, physics and music performance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Goldwater Scholarship Program, one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in natural sciences, engineering and mathematics, selected Boise State honors student and Alumni Legacy Scholarship recipient Pangaea Finn as a 2022 scholar. The program identifies and supports sophomore and junior level students who show exceptional promise of becoming the next generation of research leaders in these fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pangaea Finn joins an exclusive group of the 417 students who received awards from a pool of 1,242 nominated students representing 433 academic institutions this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m elated to be a representative of the small but flourishing physics community here at Boise State,\u201d said Finn. \u201cAs an early college student, I\u2019ve had challenging experiences in the traditional education system, but earning this scholarship was further validation of the support I\u2019ve had from my professors and my department.\u201dFinn began her Boise State career enrolled in a calculus course at the age of 13 and was a full-time freshman student by 14. She is now triple majoring in mathematics, physics, and music performance as a junior. She hopes to pursue a career in biophysical research, using physical and electrical methods to discover the microscopic biology of bilayer lipid membranes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finn\u2019s research mentor is Daniel Fologea, a professor in the physics department.&nbsp;Her&nbsp;aspirations include teaching at a research university to educate and inspire the next generation of scientists, a group she\u2019s now a part of as a Goldwater scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m always exploring new avenues within the field and this scholarship will help me explore my specific interests in physics, leading me towards exactly what I hope to research in the future,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nine Boise State students \u2013 now including Finn \u2013 have received the Goldwater Scholarship since 1991. The Honors College and its fellowship advisor Kate Huebschmann support candidates throughout the application process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goldwaterscholarship.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goldwater Scholarship Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/alumni\/students\/alumni-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alumni Legacy Scholarship Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"c-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/give.boisestate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Become a donor to support Boise State students.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Goldwater Scholarship Program, one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":32987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Goldwater Scholar and Alumni Legacy Scholar Pangaea Finn - Department of Physics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/physics\/blog\/2022\/05\/03\/meet-goldwater-scholar-and-alumni-legacy-scholar-pangaea-finn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Goldwater Scholar and Alumni Legacy Scholar Pangaea Finn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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