Nishan Shrestha is the 2013 recipient of the Dr. Robert Terry Supplemental Instruction Scholarship. Shrestha is a senior physics (pre-engineering) and math major from Nepal and has been an SI leader since his sophomore year.<\/p>\n
Shrestha is the first generation in his family to have the opportunity to pursue a college degree.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy parents were really supportive and wanted me to have a good education, so I got to come here and I studied hard to go far, \u201cIt is a long time to be away from home, but I like it here. Once I got over the home-sickness and made friends, it has been great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shrestha said that he has taken advantage of SI sessions for classes he struggled in and believes in its value to all students.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery student has a weakness. Not every student is good at math,\u201d he said. \u201cI needed help with literature. As an SI leader, I have also noticed that I learn at the same time I\u2019m helping others. Education is about adding up all that we learn.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Shrestha, competition for the scholarship can be intimidating, but he didn\u2019t let up. This is his third time to apply for the scholarship.<\/p>\n
Shrestha will graduate in May and plans to go on to Oklahoma State University, where he will pursue a physics-related doctorate in engineering.<\/p>\n
He attributes his education he received at SAU and the added support of a wonderful faculty, especially Dr. Abdel Bachri, for this next big step in his career plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI give much of the credit for my degree to my professors,\u201d said Shrestha. \u201cThe student-teacher ratio really matters. They are accessible and as concerned about your success as you are. I have little doubt the education and the efforts of my professors led to my acceptance by OSU. I\u2019m thankful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
SI has been established on campus since the early 90s, but the drive to begin an SI Scholarship was begun in 2010 by non-traditional student Debra Hartley, Dr. Terry\u2019s last SI leader. Hartley wanted to recognize Terry\u2019s dedication to academics, student success and his accomplishments before he retired that same year.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Towey Leake, an SI leader for sociology, was the first recipient of the scholarship, followed by Nishant Shrestha, a physics major (not the same as the 2013 recipient) and Thurisha Raigama, a leader for math studies, in 2012.<\/p>\n
Lavana Kindle serves as coordinator for the program.<\/p>\n
The Dr. Robert Terry SI Scholarship relies on continuing donations, according to Director of SAU Foundation Jeanie Bismark.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not funded by an endowment, so without renewed support the funds will be exhausted and the scholarship would have to be discontinued,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The scholarship provides $500 per semester. Candidates must be an SI leader with a recommendation from a faculty member.<\/p>\n
To learn more about contributing toward this worthwhile program, visit SAU Foundation\u2019s site<\/a> and select the \u201cMake a gift\u201d link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nishan Shrestha is the 2013 recipient of the Dr. Robert Terry Supplemental Instruction Scholarship. Shrestha is a senior physics (pre-engineering) and math major from Nepal and has been an SI leader since his sophomore year. Shrestha is the first generation in his family to have the opportunity to pursue a college degree. \u201cMy parents were… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"content-sidebar","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10619,10608,23255,10604],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chemphys","8":"category-in-science-technology","9":"category-mathematics-computer-science-degrees","10":"category-student-profiles","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}