Randall D. Ledford Scholarships in PhysicsWake Forest UniversityThe Randall D. Ledford Scholarship I in PhysicsThe Department of Physics awards the Randall Ledford Scholarship I once every four years to a high school student interested in majoring in Physics at Wake Forest University. This is a four-year half-tuition scholarship awarded to a promising incoming physics major attending Wake Forest University. The award is worth a minimum of $108,000, and anyone is eligible to apply during the year it is available. The next time we will be able to accept applications is in the fall of 2019 for a scholarship to be awarded to a student entering in the fall of 2020. The Randall D. Ledford Scholarship II in PhysicsThe Department of Physics awards the Randall Ledford Scholarship II once every four years to a high school student interested in majoring in Physics at Wake Forest University. This is a four-year merit scholarship awarded to a promising incoming physics major attending Wake Forest University. The award is worth a minimum of $44,000 and only students who are attending high school in North Carolina are eligible to apply during the year it is available. The next time we will be able to accept applications is in the fall of 2021 for a scholarship to be awarded to a student entering in the fall of 2022. This scholarship is funded through the generosity of Dr. Randall D. Ledford, WFU class of 1972. Dr. Ledford is Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer of Emerson Electric Company, one of the world's leading electronics companies. Before joining Emerson Electric, Dr. Ledford was president and general manager of several divisions of Texas Instruments Inc. including software, digital imaging, enterprise solutions and process automation. He began his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories where he worked on UNIX development, fiber optic communication and microwave transmissions. While at Texas Instruments, Dr. Ledford led the company's development of the Digital Light Processor (DLP). The size of a postage stamp, this device is the world's most complex microelectromechanical machine, with 1.3 million parts. The DLP was featured in the first digital theater premiere of a major motion picture, Star Wars: Episode I. How to ApplyTo apply for this award:
Ledford Scholarship Physics at Wake Forest UniversityWake Forest offers unsurpassed opportunities for students who wish to study physics. Wake Forest combines the values and emphasis on close faculty-student interaction that is characteristic of small colleges, while offering the opportunity to engage in research with internationally recognized scientists.
You will be encouraged to participate in research. We do not require it, but most of our students choose to pursue this experience. You will not just read about science - you will become a scientist. There is a good chance that you will co-author a publication or present a scientific paper at a national meeting. We have special grants available to allow you to stay here for the summer working on research. Other grants fund student travel to national meetings to present their work. You will be able to work with biophysicists who are probing the fundamental processes of life, astrophysicists who are modeling things from the beginning of the universe to the creation of gravity waves during black hole collisions, solid state physicists who are laying the groundwork for the next generation of lasers and radiation detectors. You will have an opportunity to work, not only with our own fourteen physics faculty, but also with the scientists from around the world who frequently visit to collaborate and use our facilities.
Smaller universities have historically been the most effective at preparing future scientists, as demonstrated by the demographics of those who hold doctorates in physics. Wake Forest, with its rare blend of outstanding facilities, extraordinary faculty, and small college values, is uniquely suited to develop in students a passion for learning and exploration that is the hallmark of all great scientists. The UniversityWake Forest is unusual. Those familiar with our reputation are often surprised to find how small we are. We have over 4,500 undergraduates, making us the third smallest NCAA Division IA school. All our classes (except for some one-credit labs) are taught by faculty, not by graduate students. The beautiful 340-acre campus in Winston-Salem, NC is perhaps the most technologically advanced in the country. Every entering student gets a hot notebook computer with upgrades throughout the undergraduate period. Our campus has complete wireless coverage with speedy 802.11n networks. Our student body has a tradition of community service, from building houses for Habitat for Humanity to working with the City of Joy. The University seeks students who have the ability and the desire to make a difference in the world. Questions?Want to find out more about our department or the scholarship? Please come and visit. We can coordinate your visit with our admissions office and a campus tour. Give me a call, write, or send e-mail:
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