Wendy Billings Awarded Prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
April 10, 2020
BYU students Wendy Billings and Orion Weller were recently named Barry M. Goldwater Scholars for the 2020–2021 academic year. The Goldwater Scholarship provides up to $7,500 to students who intend to pursue research careers in the fields of the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Billings, a junior from Orem, Utah, is a chemistry major and intends to pursue a career in research and plans to begin applying for Ph.D. programs toward the end of this year.
Weller, a junior from Seattle, Washington, is double majoring in computer science and statistics, and researches with BYU professors Kevin Seppi, Nancy Fulda and Quinn Snell. Weller describes his research as the intersection between computer science, statistics and linguistics.