The Pearson Foundation has awarded the Pearson Prize for Higher Education to 70 students from universities and colleges across the United States. The Pearson Prize honors exemplary students attending four-year institutions and community colleges who have distinguished themselves through public service while completing their post-secondary studies.
The 2011 Pearson Prize National Fellows are:
Karim Abouelnaga, Cornell University
Jon Adams, Helena College of Technology of the University of Montana
Bernard Akem, Normandale Community College
Muthuraman Alagappan, Stanford University
Jay-Sheree Allen, The City College of New York
Rachel Binder-Hathaway, University of Maine
Daniel Brannon, Anne Arundel Community College
Colin Carlson, University of Connecticut
Timi Chu, Northwestern University
Melinda Civic, Schenectady County Community College
Cristina Garcia, University of Texas at Dallas
Jarell Green, University of Nevada, Reno
Niharika Jain, Harvard University
Jacob Kerr, Lake City Community College
Amber Koonce, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Onaje LaMont, Broward Community College
Kevin Magana, LaGuardia Community College
Maia Mossé, Stanford University
Caleb Pendleton, University of Texas at San Antonio
Garrett Wright, University of Southern Mississippi
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