Engineering Student Earns Gilman Scholarship and Interns in France

Undergraduate Student Spotlight

When Valentina Fajardo heard she earned the Florida State University Benjamin Gilman Scholarship Award, she realized she had become part of the Gilman community. She and 15 other FSU recipients would be able to study and intern abroad.

She is one of two FAMU-FSU College of Engineering students who got the award. Lucas Deininger also received the award.

“I am extremely grateful to be a recipient of this scholarship,” Fajardo said. “It is an honor to have someone believe in my potential and invest in my education.”