Independence student Katie Ameku is a THCF Scholarship recipient, receiving 7 total scholarships throughout her 4-year college education, from 2021-2024, at Coe College in Iowa.
These scholarships afforded her the freedom to spend precious time in math and physics research, including traveling during summers for advanced programs at institutions including University of Pennsylvania and Georgia Tech.
The combination of her academic research, political action and community service have led her to become 1 of 32 American students in 2024 to receive the coveted Rhodes Scholarship. She’ll be moving to the United Kingdom in October 2025 for three years of fully funded study at Oxford University in England.
She received THCF scholarships from the Norman and Mary Anne Davidson Scholarship Fund, the Gene and Joanne Cable Scholarship, and the Sam and Lindsey Porter Scholarship.