OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
In the past eight years, CFSF awarded $293,000 (up to $5,000 per student) to 69 undergraduate and graduate students working towards degrees in food science, nutrition, food technology, culinary science, engineering, and related fields.
Last year we opened our Freshman Scholarship to high school seniors in addition to the program we have in place for current college students.
For the 2023-24 school year we awarded an additional $67,500 to 1 incoming freshmen, 8 undergraduate, and 5 graduate students.
2025 Recipients

Yusra Ansari
Undergraduate

Tiffany Li
Undergraduate

Paige Chew
Undergraduate

Max Rallo
Undergraduate

Jana Jabi
Undergraduate

Hannah Sullivan
Undergraduate

Eric Fan
Undergraduate

Alysha Haverkos
Undergraduate

Rory Campagna
Graduate

Chris Reusz
Graduate

Aya Jabi
Graduate

Rory Andrlik
Freshman

Lucas Nelson
Freshman

Faustina Krysciak
Freshman
2024 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Sanjana Kumar
Walter Payton College Preparatory School
Stanford University,
Engineering or Humanities/Sciences Department

Max Rallo
York High School
Johnson & Wales University
Baking and Pastry Arts

Evelyn Rios
York High School
Kendall College / National Louis University
Baking & Pastry Arts

Sarah Batka
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Sr., University of IL
Sponsored by IFANCA

Yusra Ansari
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Jr., University of IL

Nathan Chen
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Sr., University of IL

Paige Chew
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Jr., University of IL

Zylle Constantino
Chemical Engineering
Jr., University of IL

Eric Fan
Food Science/Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jr., University of IL

Christine Lee
Food Science
Sr., University of IL

Sara Thomason
Food Science / Fermentation Science
Sr., Purdue University

Alaina Cox
M.S., Food Science & Human Nutrition
University of IL

Christopher Reusz
Ph.D, Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences
North Carolina State University
2023 Recipients

Mia Wilson
Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences

Sarah Batka
University of IL

Paige Chew
University of IL

Allison Chhay
Cornell University

Eric Fan
University of IL

Dina Graves
Clemson University

Aya Jabi
University of IL

Michelle Langnickel
University of Minnesota

Sara Thomason
Purdue University

Daniel Ho
Illinois Institute of Technology

Christopher Reusz
North Carolina State University

Regina Taefi
University of Southern California

Alexander Taylor
University of IL

Cydney Jackson
Cornell University
2022 Recipients

Corey Anderson
University of Louisville

Sydney Balan
Dominican University

Sarah Batka
University of IL

Aubrey Dunteman
University of IL

Dina Graves
Clemson University

Cassandra Hansen
Dominican University

Aya Jabi
University of IL

Michelle Langnickel
University of Minnesota

Taylor Main
Purdue University

Ian Smith
Clemson University

Regina Taefi
University of Southern California
2021 Recipients

Hunter Adams
Purdue University

Gwendoline Balto
University of IL

Sarah Batka
University of IL

Lauren Bock
University of Notre Dame

Karin Cho
Iowa State University

Aubrey Dunteman
University of IL

Samantha Golemba
University of IL

Dina Graves
Clemson University

Michelle Langnickel
University of Minnesota

Christopher Reusz
North Carolina State

Evgeniya Rybalkina‐Evans
University of IL

Ian Smith
Clemson University

Ava Weyrich
University of Kentucky
2020 Recipients

Steven Buchholz
University of IL

Amaya Butler
University of Missouri

Aubrey Dunteman
University of IL

Eileen Foerster
University of IL

Meera Patel
University of IL

Gabriella Rienks
University of IL

Alexander Taylor
University of IL
2019 Recipients

Abigail Boyd
University of IL

Steven Buchholz
University of IL

Dana Dubinski
University of IL

Eileen Foerster
University of IL

Sean Kilker
University of IL

Sarah O’Donnell
IL Institute of Technology

Catherine Rolfe
IL Institute of Technology

Morganne Schmidt
University of Nebraska ‐ Lincoln

Tejashree Shah
Purdue University

Alexander Taylor
University of IL

Anna Waller
University of IL

Zhuzhu Wang
University of IL

Josh Warren
IL Institute of Technology

Morgan Weinberg
North Carolina State University
2018 Recipients

Aimee Buechler
University of IL

Catherine Gensler
University of Connecticut

Oguz Kaan-Ozturk
University of IL

Emely Lopez-Barrera
University of IL

Candice Mazewski
University of IL

Karen Zheng
University of IL
2017 Recipients

Emely Lopez-Barrera
University of IL

Candice Mazewski
University of IL

Elizabeth Morrow
University of IL

Maya Nienaber
University of IL

Sindy Palma-Salgado
University of IL

Morganne Schmidt
Dominican University

Luis Vargas-Lopez
University of IL

Kristen Yi
Cornell University

Karen Zheng
University of IL
2016 Recipients

Natalie Haag
Iowa State University

Brian Jacobson
University of IL

Emily Mayhew
University of IL

Janique Tyler
University of IL

Luis Vargas-Lopez
University of IL

Melissa Wang
University of IL

Karen Zheng
University of IL