Two MSU seniors were awarded scholarships for graduate study at Cambridge University in England last week.

Camillia Smith, a mathematics senior, and Robin Stein, a chemistry and interdisciplinary humanities senior, interviewed in early February and also were candidates for Rhodes and Marshall scholarships. Both students are in the Honors College.

“I’m really happy about it,” said Stein, who is the first MSU student to be named a Gates Cambridge Scholar.

“It’s very nice of the Honors College to have helped me so much and my professors as well.”

If she chooses to accept the award, Stein will be attending Churchill College at Cambridge University for three years working toward her doctorate in physical chemistry.

Smith was awarded the Churchill Scholarship for Cambridge University and a National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowship.

Both students were awarded a National Science Foundation 2002 Research Fellowship.