Milestones

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NCSU STUDENT WINS ARCHITECTURE FELLOWSHIP: An N.C. State University student, Kristin Elaine Hawk, is a winner of a traveling fellowship from the Kohn Pedersen Fox Foundation. She will receive $10,000 to pursue a travel itinerary of her choice planned around an architectural theme or course of discovery. She plans to travel to Italy for a summer studio dealing with "hybrids and collisions" -- the relationship of new to old buildings in historic settings. The foundation is part of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, an international architecture firm with studios in New York, London and Shanghai.

WORK OF CAROLINA FOR KIBERA RECOGNIZED: Carolina for Kibera, a nonprofit organization with a mission to fight poverty and help prevent violence in the slum of Kibera outside Nairobi, Kenya, was recently awarded the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation 2008 Reflections of Hope Award. The award was presented this month to U.S. Marine Capt. Rye Barcott, who founded the organization, and Salim Mohamed, the Kenya-based executive director. "Carolina for Kibera focuses on helping the people of Kibera by giving them the tools and the resources to help themselves," said Kari Watkins, Oklahoma City National Memorial executive director. "The programs train Kenyans to take action to change their own circumstances." The award, which provides a $25,000 honorarium, recognizes those who exemplify hope in the midst of tragedy.

CHAPEL HILL STUDENT WRITES SCHOLARSHIP-WINNING ESSAY: Otis Reid of Chapel Hill High School has won a $1,000 scholarship for writing the best essay from North Carolina on the relationship between natural resources and international conflict in the National Peace Essay Contest sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace. Reid's essay is called "Natural Resources and Peace: Building Hope for the Future." The institute's contest is in its 21st year. An independent panel of experts judges each essay, and a winner is chosen from every state. Reid will join fellow winners for a trip to Washington. For more information on the National Peace Essay Contest, visit www.usip.org/ed/npec.