An avid birder since the age of 10, Noah Strycker was just in high school when he began publishing articles and artwork in birding magazines. The Presidential Scholarship played a key role in his decision to further these interests at OSU. "The scholarship has freed me financially to do what I want to do. I've taken a wider range of classes. I've studied abroad in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador and assisted my ornithology professor with research projects in Michigan and Panama." Noah is just one example of the many gifted, passionate scholarship students who are building their futures at OSU.