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The Goldwater Scholarship Program was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. Four UW students have been selected for the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Awards, including Danish major Sean Hughes (second from right, above.) The 2006 Goldwater Scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,081 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by colleges and universities nationwide.