Chelsea’s Giovanni Bickel has been given a great opportunity at Michigan State University. After being selected to receive the Alumni Distinguished Scholarship, Bickel said he’s ready to make something out of it.
The scholarship provides up to eight consecutive semesters of undergraduate enrollment, including tuition, fees, food and housing, and a single experiential education stipend. Each awardee also receives a spot in the MSU Honors College’s Professorial Assistantship program, which provides a two-year paid research placement with a faculty mentor.
Bickel, who graduated from Chelsea High School this year, told the Sun Times News he’s “very grateful to have the opportunity to study at Michigan State for free.”
“It feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders now that I won’t have to worry about applying for more scholarships, and more importantly, I won’t have to pay off any student loans when I graduate,” Bickel said. “I realize how lucky I am to have this opportunity and I’m ready to make something out of it!”
His plans are to major in mathematics. He said he’s also leaning towards a minor in Italian and Economics.
“I did well in math and econ at CHS, and I enjoyed learning about them, so I am looking forward to learning even more and finding a career in those fields,” he said. “As for Italian, my mom’s side of the family all lives in Italy/San Marino, so I plan on minoring in Italian in the hopes that I can learn the language and be able to communicate over there.”
He said he’s very intrigued by the research opportunity he’ll have because it’s something he never really looked at or thought about when he was younger.
Now with this opportunity, he said he’s “very excited to learn more about it and get some real-world experience in the field!”
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