Global Grant Scholar Update
District 5710 funds a Rotary Global Grant Scholarship every two years. The District interviews were held in Lawrence, KS, on Saturday February 8, 2025. We selected one scholarship winner, Ms. Anna McCartan from Leawood, KS.
Anna finished her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry/Data Science and graduated from Notre Dame University in Indiana last May. Anna is pursuing a MS degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at the University College Cork in Cork, Ireland, and is representing District 5710 very well.
Here is Anna’s November report in her own words:
“Everything is still going smoothly, although things are a bit busy preparing for exams at the moment. Next week will be my last week of classes.
It’s been fun celebrating the holidays here in Cork; there was a neat parade on Halloween that I’ll share a few pictures of, and now there are lots of festive Christmas decorations up, including the Cork Rotary Club’s Tree of Remembrance, an annual fundraising project that I'll get to assist with this year! No major Thanksgiving celebrations here, but I’m hoping to cook with a few American friends next week.I also just got back from Dublin—I needed to be there for an immigration appointment, and decided to stay for the weekend. My friend from home came to visit, and we stayed with Marialisa, another Rotary scholar who is studying at University College Dublin! We all had a fun weekend together, and Marialisa came back to Cork with me for a night as well.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!” Anna McCartan
Thanks to District 5710 leadership for funding the Global Grant Scholarship program. It is always exciting to have an excellent scholar studying abroad and representing District 5710.
