Meet Our Getterman Scholars
2022 Getterman Scholars
Major: University Scholars, Pre-Law
What are your goals after you graduate Baylor?
"After Baylor, I am interested in pursuing a career in diplomacy or law. My experiences with language learning and travel have shaped my passion for engaging diverse peoples and cultures. I hope to utilize my Spanish and Japanese language skills as an instrument for God's kingdom on an international level. "
How will being a Getterman Scholar shape your Baylor experience?
"Being a Getterman Scholar is an enormous blessing that makes it possible for me to attend Baylor, a university that pursues the highest levels of academics while simultaneously being unapologetically Christian. It also gives me the opportunity to participate fully in Baylor's Honors College community so I can grow academically and spiritually alongside amazing faculty and students. I am grateful for the Getterman family's commitment to help Baylor students succeed not only in the classroom, but also in campus leadership, study abroad, and beyond."
Major: University Scholars, Pre-Med
What are your goals after you graduate Baylor?
"I expect my academic journey will take a few turns since I haven't chosen a specific field, but I want to be a Christian medical professional. W;t, a book recommended by the Honors College last year, helped inspire me to become a doctor that can serve his patients as a whole person: body and soul. I hope to continue the compassionate tradition of Christian medical practice wherever the Lord directs me."
How will being a Getterman Scholar shape your Baylor experience?
"The Getterman Scholars Program enhanced my Baylor experience before I became a Scholar. The program connected me with other like-minded students, and those friendships will carry into the future. In addition to fostering local community, I'll gain independence through studying abroad and order my head and heart through service in missions. The Getterman scholarship funds these opportunities and my family's peace of mind. This gift invigorates me with a sense of duty to capitalize on my Baylor experience."
Major: University Scholars, Pre-Med
What are your goals after you graduate Baylor?
"It is my hope one day to complete the arduous journey through medical school and enter the world of healthcare professionals. I believe that God has given me a passion and a gift not only for the biological sciences, but for teaching and assisting those in need. Additionally, I plan to continue pursuing my other passions, including languages and literature. More importantly, however, it is my goal to make every choice with my face lifted towards the glory of God, with the knowledge that there is something greater and more beautiful beyond all I see and understand at present."
How will being a Getterman Scholar shape your Baylor experience?
"I am awed and honored by the numerous opportunities offered to me by the Getterman Scholars program. The people with whom I will be able to collaborate, the service I will be able to perform, and the places I will be able to witness are gifts which may shape both these next four years and my own character. I already have a taste for the richness of the community into which I am entering, and I trust that the overwhelming gift of being a Getterman Scholar will help me become better suited to love the Lord and my neighbor."
2021 Getterman Scholars
Major: University Scholars
What are your professional goals after you graduate Baylor?
"While I do not have a concrete goal for my postgraduate years, my ultimate goal is to help others and educate those around me. Whether it be spiritually, academically, or otherwise, I hope to glorify God through the impact I leave on others. I feel confident that a Baylor education will prepare me to do just that. "
How will being a Getterman Scholar shape your experience at Baylor?
"The Getterman program will provide me with a wealth of opportunities to maximize my personal growth during my college years. In addition, the community that it fosters will allow me to strengthen my leadership skills so that I may become a better leader to my peers. For this opportunity, I cannot express how grateful I am.
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Pre-Med
What are your goals after you graduate from Baylor?
"I am excited to bring my passions of music, philosophy, and storytelling to medicine. My highest goal is to become a physician and bring the gospel to Brazil through medical care. As a Brazilian dual citizen, I have seen firsthand the failing healthcare, poor infrastructure, and doctor shortage in the Amazon delta. I hope to reach underserved regions, combining the science of healing with the love of Christ."
How will being a Getterman Scholar shape your Baylor experience?
"The greatest objective of my next four years is connection: to define the ties that bind faith and reason, body and spirit, and human to fellow human. This opportunity for connection, as a Getterman Scholar, demands my full participation and makes apathy unconscionable. It inspires me to savor every experience at Baylor and not take a moment for granted. I look forward to forging rich and meaningful relationships with faculty and classmates, as well as striving toward the highest forms of excellence within a caring community."
Major: Statistics
What are your goals after you graduate from Baylor?
After graduating Baylor, I plan to work in the corporate arena in a job that closely involves Mathematics and Finance. In God's timing, I also want to get married and have children. I would like to use my education, talents, and resources to improve the world around me, particularly that of young African-American students. Overall, I want to love the people God places in my life and uplift His name so more people can know of His love.
How will being a Getterman Scholar shape your Baylor experience?
Firstly, it is such a blessing to have been chosen as a Getterman Scholar. Every Baylor student has noteworthy abilities and passions, so I feel privileged to receive this recognition from the Honors College. I plan on majoring in Statistics, but I also have a love of the Humanities. The Getterman Scholarship will allow me to pursue my Statistics major but also delve into Classics, History, and the wider world through my participation in the BIC program. Being able to experience these subjects through Study Abroad, mission trips, research activities, and mentoring relationships would be invaluable.
2020 Getterman Scholars
Major: University Scholars
What are your goals after you graduate Baylor?
"My main goal in life is to follow God and serve in His kingdom. I don't know exactly what this looks like for the future, to be honest. But I know that if I keep trying to walk with Him daily, He will guide me where I'm meant to go."
"The Getterman Scholarship hugely impacts my attitude about school, and life at Baylor in general. It is such an immense thing, to realize that the people here have so much faith in who I am and who I can become. Feeling the weight of that confidence motivates me to truly make the most of this experience, to learn all I can, work as hard as I can, and seek God as passionately as I can. Every time I mess up and fall short, it inspires me to try again. I am BEYOND thankful for this scholarship and I TRULY hope to do the Honors College proud!"
Major: Baylor Business Fellows
What are your goals after you graduate Baylor?
"I would love to do something with Statistics in the future. I've got a long way to go, so I don't know exactly what that will look like, but I love numbers and data analysis. My dream would be able to complete statistical analysis for sports teams, but I also enjoy doing similar things in other areas. For example, I could pair political science with statistics to work on polling and elections. I could also work for a business and run analysis for them. I could even shift my topic of study to economics and work in that department. At this point, it's good to keep my options open."
"With Getterman, I have an immediate link to a group of intelligent, interesting, and friendly people on campus. As my Baylor career progresses, I'm sure I'll have many more opportunities to get to know these great people."
Major: University Scholars, Pre-Law
What are your goals after you graduate Baylor?
"My main professional goal for the future is to attend law school, although I'm not completely certain what type of law I want to pursue yet. Outside of that, I simply hope to discern the Lord's calling in my life and to follow it wherever it leads me."
"The Getterman Scholarship has afforded me so many opportunities for personal growth that I never imagined having in college, let alone as a freshman. In only the first week of classes, I've already had the chance to sit down with Dean Henry and to meet a couple of the other Getterman Scholars, who are such kind and passionate people. In the future, I'm especially looking forward to studying abroad, serving on more mission trips, and interning- all of which are supported by the generosity of the Gettermans."
2019 Getterman Scholars
Major: University Scholars, Pre-Law
What are your professional goals after you graduate Baylor?
"My goals for the future include law school, and to one day become a defense attorney for those who otherwise don't have access to proper representation. God has blessed my life immensely, and I hope to one day help fulfill His blessings for others."
How do you envision yourself changing the world after you graduate from Baylor?
"I think a little bit of kindness can go a long way, and maybe in the future I can start a chain reaction of kindness that affects others. This is the way I believe I'm called to serve, and that is how I will 'change the world.'"
How has being a Getterman Scholar shaped your experience at Baylor?
"The Getterman program has provided me with ample opportunity to reach my full academic, social, and spiritual potential, and I've loved every minute of it."
Major: Baylor Business Fellows
What are your professional goals after you graduate Baylor?
"After I graduate, I plan to go on to graduate school and get a master's degree in economics and/or finance. I hope to either research economic issues or have a career in investment banking or financial advisement."
How do you envision yourself changing the world after you graduate from Baylor?
"I primarily see myself changing the world through my actions as a Christian: loving my neighbor and spreading the good news of the Gospel, things that my Baylor education and experience is preparing me for. Additionally, I envision my work in the financial and economic spheres as helping people make intelligent financial decisions and build better lives for themselves."
"Having received the tremendous blessing of being a Getterman Scholar, I feel an especially strong desire to give back to the Baylor community by getting involved and engaging with those around me."
Major: Neuroscience, Pre-Med
What are your professional goals after you graduate Baylor?
"After leaving Baylor, I desire to become a healthcare professional. However, instead of following the traditional medical path, I wish to pursue integrative medicine, which focuses on holistic care for patients."
How do you envision yourself changing the world after you graduate from Baylor?
"I personally know how non-traditional treatments can transform lives by helping someone to operate at their best. However, many people are not able to access these treatments because of lack of resources. I dream of working to provide these people with access to integrative medical treatments in order to help them become the healthiest they can be."
"Because of the Getterman Scholars Program, I have received opportunities to pursue my academic passions beyond what I could have imagined while also becoming a part of an incredible and supportive community."
Major: University Scholars, Pre-Med
What are your professional goals after you graduate Baylor?
"I hope to attend medical school after I graduate Baylor, and I'm intrigued by surgery, so I might become a surgeon. I hope to work in some type of ministry, whether that is in the form of a hospital, an office, or alongside an organization or church. Also, a dream of mine would be to live in Latin America as a doctor doing medical missions."
How do you envision yourself changing the world after you graduate from Baylor?
"I hope I do nothing out of personal ambition for success or glory, so rather it is, 'How will God change the world through me as His servant?' I'm not sure of the future, but I know God's got big plans for what is ahead, and whatever ministry I am involved in, I'm sure God will work through it to accomplish his purpose!"
"Being a Getterman scholar has been a true blessing in bringing me to this amazing university, allowing me to truly focus on my studies, and giving me opportunities to travel around the world to explore my passions!"
2018 Getterman Scholars
Major: Political Science, Pre-Law
"The Getterman Scholars Program has transformed my time at Baylor, providing me opportunities to grow outside of the classroom among peers and mentors who have invested in me more than I previously thought possible."
Major: University Scholars, Pre-Med
What are your professional goals after you graduate Baylor?
"My professional goals are to go on to medical school and earn an M.D."
How do you envision yourself changing the world after you graduate from Baylor?
"I plan on utilizing my gifts and knowledge to become a physician in an urban area where I can provide medical services to those who may not have access to them otherwise.''
"Being a Getterman Scholar at Baylor University has gifted me with countless opportunities for academic, social, and moral growth through access to mentors, distinguished programs, and the brightest minds in my discipline, which all contribute to fostering my journey in becoming a compassionate physician and well-developed scholar."