Okechukwu’s Musings: Poetry, People and Places

Awards

International House Berkeley 2024 Gala: Shaun Carver (center) with our 2024 Gala Honorees (from left): Oke Iroegbu, Chiara Medioli-Fedrigoni, Ronald E. Silva, and Chenming Hu.

Selected Fellowships, Honors, Awards, and Prizes

1. Mastercard Foundation Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley, April 2022 – May 2024.

2. International House Berkeley Social Media Ambassador Award, 2023.

3. Summer Art of Writing Program, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Berkeley, 2023.

4. Mastercard Foundation Scholar Summer Funding Fieldwork in Southeast Nigeria, 2023.

5. Davis Peace Prize (Projects for Peace), February 2024.

6. International House Berkeley Community Outstanding Leadership Award, May 2024.

7. Alumni Impact Fund (Mastercard Foundation) May 2025.

Copies of Paul Ré’s publications, signed and dated by the author, University of New Mexico Foundation, Paul Ré Prize

8. Regents Doctoral Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Division of Graduate Education, 2025-2026.

9. Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize in Poetry (Nominee, 2026), University of New Mexico Foundation.

10. Harry M/Alma Egan Hyatt Scholarship, Department of World Arts & Culture/Dance, University of California, Los Angeles, 2026-2027.

11. Clifton Webb Scholarship of the Arts, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles, 2026-2027.

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For full information about the awards, prizes, and fellowships, contact okeiroegbu@gmail.com.