TA
Tawa Alabi
  • Class of 2016
  • Minneapolis, MN

Tawakalitou Alabi Earns Academic Honors at Carleton College

2013 Oct 29

Tawakalitou Alabi, of Minneapolis, MN, has been awarded the Carleton Science Fellowship and the Andrea Grove Iseminger '59 Fund for Off-Campus Studies. The Science Fellowship provides mentoring and two summers of research laboratory experience, and is supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The Andrea Grove Iseminger awards are made competitively and are intended to remove financial barriers to participation in Carleton-sponsored off-campus study programs. Alabi is the daughter of Layiwola Alabi and Nouratou Nassirou and is a graduate of Lighthouse Academy Of Nations.

Founded in 1866, Carleton College is a national top 10, private liberal arts college in the historic river town of Northfield, Minnesota, 45 miles south of Minneapolis/Saint Paul. Best known for its academic excellence and warm, welcoming campus community, Carleton offers 37 majors and 15 concentrations in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.