Batten Scholars 2024-25

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Batten Scholars

Batten Scholars

The Batten Scholars program provides scholarships for exceptional students admitted to Darden's Full-Time, Part-Time and Executive MBA programs. This highly competitive program is sponsored and administered by the Batten Institute, a Darden Center of Excellence focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and technology.

In addition to substantial scholarship awards, the cohort-based program has multiple components to help Scholars pursue their purpose and goals, such as enrichment opportunities, curated conversations, special events, and connections to fellow Scholars, alumni, staff, and faculty. Additional information on the application process is available on the scholarship webpages for Darden's Full-Time, Part-Time and Executive MBA formats.

Class of 2027

Galen Beyea

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Malorie Black

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Chris Clark

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Global Executive MBA

Celestina Egyir

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Weishuo Huang

Batten Technology Scholar, Executive MBA

Yunus Ibrahim

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Jayme Katis

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Executive MBA

Jack Limongelli

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Brandon Morgan

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Olivia Okafor

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Justin A. Powers

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Grace Rotondo

Batten Technology Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Kriti Sahu

Batten Technology Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Emily Steele

Batten Technology Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Class of 2026

Mehak Bhatia

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Tianyi Cheng

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Vasil Gubadze

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Surbhi Guha

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Aileen Helsel

Batten Innovation Scholar, Executive MBA

Faizan Khwaja

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Collen Masunda

Batten Scholar, Part-Time MBA

John Murphy

Batten Technology Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Oladimeji Ojo

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Mauricio Salinas

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Harry Singh

Batten Technology Scholar, Part-Time MBA

Ana Soule Swagler

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Hongyu Charlie Wang

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

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