Honors College Grad Receives Prestigious Euro Scholarship to Complete Master’s Degree in France

Lone Star College CyFair News

Published on: June 20, 2017 Lone Star College-CyFairs Daniela Markovic is headed to France in July as the only student in the United States selected to participate in an all-expense paid program to complete her bachelors and masters degrees in engineering. 

Washington, D.C. attaché Jean-Pierre Trotignon, President of the N+1 NETWORK, a network of French engineering schools, names this four-year associate to masters degree program as Frances most prestigious degree. The degree program is offered through the French Embassy in partnership with the N+1 NETWORK of Frances top engineering schools and Community Colleges for International Development (CCID.)

I am incredibly excited and honored to have received this wonderful opportunity to further my education and my aspirations, said Markovic, who plans to be an environmental engineer.

Markovic was born in Germany and raised in Houston after her parents, refugees from Bosnia, moved the family to the United States in 1998. She graduated from Langham Creek High School in 2015 and was accepted to Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin, but chose to accept the Honors College Chancellors Fellows Award that she was offered by LSC-CyFair.

 We are so proud of Daniela and what she has been able to accomplish while here at LSC-CyFair, said President Dr. Seelpa Keshvala. Through her dedication and perseverance, she has earned an experience of a lifetime that will positively impact her life, her family, and her community.   

Through my participation on campus, I have come to understand that there are opportunities everywhere, Markovic said. And succeeding at Lone Star really depends on your persistence and ambition.

LSC-CyFair Honors College Director Esther Robinson describes Markovic as a motivated scholar who made the most of the opportunities that she has been offered as an Honors College Chancellors Fellow. Daniela has been an exceptional role model representing the best that we have to offer to our students on ...

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