Kellogg International Scholar Bernice Antoine '26, a business analytics major in the Business Honors Program from Trinidad and Tobago, is one of 15 junior undergraduate students to be awarded scholarships by the University of Notre Dame’s Division of Student Affairs for the 2025-26 academic year.
Antoine was one of three Notre Dame students to receive the Lou Holtz Leadership Scholarship. Established in 1995 by alumnus Mike Harper, this scholarship encourages recipients to cultivate leadership qualities akin to those of former Notre Dame football head coach Lou Holtz.
Antoine has held a variety of campus leadership roles, serving as director of international engagement and outreach for Student Government and co-chair of The Plunge: Black First-Year Retreat offered through Campus Ministry and Multicultural Student Programs and Services. Antoine is also a McNeill Common Good Fellow through the Institute for Social Concerns and an entrepreneurial fellow with the IDEA Center.
With minors in sustainability, social entrepreneurship, and the business honors program, Antoine is passionate about researching African identity and its evolution in the face of globalization, particularly within the Caribbean, America, and Africa. As an International Scholar at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Antoine collaborates with Kellogg faculty fellow Paul Kollman, CSC, on developing the Notre Dame course "Global Catholicism," which highlights underrepresented Christian experiences across Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.
After reviewing nominations from across campus, a selection committee composed of representatives from Student Affairs and the academy awarded the scholarships, which are designed to provide additional resources to students who have excelled as leaders in various areas of student life, including residence hall programs, spiritual activities, community service, student government, student activities, entrepreneurial projects and interhall sports.
This story is excerpted from a longer article originally posted at news.nd.edu.