Prestigious Scholarships Helping Your Students Reach For Their

Prestigious Scholarships: Helping Your Students Reach For Their Stars

Long-term Strategies Cultivating “Well-roundedness” • • • Keep GPA high Take challenging course work – that makes sense Cultivate faculty mentors Think co-curricular Assume leadership roles Join community service organizations Do research Study abroad Apply for “stepping-stone” awards and scholarships

The Application Process • • • Faculty mentor Transcript Proof of citizenship GRE scores Resume Personal statement Research statement 3 or more letters of recommendation Institutional nomination?

Prestigious Scholarships for Well-Rounded Students • Rhodes www. rhodesscholar. org Oxford University • Marshall www. marshallscholarship. org Most UK institutions • Gates www. gatesfoundation. org Cambridge University • Jack Kent Cooke www. jackkentcookefoundation. org Graduate Study in U. S. or Abroad

Careers in Public Service • Truman Scholarship www. truman. gov U. S. policy issues, junior standing • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program http: //www. carnegieendowment. org/about/index. cf m? fa=jrfellows Peace studies and conflict resolution

Careers in the Foreign Service • Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Undergraduate http: //www. woodrow. org/fellowships/foreign_affai rs/pickering_undergrad/index. php Graduate http: //www. woodrow. org/fellowships/foreign_affai rs/pickering_grad/index. php • Rangel Summer Enrichment Program & Fellowship http: //www. howard. edu/rjb/rangelprogram. htm

Prestigious Scholarships for Scientists and Engineers • Goldwater www. act. org/goldwater Sophomores and juniors • Astronaut Scholarship www. astronautscholarship. org Sophomores and juniors

Humanities and Social Science Scholarships • Javits http: //www. ed. gov/programs/jacobjavits/index. html Social sciences, arts, and humanities Careers in Environmental Studies • Udall www. udall. gov Environmental studies and Native American interests

Prestigious Internship and Study Abroad Programs • NSEP Boren www. borenawards. org National Security Education Program for undergraduates • Gilman www. iie. org/gilman Scholarships for Pell Grant recipients • Fulbright www. iie. org/fulbright Full Grants and funding for English Teaching Assistantships

Scholarships for New Americans • • Soros www. pdsoros. org New American is an individual who (1) is a resident alien, i. e. , holds a Green Card; or, (2) has been naturalized as a US citizen, or (3) is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens

Scholarships for Underrepresented Groups Future academics from underrepresented groups: • Ford Predoctoral Diversity Fellowships http: //www 7. nationalacademies. org/fordfellowships/ Most fields of study • Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers http: //www. andover. edu/irt

Summer Opportunities • Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) http: //www. nsf. gov/crssprgm/reu_search. cfm Summer Research in Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Social Sciences • Critical Languages Scholarship http: //clscholarship. org/ Summer Language Study

What’s Next? • Send me student names and information • Encourage students to make an appointment with me