Applications Open for the Frederick Douglas Global Fellowship (summer program)

During the four-week summer program, 12 fellows will travel to Washington, DC, Cape Town, Dublin, Derry, and Belfast to explore the legacies of Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, John Lewis, Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Daniel O’Connell, John Hume, and other giants of social change.  The program runs July 7 – August 4, 2023, with the first week taught virtually and the next three weeks taught on-site. Fellows will study how changemakers shaped pathways to peace, including the Emancipation Proclamation in America, the end of Apartheid in South Africa, and the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. Fellowship award covers the full program cost and airfare sponsored by CIEE. For more information and application, see www.ciee.org/FDGF 

Eligibility

  • Be a current undergraduate freshman, sophomore or junior
  • Have a minimum GPA of 3.3
  • Be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national or permanent resident
  • Identify as an ethnicity typically underrepresented on study abroad programs (e.g. American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander).
  • Submit a complete application no later than February 14

Fulbright UK Summer Institute Application Opens Nov 30!

The Fulbright UK Summer Institutes are three to four week programmes for US undergraduate students, who have no or very little travel experience outside North America. Participants can explore the culture, heritage and history of the UK while experiencing higher education at a UK university.

Students will have the opportunity to:

  • Study alongside leading academics and professionals
  • Develop knowledge in specific fields
  • Experience cultural and social events
  • Visit UK cultural sites and areas of scenic beauty
  • Receive credit to transfer to their home institution
  • Meet people from different backgrounds and cultures
  • Become an ambassador for studying in the UK, for the Fulbright Commission and their host institution(s)

The Institute costs covered by the Fulbright Commission and its partner institutions include:

  • Round-trip airfare
  • Tuition and fees at the host institution
  • Accommodation
  • In some cases, a small daily allowance for meals

To be eligible, students must:

  • Be a US citizen and possess a US passport
  • Have had no or very little study/travel experience outside of North America
  • Have a minimum GPA of 3.7
  • Be at least 18 years old by the start of the programme
  • Be able to participate in the programme in its entirety
  • Have at least two years of undergraduate study remaining after the Institute finishes

Application deadline Feb 7, 2023. See https://fulbright.org.uk/going-to-the-uk/uk-summer-institutes for more information. Questions? Contact fellowships@middlebury.edu .

Killam Fellowship for Study Abroad in Canada

The Killam Fellowships Program provides an opportunity for exceptional undergraduate students from universities in Canada and the United States to spend either one semester or a full academic year as an exchange student in the other country. Students may participate in the program via the Open Competition modality – applying for and registering at the host university and paying host tuition fees. 

For more information, see https://www.fulbright.ca/programs/killam-fellowships/americans

Conditions

  • Students need to select courses that will receive credits at their home institution.
  • Students that take up the Killam Fellowship in the last year of their undergraduate studies must complete their last semester at their home university.
  • The Killam Fellowships Program offers a cash award of $10,000 US for a full academic year (pro-rated at $5,000 US for one semester), along with an allowance to offset the cost of health insurance in the currency of the host country.
  • The Foundation hosts all new Killam Fellows at an Orientation program in Ottawa each fall and again at a seminar in Washington D.C. each spring (should public health guidelines allow it).
  • In addition, all Fellows are eligible to apply for a mobility grant in an amount not to exceed $800. The idea of the mobility initiative is to allow students to undertake an educational field trip, providing the Fellows with the opportunity to gain a broader understanding of the culture of the host country. 

Application deadline: January 31st, 2022

Harris-Weidner ’22 Wins Boren Scholarship

Congratulations to Ming Harris-Weidner ’22! Ming is one of 217 undergraduates who received the David L. Boren Scholarship this year. The scholarship will support Ming’s continued study of Chinese language. The Boren scholarship supports students pursuing international and language education in areas of the world considered critical to U.S. interests. Read more about Ming and the Boren scholarship at http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/archive/2020-news/node/648006

Middlebury’s Schwarzman Scholars!

Congratulations to Middlebury’s newest Schwarzman Scholars, Abdijabar Mohamed ‘18.5 and Elsa Alvarado ’18! Elsa and Abdi will join the class of 2020 at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China in August. This year, 147 scholars were selected from over 2,800 applicants. This fourth class of Schwarzman scholars comes from 38
countries and 119 universities, with 40% originating from the United States, 20% from China, and 40% from the rest of the world.
Abdijabar Mohamed ‘18.5 and Elsa Alvarado ’18

The purpose of the Schwarzman Scholars program is to “bring together the world’s best young minds to explore and understand the economic, political and cultural factors that have contributed to China’s increasing importance as a global power, and to make them more effective as links between China and the rest of the world.” Read more:  https://www.schwarzmanscholars.org/news-article/schwarzman-scholars-announces-class-of-2020/