Author: Lisa Gates

Lisa Gates is associate dean for fellowships and research at Middlebury College. To contact Dean Gates, send an email to lgates@middlebury.edu or call x3183.

Deadlines for Truman, St. Andrews Nomination

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We’ve gotten through the Rhodes, Mitchell, Marshall, Fulbright so far…phew!  But the  I want to draw your attention to the Monday, November 2 (noon) deadline for applications for nomination for the Truman (juniors only) and St. Andrews (seniors only) Fellowships.  Check our website for more information about each fellowship and what materials we require for you to be considered for nomination.  Any questions, talk with me! (x3183, lgates@middlebury.edu)

New Graduate Fellowship from Dept. of Energy

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Department of Energy
The Office of Science
Graduate Fellowship Program
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/SCGF.html
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) has established the DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) program to provide support for outstanding students to pursue graduate degrees and research in areas of physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, computational sciences and environmental sciences relevant to the Office of Science, and to encourage the development of the next generation scientific and technical talent in the U.S.
Fellows will receive a $35,000 yearly stipend for living expenses, $10, 500 per year for tuition and fees and a $5,000 research stipend supplement for research materials and travel expenses.  Fellows will be required to attend the annual DOE SCGF Research Conference to be held each summer at a DOE national laboratory.  Travel expenses and accommodations to the Conference will be provided by the DOE SCGF program.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30, 2009.
For more information about the program, eligibility, benefits and application visit http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/SCGF.html

What do you a do on a Fulbright grant?

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Check out Caitlyn Olson’s (’09)  chronicle of her Fulbright year in Morocco: http://hereacousthereacous.blogspot.com/

From the blog:

Ahlan wa Sahlan, Welcome

Greetings all! It’s Caitlyn here, and, armed with not much more than that brand new liberal arts degree, beginning Arabic skills now two years rusty and a youthful zeal inclined to overlook any such limitations, I am currently spending fifteen months living and studying in Morocco. The initial six will be in the imperial city of Fez, where I’ll be burnishing my linguistic abilities at the Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF). Then, in February, I’ll move locations (most likely to Rabat or Tetouan) and shift my focus to an independent research project having generally to do with relations between Spain and Morocco during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s (see the first posting for details). I hope to use this blog to chronicle not only these academic endeavors but also — primarily — the ins and outs of daily life in Morocco.

Truman Scholarship Info Session Wed, 9/30 @ 7pm

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Are you a change agent?  Interested in a career in public service (this includes .gov, .org, and .edu)? Looking for funding for grad school? Midd juniors who are US citizens and have strong GPAs (3.7 and above) should think about the Truman Scholarship.  Come to the info session TONIGHT in Munroe 222 with Prof. Bert Johnson!  For more info, look online at go/sfas (click on Truman and you’ll find loads of info!)

Compton Mentor Fellow Corinne Almquist on VPR

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In case your radios weren’t tuned to VPR yesterday, check out VPR’s story about gleaning, featuring Middlebury’s own Corinne Almquist ’09.  Corinne is a Compton Mentor Fellow and is spending the year working with food banks in Vermont, trying to get fresh, local produce on the shelves for Vermonters.  Not sure what gleaning is? Well, listen to the interview!  And to learn more about the Compton Mentor Fellowship, check out their website at http://www.comptonmentorfellowship.org/ .  You’ll see a photo of Corinne and Tripp Burwell ’09, another Compton Mentor Fellow who is in Alaska, working to develop stronger connections between native and scientific communities.  Thinking about applying?  Come to the informational meeting for the Compton on:

Wednesday, October 21, 2009,   6:30 p.m.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 104

Contact Arlinda Wickland at wickland@middlebury.edu for more info!