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//As much as I tell students how useful it is just preparing fellowship applications and essays–and it does really help for those grad school essays–it’s just plain thrilling when a student wins a fellowship or scholarship. So congratulations to Sky Feuer, who was just selected as one of 29 new Gates-Cambridge scholars from the US. You can read about Sky and her plans at Cambridge on the Gates-Cambridge website.
//Middlebury seniors and recent alumni encouraged to apply! From City Hall Fellows: “City Hall Fellows is a non-partisan nonprofit training the next generation of leaders for America’s cities. Our 12-month, paid, post-college Fellowship integrates hands-on experience working within the highest levels of local government with intensive training in how cities work. For our next class, we will be placing cohorts of Fellows in 3 cities:
§ Houston, Texas
§ San Francisco, California
§ Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Fellowship is open to students of ALL majors. I would appreciate it if you would let your top graduating students and recent alums know about this opportunity.
A detailed overview of the Fellowship, as well as application materials and instructions, are on our website, www.cityhallfellows.org . Applications for our next Fellowship Class are due March 10, 2010. The Fellowship year begins August 2, 2010 and runs through July 29, 2011.
Our staff, Fellows and alumni will be visiting campuses around the country over the next two months. We also will be hosting several free, live webinars for students we are unable to meet in person. All of these are posted on our schedule of events . “
//The Summer 2010 application deadline is February 15, 2010.
The Freeman Indonesia Nonprofit Internship Program (FINIP), funded by the Freeman Foundation, aims to develop student leaders and strengthen the nonprofit sector in Indonesia. IIE will select and pair 10 Indonesian students pursuing U.S. degrees with 10 U.S. undergraduates and arrange internships for them to work together in an Indonesian nonprofit organization.
In addition to the practical internship experience, U.S. participants will be enrolled in an Indonesian language and culture course which will provide, two hours per day for four days each week, intensive language instruction (60 contact hours). It is expected that the American student’s home institution will award credit for successful completion of the language and culture program. Indonesian participants will complete an online course introducing them to NGOs, their purpose and their administration.
As part of the 9-week experience, from June 15 to August 17, 2010, the Freeman Interns will participate in a three-day orientation and a final capstone seminar in Jakarta, organized by IIE’s partner organization, the Indonesian International Education Foundation (IIEF). Internships and coursework will be arranged by IIEF in three cities: Jakarta, Bandung and Yogyakarta. All program-related costs will be covered.
Upon returning to the U.S., students will be expected to share their experiences with peers on their home campuses and to explore ways to incorporate what they learned over the summer into their academic and professional careers.
For more information, click here.
//Here’s an interesting post-grad fellowship opportunity that landed in my inbox. Only one caveat: you must have some connection to the fine state of Colorado! If so, read on: “The Fellowship program at El Pomar is a highly competitive, two-year leadership development program that develops today’s young professionals into tomorrow’s leaders. Fellows have the opportunity to pursue personal and professional growth through direct program and project management, community development, and grant-making. We are currently recruiting for our next class of Fellows, to begin in July of 2010.
We will be hosting a webinar on Monday, January 4, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.. To register, please send an email to fellowship@elpomar.org with “webinar” in the subject line.”
For more information, visit the website: http://www.elpomar.org
//Sophomores and juniors, here is an exciting new summer internship program in the Indonesian non-profit sector. The Freeman Indonesia Nonprofit Internship Program (FINIP), funded by the Freeman Foundation, aims to develop student leaders and strengthen the nonprofit sector in Indonesia. IIE will select and pair 10 Indonesian students pursuing U.S. degrees with 10 U.S. undergraduates and arrange internships for them to work together in an Indonesian nonprofit organization.
The 9-week experience, from June 15 to August 17, 2010, arranged by IIE’s partner organization, the Indonesian International Education Foundation (IIEF), will take place in three cities: Jakarta, Bandung and Yogyakarta. All program-related costs will be covered.
Upon returning to the U.S., students will be expected to share their experiences with peers on their home campuses and to explore ways to incorporate what they learned over the summer into their academic and professional careers.
Interested American and Indonesian sophomores and juniors enrolled in U.S. institutions are encouraged to apply, using the online application at http://www.iie.org/programs/finip . The deadline for submission of completed applications is February 15, 2010.
More information can be found at the program website at http://www.iie.org/programs/finip .