Word: fellowships
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...qualities Cecil Rhodes specified in his will as desirable in Rhodes scholars are wide open for interpretation. "Literary and scholastic ability and attainments; qualities of manhood, truthfulness, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship; exhibition of moral force of character, and instincts to lead and to take an interest in his fellows; physical vigor, as shown by fondness for and success in sports." None of these are exactly standardized, nor have the will's executors standardized their definition of requisite qualities. Still, one thing is fairly clear about the will: Cecil Rhodes...
Letters will be sent out to regional colleges and universities, Graham said, asking them to nominate any of their junior facully women for a fellowship. Any non-tenured faculty women will also be able to nominate themselves, she said...
Horner said that when she sent out letters a few months ago to university presidents in the Boston area telling them about the fellowship program, the idea got "99.8 per cent favorable and supportive" responses...
Although Scarf only writes about what interests her, she keeps extremely busy and has produced a copious amount of material. In part, it is for this reason that she applied for the Nieman fellowship. "The Nieman is definitely allowing me to do something I couldn't do otherwise. This is coming at an absolutely crucial time in my career. I have done articles. Now I want time to think, read, write and explore," Scarf says. "I think I applied because this seems to me as if it was made for people who weren't getting time to think...
Conciliatory Tone. The object of all the extraordinary fellowship and good cheer was the 16-page resolution produced by the red-eyed delegates at 3:50 a.m. on the last day of the session. The ambitious document may well provide the guidelines for more than a decade of negotiations on the world's economic problems. Although it may be premature to expect the acrimony between the Third World and the West to disappear completely from U.N. forums, the tone and content of the resolution are far more conciliatory than anyone would have predicted even one month ago. The resolution...