Word: fellowships
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Under the Rhodes and Marshall procedures, students apply first to their house fellowship committee and then to a College-wide committee. If the all-Harvard committee approves a student's application, he or she receives a letter of endorsement signed by Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57. While students may try for the Rhodes--but not the Marshall--without Harvard's sanction, an endorsement letter strengthens their application...
...whatever the reasons behind Harvard's record success this year, fellowship winners say they are pleased to have the opportunity to study or travel abroad. Many say they look forward to the chance to experience radically different cultures from any they have known before...
...order to qualify for the Luce, an applicant must have no background in Asian languages or civilizations. Schoor, who turned down a Fulbright Fellowship to accept the award, says she is looking forward to the opportunity to learn another language and learn about foreign affairs. The Leverett senior plans to spend part of her time working with a female member of the Japanese legislature...
Shawn A. MacDonald '88 says he will use his Rockefeller--which he calls his "dream fellowship"--to travel to Africa and Indonesia. While in Indonesia, MacDonald say he will work in a refugee camp for Southeast Asians. He chose the Rockefeller, which is restricted to Harvard seniors, because he wanted a fellowship that would allow him to work and travel rather than study...
Some, like Mark Leong '88, say that a fellowship could be a dream come true. Leong, who did his senior thesis on Chinatowns in American cities, received a Peabody Gardner traveling fellowship from the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies. He will use the money to travel and take photographs in China. He says he hopes the fellowship will give him the skills he needs to fulfill his dream to work in China as a photogrpaher...