- Fellowships and Pre-Health Advising

Julie Morel receives the Watson Fellowship

Awarded to Julie Morel '19 The Watson is a rare window of time after college and pre-career to engage your deepest interest on a global scale. Fellows conceive original projects, execute them outside of the United States for one year and embrace the ensuing journey. They decide where to go, who to meet and when to change course.

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Fulbright Grants

Fulbright Grants Offered to Mikayla Brennan-Burke ’17, Mandy Chin ’18, Sino Esthappan ’16,Nicolas Gedigk ’19 and Lars Odland ’17. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

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Frank Najarro-Izquierdo receives the Luce Scholarship for an internship in Asia.

Awarded to Frank Najarro-Izquierdo'18. The Luce Scholars Program is a nationally competitive fellowship program. It was launched by the Henry Luce Foundation in 1974 to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American society.

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Spring 2019 Gilman Scholarships

Awarded to the following students in the class of 2020: Eugene Lopez-Huerta, Zahra Crim, Kci Archibald, Ariana Salguero, Dylan Joyner, Jamelia Watson. The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad.

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WK Rose Awarded to Christine Vines '10

The committee is pleased to award Christine Vines '10, the W.K. Rose Fellowship. The W.K. Rose Fellowship is made possible by a bequest from the estate of W. K. Rose, a distinguished scholar and teacher who was a member of the Vassar English Department. Its object is to provide a worthy young artist with a chance to be free after college to pursue his/her work as an artist.

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100 Projects for Peace Awarded to Alexandra Sams ‘18

Awarded to Alexandra Sams ‘18 For her project entitled: Advancing Voices of Ladakhi Youth through Media Literacy and Film – Documentation for Peace. 100 Projects for Peace an initiative for all students at the Davis United World College Scholars Program schools to design their own grassroots projects for peace that they themselves will implement anywhere in the world during the summer.

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NSF FastLane Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Awards

National Science Foundation has announced the 2018 awards and honorable mentions. FastLane Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awards have been offered to two Vassar alumnae/i, and one has received honorable mention. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.

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Critical Language Scholarship Awarded to Jennifer Williams '18

Jennifer Williams '18 has received the US Dept of State Critical Language Scholarship. The Critical Language Scholarship Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages.

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Fulbright Grants

Fulbright Grants Offered to Jessica Au'16, Jelena Borak'15, Sarah Evans'18 Jason Goldman'18, Elijah Ness'17. Yasmine Seghir'18, Westin Sibley'17 and Daniela Weiner'12. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

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Marshall Scholarship awarded to Michaela Coplen '18

Michaela Coplen '18 receives the Marshall Scholarships which allow for two fully funded years of study, with a possible third-year extension, at any university in the United Kingdom and applicable to any field of study.

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