- Fellowships and Pre-Health Advising

WK Rose

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.

Announcement

100 Projects for Peace

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.

Announcement

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.

Announcement

Critical Language Scholarship

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.

Announcement

Fulbright Grants Offered

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.

Announcement

Marshall Scholarship

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.

Announcement

Gilman Scholarship

Awarded to the following students in the class of 2019: Amna Aslam, Michelle Lam, Allegra von Hirschberg, Aurora Jeffrey and Amisadai Licea. The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad.

Announcement

WK Rose

The committee is pleased to award Sukari Jones '05, 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.

Announcement Posted 6/14/2017

Gilman Scholarship

Awarded to Sophia Burns'18, Camilla Chee '18, Gloriana Macagnone '18, Yesenia Perez '18, Kevin Pham '18, Kayla Gonzalez '19 and Zachary Brashear '18. The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad.

Announcement Posted 5/2/2017

100 Projects for Peace

Awarded to Andrew Eslich '17 to implement a mentoring program that will serve middle school and high school Latinx students in Dover and Philadelphia. 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.

Announcement Posted 4/19/2017