USA Today 2009 All-USA College Academic Team

USA TODAY is now accepting nominations for the 2009 USA TODAY All-USA College Academic Team. The 20th annual program honors full-time undergraduates at four-year colleges, who not only excel academically but extend their reach beyond the classroom to benefit society.

The top 20 students are designated members of USA TODAY’s All-USA College Academic First Team; they will be featured in USA TODAY in March and will receive trophies and cash awards of $2,500.

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Katharine Timberman Wright Awards – Wellesley College Only

Katharine Timberman Wright Awards

“Venture Capital For Volunteers”

The Katharine Timberman Wright (KTW) Awards were established by the Wellesley College Alumnae Association to support and encourage an entrepreneurial spirit in community service. The awards recognize creative responses by Wellesley College students to perceived social needs, both on and off campus. Katharine Timberman Wright ‘18 inspired these awards and exemplifies generations of Wellesley College women committed to community service.

The awards are for second semester projects that involve ten (10) or more students. The awards can be up to $750 depending on the design of the project and amount requested on the proposal.

Examples of projects students might consider:
Designing a new service project or organization
Expanding participation in an established program

Past recipients have included:
A Day of Sunshine, a fair which raised funds for children in orphanages worldwide.
AHORA, a bilingual/bicultural enrichment program
Book club at MCI Framingham
Destination Asia, a cultural program for children adopted from Asian countries
Girl’s LEAP
Mentoring program at an elementary school in Boston
Chinatown Summer Exploration Program

The Katharine Timberman Wright Award application can be found at: http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/volunteer/kath.html

Questions regarding your project and proposal may be directed to Melissa Hawkins.

Deadline for Applications is Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at 12 p.m.

Applicants will be notified by mid-January.

Applications must be submitted to Melissa Hawkins, Center for Work and Service, Green Hall, Room 441.

William E. Simon Fellowship for Noble Purpose

This fellowship awards $40,000 to a graduating senior who has demonstrated passion, dedication, a high capacity for self-direction, and originality in pursuit of a goal that will strengthen civil society. In addition, two $5,000 cash awards are made to two other outstanding students.

So what does that mean? It’s a grant for someone who wants to dedicate themselves to a particular purpose, project or service. In the past this has meant everything from foreign aid, education, to networks of university groups and journals. As it is an unrestricted grant, the project is really up to the students’ ingenuity and imagination. Viable projects can deal with the Arts, education, poverty, immigration, University reform, or University groups, the elderly, children and adults with special needs, foreign aid concerns, and culture. The grant can go towards education to further expertise in a particular field, the realization of a particular project, or the continuation of a project already established. Truly, the sky is the limit!

For more information visit:  www.simonfellowship.org

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, is a program that provides college graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, DC, with a public-interest organization focusing on arms control and international security issues.  The fellowship is offered twice yearly, in the spring and fall.  It lasts from six to nine months and provides a stipend, health insurance, and travel costs to Washington.  The Scoville Fellowship does not award grant or scholarship money to students.   Scoville Fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, and advocacy in support of the goals of their host organization and may attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and Congressional hearings.  They have written fact sheets, letters to the editor, op eds, magazine articles, briefing books and reports, organized talks and conferences, and been interviewed as experts by the media.  Many former Scoville Fellows work for NGOs or the Federal Government, or attend graduate school in political science or international relations, following their fellowships. Visit their website at http://www.scoville.org.  There is no application form; the application requirements are listed on the website, as are links to the websites of each of the twenty-five participating organizations and information on the work of current and former Scoville Fellows.  Applications may be submitted via email.   All U.S. citizens and foreign nationals residing in the United States are eligible to apply; non-U.S. citizens living outside of the United States are not.
 

Federal e-Scholar Portal

The e-Scholar site provides links to Jobs, Internships, Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, Apprenticeships and Cooperative Education within the Federal Government for educational opportunities available to students high school through doctorate level and career professionals. Their goal is to simplify the process of finding educational opportunities and to assist Federal agencies in attracting talented professionals.
http://www.studentjobs.gov/e-scholar.asp 

Samuel Huntington Public Service Award

A stipend of $10,000 is available for graduating seniors for public service commitment anywhere in the world, for one year, immediately following graduation. You may design your own proposal, or work with an established organization.
More information and applications at: http://www.nationalgridus.com/education (click on public service award)