• In exchange for a 2-year Upper School (9-12) teaching commitment after college/university graduation, Hackley would provide the successful candidate with a $5,000 grant towards documented educational expenses remaining from their undergraduate education, such as loans, fees, costs for educational materials during the junior and senior years of college.
• After completing their two year teaching commitment, the Fellows will receive an additional $5,000 per year for two years to support educational purposes in graduate school.

Teaching Support

Application Deadline: January 19, 2010
The Edward E. Ford Foundation has granted Hackley $50,000 (the highest level of support given by the foundation) to help fund an innovative faculty recruitment program designed to identify, create, attract and retain teachers from historically underrepresented groups: African American/Black, Asian, Latino/a, Middle Eastern and Native American. The Hackley community matched the $50,000 with an additional $50,000 for a total of $100,000 dedicated to seven years of this Teaching Fellows program. If you are interested in learning more about the E.E. Ford Foundation and this grant, click here, and click on the tab, “Projects of Interest.”

If so, learn all about the application process from this informational lunch presentation by Peter C. Patrikis, Executive Director of the Winston Churchill Foundation.

September 30, 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. - Woodhead Lounge

Peter will be available for one on one counseling sessions following his presentation!

Lunch will be provided! RSVP Required! Please RSVP or request more info from Lisa Sacks (lsacks@wesleyan.edu).

Each Academy participant will receive a 4-day all-expense paid visit to Philadelphia this fall; opportunities for meaningful engagement with the
dean, faculty, graduate students, and Black male alumni; free enrollment in a 3-month Kaplan GRE Prep Course (for which Penn is paying $1,200 per
participant); a current Black male Ph.D. student who will mentor him through the application process; and an application fee waiver when he applies for Fall 2011 admission to Penn (valued at $85). Most importantly, those who are admitted to our Ph.D. Programs two years from now will be fully funded fortheir entire 3-4 years of doctoral study.

Please contact Santos Cayetano for additional information.

Interested students should complete the online interest form: http://www.wesleyan.edu/orientation/itcoua.html

You are also encouraged to attend one of two information sessions next Monday:

Date: Monday, April 27, 2009
Time: 12:30pm or 4:30pm
Location: Usdan 136

For questions about In the Company of Others, contact Tim Shiner (860.685.2467). For questions about Unspeakable Acts, contact Lisa Currie (860.685.2466), or review the Unspeakable Acts FAQ.

TO:           Members of the Classes of 2010 and 2011

FROM:        Donald Moon, for the Davenport Committee

SUBJECT:   Davenport Study Grants

Limited funds are available to support student research and other student scholarly projects in public affairs to begin this summer.  Only current sophomores and juniors are eligible.  These funds are made available through a gift to Wesleyan University from the Surdna Foundation in honor of Frederick Morgan Davenport, Wesleyan University Class of 1889, and Edith Jefferson Andrus Davenport, Wesleyan University, Class of 1897.

In past years, Davenport Scholarships have been awarded to sophomores and juniors who have “demonstrated intellectual and moral excellence and a concern for public affairs” and “who by their personal qualities and vocational and scholarly intentions give greatest promise of leadership in the public service.”  It is expected that most of the grants will be concentrated in the social science departments and the CSS, but applications will be accepted from majors in all areas of the University as long as the proposed projects are related to public affairs.

Applications must contain: (1) a title, (2) a brief description of the proposed project, its objectives and its significance, including a discussion of the relevant scholarly literature; (3) a statement discussing course work relating to the proposed project; (4) an account of the methods for carrying it out; (5) a timetable for completion [a project may continue through the academic year 2009-2010]; (6) a detailed budget; (7) a copy of the student’s transcript [which you may copy from your portfolio if you wish] and (8) a letter from the faculty member who will supervise the project, carefully assessing its merit and the ability of the applicant to carry it out successfully.  Applications must be electronically submitted AS AN ATTACHMENT and are not to exceed five double-spaced pages (not counting the supervisor’s letter). It is the applicant’s responsibility to inform his or her faculty supervisor to submit a letter electronically AS AN ATTACHMENT. Both the application and the faculty member’s letter must contain the student’s name (with the last name listed first) followed by “Davenport grant” in the subject line.

Funds are limited, and we expect competition for the awards to be keen. The committee will examine each proposal closely, with special attention to the scholarly value of the proposed research, the feasibility of the project, and the reasonableness of the proposed budget.  Students should make their proposals as specific and detailed as possible, and support them with evidence of their ability to complete the work according to a realistic schedule.  They should prepare the budget with special care, including only essential expenses and showing precisely how the proposed budget supports the work being proposed. Those planning to do research abroad should consult with Carolyn Sorkin in the Office of International Studies about their plans and budgets. Please note that research proposals involving human subjects may require IRB approval; please see http://www.wesleyan.edu/acaf/Institutional_Review_Board.html for additional information.

All Davenport Scholars will receive a minimum of $500, as stipulated by the terms of the Davenport Bequest.  Additional amounts of up to $2500 may be awarded, the amount depending on the availability of funds and project needs.  Total awards will generally be limited to $3000, but successful applicants can apply for modest supplements if, during their projects, it appears that the $3000 limit is too restrictive.  An interim report, 3-5 pages in length, is to be submitted in September. This report should describe the work done with the grant money over the course of the summer and how this work will advance the student’s thesis or other honors projects during the coming year. Upon completion of the project, each Davenport Scholar must submit a brief report to the Committee on his/her activities, accomplishments, and an accounting of expenditures beyond $500.

Applications will be judged by a faculty committee composed of representatives of the five Public Affairs Center departments.  Criteria for judging applications include: the relevance of the project to public affairs; the clarity and suitability of the project design; the feasibility of the proposed project; the applicant’s past academic record; the evaluation submitted by the faculty member; and the realism of the proposed budget.  Senior thesis projects will receive priority.

All materials including faculty recommendations must be submitted electronically to Davenport grant (davenport@wesleyan.edu), by noon, Wednesday, March 11, 2009.  Please include your WES. I.D, Wesleyan Box No., email address, as well as your citizenship for tax purposes.  Announcement of grant awards will be made on or before April 15, 2009. Titles of successful applications will also be posted on the PAC website, www.wesleyan.edu/pac.

Yale’s new Pre-MBA Leadership Program is a fully funded, two-week, summer session (June 14 – 27, 2009) for current sophomore, junior, and senior students of color and those committed to diversity in public and private management.

More specifically, this opportunity is designed for students who have decided to tackle significant social and economic challenges after college, but who remain undecided about how to prepare for leadership on the issues that matter most to them.

Through the Leadership Program, students will not only develop their individual management and leadership skills, but also discover ways an MBA can lead to a career with a positive social impact. Whether or not graduates go on to pursue a professional degree in management or business, they will almost certainly leave with a better sense of how to gather, organize, and deploy the resources needed to solve meaningful problems in an increasingly complex and dynamic world.

Learn more and apply online today at som.yale.edu/premba.

(Partial stipends available for travel. All other expenses such as room and board, tuition, etc., are paid for by the program.)

Applications due by 5.00 EST on February 16, 2009.

Internships are for a duration of 10 weeks and carry a stipend of $3,900. The Summer program runs from May 27 – July 31, 2009. Internships during the Fall run the length of the semester.

The student application, can be downloaded from the Environmental Studies Certificate Program website. It requires two short letters of recommendation. In addition to recommending the student, the faculty mentor must briefly (1-2 paragraphs) explain the project, its importance and relevance, if any, to her/his research program. However, student projects that are not part of their faculty mentor’s research program are welcomed and will be given full consideration as long as their faculty advisor agrees to mentor the research and vouches for the importance of the project. Letters of recommendation may either be sent to Ms. Marinelli through campus mail or by email – pdf preferred.

The applications, including statements by faculty, will be judged by a committee.

The deadline for applications Friday, March 20, 2009, allowing us to announce internship candidates by Monday, March 23. Student applications are to be delivered to Ms. Valerie Marinelli, Administrative Assistant, Environmental Studies, Room #327, Exley Science Center. Students currently abroad may submit their applications by fax (860-685-3781) or by email (vmarinelli@wesleyan.edu)

All nominations must be in by February 27, 2009. Submit nominations to Dean Marina Melendez, North College, 2nd floor, room 215 or mmelendez@wesleyan.edu.

Selection Committee: Matthew Joseph Brown ’03; Richard Culliton, Assistant Vice President/Dean of Students; Derek Vincent Garcia ’04; Noel Garrett, Associate Dean/Class Dean 2011; Rachael Morgenstern-Clarren; Marina J. Melendez, Associate Dean/Class Dean 2010 & Interim Chair; Robert Rosenthal, Professor of Sociology, Ann Wightman, Professor of History and Latin American Studies

Where does college fit in? Friday, November 21, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Butterfield A Lounge. Come for an informal discussion about being at Wesleyan in your second year, what you see as your reason to be here, and how a liberal arts education fits into the overall job market post-Wes.

Account Management
Art Direction
Copywriting
Broadcast/Print Production
Digital/Interactive Technologies
Media Planning/Buying
Public Relations
Strategic/Account Planning
Traffic

In addition, MAIP interns receive a mentor and participate in a host of professional development and networking events.

Come hear from Wesleyan students and alumni who have participated in the program!