Hamilton students are having a successful year as recipients of national fellowships and scholarships. Most recently Marco Allodi '08 has been awarded a Fulbright grant to conduct science research in Germany at the Heinrich-Heine Universitat in Dusseldorf with Professor Hans Bettermann.
Four other students are the recipients of Fulbright teaching assistantships. Danielle Sclafani '08 and Kateri Whitebean '08 will teach English in South Korea, and Christopher Boveroux '08 and Victoria Schacht '08 will teach English in Indonesia.
Jennifer Kleindienst '09 is the recipient of a Morris K. Udall Scholarship. The Udall Foundation furthers Udall's legacy by awarding scholarships to undergraduates who study the environment and related fields. Approximately 75 scholarships are granted annually.
Greg Hartt '08 and Magda Wierzbicka '08 have been awarded Watson fellowships for 2008-2009. The Watson Fellowship provides funding for graduating seniors to travel outside the United States for a year of independent study.
Ngoda Manongi '08 has been honored with the College's prestigious Bristol Fellowship. The Bristol Fellowship was begun in 1996 as part of a gift to Hamilton College by William M. Bristol Jr. '17. The purpose of the fellowship is to perpetuate Mr. Bristol's spirit and share it with students of the College that was such an important part of his life. Created by his family, the fellowship is designed to encourage Hamilton students to experience the richness of the world by living outside the United States for one year and studying an area of great personal interest.
Fallon Chipidza '10 is the recipient of a Davis Project for Peace program grant of $10,000, which she will use to establish a self-sustainable chicken project at a preschool in Zimbabwe. The Davis Project for Peace program, in its second year, honors philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis, who launched the initiative on the occasion of the 100th birthday in 2007.
Christopher Bouton '09 has been awarded a 2008 fellowship to participate in The Society for Historians of the Early Republic (SHEAR)/Mellon Foundation Summer Undergraduate Seminar in American History, 1776-1861. Bouton is one of only 10 undergraduate students to be chosen to participate in the seminar, which is held at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mark Reichenbach '09 is the recipient of a Freeman-Asia Award. Freeman-ASIA Awards are designed to support American undergraduates who are planning to study overseas in East or Southeast Asia. Reichenbach is currently studying at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and during the fall 2007 semester he studied in Beijing through the Associated Colleges in China program.
Four other students are the recipients of Fulbright teaching assistantships. Danielle Sclafani '08 and Kateri Whitebean '08 will teach English in South Korea, and Christopher Boveroux '08 and Victoria Schacht '08 will teach English in Indonesia.
Jennifer Kleindienst '09 is the recipient of a Morris K. Udall Scholarship. The Udall Foundation furthers Udall's legacy by awarding scholarships to undergraduates who study the environment and related fields. Approximately 75 scholarships are granted annually.
Greg Hartt '08 and Magda Wierzbicka '08 have been awarded Watson fellowships for 2008-2009. The Watson Fellowship provides funding for graduating seniors to travel outside the United States for a year of independent study.
Ngoda Manongi '08 has been honored with the College's prestigious Bristol Fellowship. The Bristol Fellowship was begun in 1996 as part of a gift to Hamilton College by William M. Bristol Jr. '17. The purpose of the fellowship is to perpetuate Mr. Bristol's spirit and share it with students of the College that was such an important part of his life. Created by his family, the fellowship is designed to encourage Hamilton students to experience the richness of the world by living outside the United States for one year and studying an area of great personal interest.
Fallon Chipidza '10 is the recipient of a Davis Project for Peace program grant of $10,000, which she will use to establish a self-sustainable chicken project at a preschool in Zimbabwe. The Davis Project for Peace program, in its second year, honors philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis, who launched the initiative on the occasion of the 100th birthday in 2007.
Christopher Bouton '09 has been awarded a 2008 fellowship to participate in The Society for Historians of the Early Republic (SHEAR)/Mellon Foundation Summer Undergraduate Seminar in American History, 1776-1861. Bouton is one of only 10 undergraduate students to be chosen to participate in the seminar, which is held at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mark Reichenbach '09 is the recipient of a Freeman-Asia Award. Freeman-ASIA Awards are designed to support American undergraduates who are planning to study overseas in East or Southeast Asia. Reichenbach is currently studying at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and during the fall 2007 semester he studied in Beijing through the Associated Colleges in China program.
