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The program for the Rotary World Peace Scholars is focused on peace and conflict resolution, so I will have some core courses related to those areas, but the flexibility of the program will allow me to take classes in law, religion, business, and culture. Rotary will make the major announcement of Scholars in the New York Times and elsewhere (i.e. they did it in April last year). You can find more information about the scholarship on the section of the Rotary's website devoted to the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution (www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/centers/.) They do not recommend that recent graduates apply because they want people who have real-world experience of at least 2-4 years before applying. I highly recommend that you publicize the scholarship to Ada Comstock Scholars, RPCVs, current PCVs, or alumnae.

Rotary World Peace Scholar Elektra Gorski ’99 is the first Smith alumna to receive the Rotary World Peace Scholarship, which will enable her to complete an M.A. in Public Administration in Tokyo, Japan from 2003-2005. She will be representing Rotary District 7620, comprising most of Maryland and Washington, D.C. Since the program for the Rotary World Peace Scholars is focused on peace and conflict resolution, Elektra will have some core courses related to those areas, but the flexibility of the program will allow her to take classes in law, religion, business, and culture. She will be leaving July 2003 to begin an optional six-week Intensive Japanese Language Program offered at the University. Elektra has been with the Peace Corps in the Cape Verde Islands.