Fellowships - Successes: 2007

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FELLOWSHIPS RECORD 2007–2008
As of May 23, 2008

FULBRIGHT SUCCESS RATE

NEW FULBRIGHT SUCCESS
RATE RECORD FOR SMITH

32 APPLICANTS
23 FINALISTS = 72% of Applicants (~3 out of 4)
17 FELLOWS = 53% of Applicants (>1 in 2)

or 74% of Finalists
+ 5 FRENCH GOV. TEACHING FELLOWS

Nationally, 22% of Applicants (6,673) were selected as Fellows (1,500) or < 1 in 4, which means the Smith success rate is well over double the national average.

Smith's previous record of Fellows to Applicants

was 47% last year, 2006-07 (cf. 53% this year).

23 Finalists out of 32 Applicants =
72% of Applicants chosen as Finalists.

Smith's previous record of Finalists,
as a percentage of Applicants, was 63% in 2006–07.

SUMMARY

63 FELLOWSHIP HONORS

51 Fellows
2 Beckman Fellows
6 Blumberg Traveling Fellows
3 Boren Scholars

3 Critical Language Enhancement Scholars
1 Daad Fellow
2 Daad Undergraduate Scholars

1 École Normale Superiéure Fellow

5 French Government Teaching Assistantships
17 Fulbright Fellows
1 Goldman Sachs Global Leader
2 Goldwater Scholars
1 Humanity in Action Fellow
1 Killam Fellow
1 Luce Junior Fellow
5 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows

2 Alternates
2 Fulbright Alternates

5 Finalists
4 Fulbright Finalists
1 Gates Cambridge Finalist

4 Awards
3 Calkins Awards
1 Weiden Award

FELLOWS

2 Beckmans

Sarah Kam 09
Majors: Biology & Mathelmatics
"Regulation of Metallothionein I and II Gene Expression by MTF-1 during APC"
Advisor: Adam Hall
Susy Ramos 09
Majors: Chemistry & Neuroscience
"Characterizing the roles of roundabout genes 1-4 on axon and glial guidance and gene regulation"
Advisor: Michael Barresi

6 Blumbergs

Brittany Diaz 09, Geneva
Mentor: Hélène Visentin
Recommender: Erika Laquer
Alyson Faller 09, Geneva
Mentor: Hélène Visentin
Recommender: Fabienne Bullot
Catherine Hatch 09, Geneva
Mentor: Hélène Visentin
Recommender: Martine Gantrel-Ford
Melanie Jaskolka 09, Geneva
Mentor: Hélène Visentin
Recommender: Marguerite Harrison
Xiao Ting Zhao 09, Hamburg
Mentor: Jocelyne Kolb
Recommender: Jutta Gutzeit
Bessie Zhu 09, Hamburg
Mentor: Jocelyne Kolb
Recommender: Jutta Gutzeit

3 Boren Scholars
Junior Year Abroad

Adrian Assim 10, Egypt
Mentor: Mlada Bukovansky
Recommender: Ann Zulawski
Ashley Farnan 10, Uganda
Mentor: Howard Gold
Recommenders: Susan Heideman, Marilyn Schuster
Julie Olson 10, Tanzania
Mentor: Katherine Halvorsen
Recommenders: Maureen Fagan, Molly Monet-Viera, Kevin Shea

3 Critical Language Scholars
U.S. Department of State

Leigh Ann Gardiner 08
Urdu, India
Suzanne Schwartz 07
Hindi, India
Amy Zeng 09
Mandarin, China

1 DAAD
To Germany

Lilith Dornhuber DeBellesiles 08
Mentor: Joel Westerdale
Recommenders: John Connolly, Craig Davis
Consultants: John Connolly, Joseph McVeigh

2 DAAD Undergraduate Scholars

Christie Capone 10

Sponsors: Darcy Buerkle, Gertraud Gutzmann
Alyssa Greene 10
Sponsor: Gertraud Gutzmann

1 École Normale Superiéure Fellow

Premier French university, in Paris

Min Ji Kim 08

Sponsors: Mary Ellen Birkett, Jonathan Gosnell

5 French Government Teaching Assistantships
Assistante d'anglais
Elizabeth Cummings 08
Académie de la réunion
Recommender: Hélène Visentin
Jennifer Daley 08
Académie de Rennes
Recommender: Hélène Visentin
Melissa Dimetres 08
Académie de Créteil
Mentor: Dawn Fulton
Recommender: Hélène Visentin
Katherine Magaziner 08
Académie de Lyon
Recommenders: Peter de Villiers, Jonathan Gosnell
Sarah Muffly 08
Académie de Versailles
Recommenders: Janie Vanpee, Hélène Visentin

17 Fulbrights

Competition Year 2007–08
Fellowship Year 2008–09

Molly Chidester 08
South Korea: Teaching English
Mentor: Douglas Patey
Recommenders: Sam Intrator, Marc Lendler
Consultants: Jinah Kim
Erin Davis 07
Germany: Chemistry
"Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Sulfoximines"
Mentor: Kate Queeney
Recommenders: Gertraud Gutzmann, Kate Queeney, Kevin Shea
Consultants: Kevin Shea
Lilith Dornhuber deBellesiles 08
Germany: Philosophy
"Voices of Heresy: Philosophies of the Beguines and Meister Eckhar"
Mentor: John Connolly
Recommenders: John Connolly, Craig Davis, Susan Levin
Consultants: Craig Davis, Judith Keyler-Mayer, Joe McVeigh, Joel Westerdale
Graeham Dodd 08
Spain: Teaching English
"Stories as a Means of Fostering Learning"
Mentor: Lucy Mule
Recommenders: Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Lucy Mule, Phoebe Porter
Consultants: Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Sam Intrator
Shana Fung 08
Taiwan: Teaching English
Mentor: Richard Lim
Recommenders: Federica Anichini, Richard Lim
Consultants: Grant Li
Mina Kim 06
Kazakhstan: International Relations
"The Strategic Importance of Kazakhstan's Foreign Policy"
Mentor: Jennifer Guglielmo
Recommenders: Jennifer Guglielmo, Jacques Hymans, Richard Lim
Consultants: Jacques Hymans
Ann Kurtz 08
Germany: Teaching English
"Tailoring English Acquisition to What Interests Students about America"
Mentor: Gertraud Gutzmann
Recommenders: Gertraud Gutzmann, Joseph O'Rourke, Joseph McVeigh
Consultants: Joel Westerdale
Julianna LaBruto 07
Canada: Film Studies
"The Role of Funding Sources in Canadian Indigenous Film"
Mentor: Alex Keller
Recommenders: Alex Keller, Nancy Mithlo
Stephanie Lewellen 08
Germany, Teaching English
Mentor: Judith Keyler-Mayer
Consultant: Joel Westerdale
Sarah Lynch 04
Hungary: Art and Architectural History
"Italian Motifs in the Hungarian Renaissance"
Mentor: Barbara Kellum
Recommenders: John Davis
Lili Mundle 08
Austria: Political Science
"International Conflict Resolution and Teaching English"
Mentor: Jacques Hymans
Recommenders: Julia Gutzeit, Joseph McVeigh
Consultants: Alan Bloomgarden, Jacques Hymans, Joseph McVeigh
Kristen Nelson 07
Senegal: Sociology
"Gender and the Fight Against Poverty in Potou"
Mentor: Nancy Whittier
Recommenders: Ginetta Candelario, Marc Steinberg, Nancy Whittier
Consultants: Catharine Newbury, Greg White
Laila Plamondon 08
Canada: Psychology
"Study of Second-Generation South Asian Immigrants in Toronto "
Mentor: Maryjane Wraga
Recommenders: Jane Bryden, Lauren Duncan, Bill Peterson
Suzanne Schwartz 07
India: Anthropology
"India's Changing Face: The Interplay of Advertising and National Self-Image"
Mentor: Fraser Stables
Recommenders: Donald Joralemon, Andy Rotman, Fraser Stables
Alison Smith 08
Switzerland: Classical Languages and Literature
"War and Lament in Homer"
Mentor: Justina Gregory
Recommenders: Justina Gregory, Joachim Stieber, Maureen Ryan
Consultants: Joachim Stieber, Joel Westerdale
Phoebe Sullivan 03
Madagascar: Environmental Studies
"Researching Carbon Credits as a Vehicle for Rural Development"
Mentor: Susannah Howe
Consultant: Greg White
Tran Vo 08
Japan: Art and Architectural History
"Reconstructing Emaki: History of Japanese Scroll Painting Through Art Conservation"
Mentor: Thomas Rohlich
Recommenders: William Myers, Atsuko Takahashi, Sujane Wu
Consultants: Kelly Holbert, Dennis Yasutomo

1 Goldman Sachs Global Leader

Margaret Mongare 10
Mentor: Janice Schell

2 Goldwaters

Emma Schlatter 09
Major: Mathematics
Career Goal: PhD in Mathematics. Pursue research and teaching in theoretical mathematics at the university level.
Kristin Tyler 09
Majors: Mathematics & Psychology
Career Goal: PhD in Social Neuroscience and a Master's degree in Applied Statistics. Conduct research in social neuroscience and statistical methodology and teach at the university level.