Scholarship Opportunities (outside)
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Davies-Jackson Scholarship Announcement |
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I am writing with a reminder that graduating seniors from your institution are now eligible to apply for a fellowship that supports up to two years of study at St. John’s College at theUniversity of Cambridge in England through the Davies-Jackson Scholarship program. You may recall that the select list of eligible institutions from which applications may be submitted for the Scholarship was enlarged in 2008 with the addition of 300 CIC member institutions that had previously not been eligible. Established in 1990, the Davies-Jackson Scholarship provides a distinctive opportunity for graduating seniors who possess exceptional academic records and who are the first in their families to graduate from college, to enroll in a two-year course of study at St. John’s College. The Scholarship, valued at approximately $50,000 is funded by an anonymous donor who wishes to provide the same opportunities at St. John’s that he was afforded as a young man. Offered annually since 1996 the Scholarship is now administered by the Council of Independent Colleges. Applications are accepted for study in the following subjects: Archaeology and Anthropology; Classics; Economics; English; Geography; History; History of Art; Modern and Medieval Languages; Music; Philosophy; and Social and Political Sciences. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2011. Applications will be reviewed by a ten-person U.S. Selection Committee who will forward the most promising applications toCambridge in December for review by admissions tutors in each subject matter. Should an applicant be selected for admission he or she will be contacted by Cambridge in January 2012. I hope you will alert well-qualified students and advisors on graduate study to this opportunity. More information about the Scholarship as well as the application materials can be found online at www.cic.edu/projects_services/
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