Month: October 2022

Apply for the Critical Language Scholarship

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With a Critical Language Scholarship, you can spend 8-10 weeks of the summer doing intensive language study abroad in one of 14 languages that the US government has identified as critical to the national interest. CLS programs are fully funded and are offered at a variety of levels, as low as total beginning for some languages and beginning at intermediate for others. The eligible languages are: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, & Urdu.

The CLS national deadline is coming up on November 16. Students from any class year are eligible to apply, as long as they meet the CLS eligibility requirements. You can read up on those, find out about informational events, and start your application at clscholarship.org.

Contact Anita Deeg-Carlin (adeegcarlin@wesleyan.edu), Associate Director for Intercultural Learning, at the Fries Center for Global Studies, if you are interested in applying.

Apply for the Beinecke Scholarship

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The Beinecke Scholarship is a prestigious fellowship awarded to college juniors who intend to go on to graduate study in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study (geographic restrictions on the use of the scholarship, and recipients are allowed to supplement the award with other scholarships, assistantships and research grants). Each scholar receives $5,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. Scholars are encouraged to begin graduate study as soon as possible following graduation from college, and must utilize all of the funding within five years of completion of undergraduate studies. Wesleyan can nominate only one Beinecke applicant per year, so nominations are competitive. Interested juniors should consult their academic advisor about their competitiveness for this kind of opportunity and reach out to fellowships@wesleyan.edu by December 13, 2022 at the very latest.

Apply for the Truman Scholarship

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The Harry S. Truman Scholarship provides programming, an alumni network, and $30,000 for graduate study to students pursuing careers in public service. Expressions of interest are due by November 18; email fellowships@wesleyan.edu if you’re interested in applying. The Truman is open to juniors only. Only US citizens, nationals, or permanent residents can apply, and candidates must be nominated at the campus level to proceed on to the national competition.

Goldwater Scholarship Info Session 11/3

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The Goldwater Scholarship grants scholarships to undergraduates who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering (the full list of disciplines is available at the bottom of the Goldwater Scholarship’s eligibility guidelines). Both sophomores and juniors are eligible to apply, though in most cases juniors are most competitive. All applicants must be actively engaged in research in addition to their coursework to be considered for this scholarship. The Goldwater Scholarship does have a monetary component ($7500 in the senior year those those who apply as a junior or $7500 in the junior year and again in the senior year for those that receive the award as a sophomore). But even more importantly, winning the Goldwater serves as a marker of early academic promise that can help students secure future fellowships, admission to graduate school, and other important forms of recognition and access that will be an asset to building a career in research.

The Office of Fellowships will hold an info session and Q&A with Goldwater Scholar Anna Fehr (’23) on Thursday, November 3 in Fisk Hall Room 209 at 4:30pm. Join us there to learn more! Freshman, sophomores, and juniors are welcome. (Come listen, even if you might apply in a future year, rather than right now!)

Those interested in applying this year should complete the pre-application (available on the Goldwater Scholarship website) by November 18, 2022 at the very latest. Reach out to fellowships@wesleyan.edu with any questions.

Wesleyan University + National Education Equity Teaching Fellow Spring Semester 2023 Opportunity

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Description

Wesleyan University and the National Education Equity Lab are partnering to offer Wesleyan college courses to Title 1 or Title 1 eligible high schools across the country. During the spring 2023 semester, we will be offering PSYC105 (Introduction to Psychology) composed of digital projects that help students learn about the field of psychology. With your help, students from our nation’s most underserved communities can gain access to a rigorous college course and have the opportunity to earn pre-college credit and build college confidence. As a Wesleyan University and National Education Equity Teaching Fellow you will engage students in synchronous discussions, grade student work, drive student success, and be part of a national community working to advance education equity.

Essential Responsibilities (approximately 10 hours per week)

  • Host weekly 45-minute synchronous discussion sessions via Zoom to enhance students’ engagement with course content, expose them to college-level seminar-style discussions, and help improve their analytical skills.
  • Grade and provide feedback on student work.
  • Participate in weekly course team check-ins to share learnings, successes, and challenges.
  • Answer course content questions, as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications

  • Commitment to directly advancing education equity for scholars in underserved communities.
  • Excellent engagement, team-building, and communications skills.
  • Ability to excel in changing or challenging circumstances.
  • Content knowledge and/or coursework in a related field.
  • Commitment to provide consistent support to students.
  • Interest in distance learning challenges and opportunities.
  • Prior teaching experience is a plus, with preference given to those who have experience working with high-school students.
  • We seek a diverse pool of TFs that reflect the backgrounds of our high school students. We encourageBIPOC, all genders, first-generation college students, immigrants including undocumented and DACAmented, and those who have navigated poverty and other challenges to apply.

Compensation and Benefits

  • The baseline student to TF ratio will be approximately 15 students per TF.
  • Awarded the distinction of National Education Equity Teaching Fellow, with opportunities to contribute to the National Ed Equity Lab learning community, and connect with academic, and education, and racial justice leaders from across the nation.

To Apply

To learn more about this opportunity, we invite you to read the recent New York Times front-page story here; or visit our website at EdEquityLab.org.

Forever in My Heart Foundation Seeks Student Trainers for Service Dogs

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The Forever in My Heart Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Middletown that rescues dogs and trains them to be service animals for disabled United States veterans. Shona Kerr, Adjunct Professor of Physical Education and Head Coach of Squash, is working with the foundation to start a club on campus that will provide students with the opportunity to train dogs as service animals to be placed with veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or mobility issues. More information about the program can be found in this article that was recently published in the Wesleyan Argus.

If you are interested in helping found this club, or if you are interested in learning more about the Forever in My Heart Foundation, please get in touch with Coach Kerr at skerr@wesleyan.edu, or fill out this form to explain why you would like to join.

 

 

Talk to the Student Ombuds

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Want to learn about resources and options available if you navigate a challenging situation in your team, classroom, or on-campus job? Talk to the Student Ombuds. A safe and confidential peer resource

We are proud to launch the second year of the Student Ombuds (link) program at Wesleyan, which is an initiative inspired and informed by student voices.

The Student Ombuds are available to talk with students about their concerns related to experiences in the classroom, with your athletic team, or within other parts of your academic and campus life at Wesleyan.  Each Ombud serves as a resource focused on empowering students to successfully navigate the institution and advocate for themselves in moments of conflict, particularly when there are power dynamic considerations.

Here’s just a few of the ways Student Ombuds can offer support:

  • Serve as a thought partner for students considering their options for resolving an issue, especially when the other party is in a position of power in relation to the student
  • Hold a safe and supportive conversational space, simply listening and serving as an impartial sounding board
  • Provide insight and tools on how to manage challenging conversations
  • Share information about campus resources
  • Communicate any patterns of concern to university leadership

The Student Ombuds partner with and are supported by Dr. April Ruiz, Dean for Academic Equity, Inclusion, & Success.

Learn more about the Student Ombuds by:

Our Student Ombuds stand ready to support you!