Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation will award graduate scholarships to help students with exceptional promise and demonstrated financial need reach their full potential through education. Each award will fund a portion of educational costs including tuition, fees, and living expenses for the length of a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar's graduate degree, up to six years.
At a minimum, each candidate must
- Be a college senior OR recent graduate (since May 2001) from an accredited college or university in the U.S.
- Have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent).
- Plan to begin first graduate degree in the fall, and
- Be nominated by his or her undergraduate institution.
To learn more about the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation go to www.jackkentcookefoundation.org.
For application information or for any other questions please contact Dr. Richard Dutson, associate Dean of the College and professor of Political Science at (330) 823-3256 or ext. 3256, e-mail: dutsonrw@muc.edu.
Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation
The mission of the Truman Scholarship Foundation is to find and recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service and to provide them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service.
Students should be in their junior year at an accredited four-year institution. Successful candidates must demonstrate:
- An extensive record of campus and community service;
- Commitment to a career in government or the nonprofit and advocacy sectors;
- Excellent communication skills and a high probability of becoming a "change agent";
- A strong academic record with likely acceptance by a first-rate graduate school.
To learn more about the Harry Truman Foundation go to www.truman.gov.
For application information or for any other questions please contact Dr. John Bienz, professor of English at (330) 823-3196 or ext. 3196, e-mail: bienzjf@muc.edu.
The Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest international fellowships, were initiated after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, and bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford. American Rhodes Scholars are selected through a decentralized process by which regional selection committees choose 32 Scholars each year from among those nominated by selection committees in each of the 50 states.
Mr. Rhodes' Will contains four criteria by which prospective Rhodes Scholars are to be selected:
- Literary and scholastic attainments;
- Energy to use one's talents to the fullest, as exemplified by fondness for the success in sports;
- Truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship;
- Moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in one's fellow beings.
To learn more about the Rhodes Scholarship go to www.rhodesscholar.org.
For application information or for any other questions please contact Dr. John Bienz, professor of English at (330) 823-3196 or ext. 3196, e-mail: bienzjf@muc.edu.
James Madison Graduate Fellowship
The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation was established by Congress in 1986 for the purpose of improving teaching about the United States Constitution in secondary schools. The Foundation is an independent agency of the executive branch of the federal government. Funding for the Foundation's programs comes from Congress and generous contributions from individuals, foundations and corporations.
To be eligible to apply for fellowship, you must:
- Be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.
- Be a teacher, or plan to become a teacher, of American History, American government, or social studies at the secondary school level (grades 7-12).
- Possess a bachelor's degree or plan to receive a bachelor's degree no than August 31 of the year in which you are applying.
- Wait at least three years from the time that any previous graduate degree was awarded before applying for a James Madison Fellowship.
To learn more about the James Madison Graduate Fellowship go to www.jamesmadison.com.
For application information or for any other questions please contact Dr. John Ricchiuti, professor of History and the director of the American Studies Program at (330) 823-3276 or ext. 3276, e-mail: recchijo@muc.edu.
Fulbright Scholar Program
For over 50 years, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) has helped administer the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U.S. government's flagship academic exchange effort, on behalf of the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Founded in 1947, CIES is a private organization. It is a division of the Institute of International Education (IIE). The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
To learn more about the Fulbright Scholar Program go to www.cies.org.
For application information or for any other questions please contact Dr. Frank Tripplett, professor of Foreign Languages and the director of the International programs at (330) 823-3215 or ext. 3215, e-mail: triplefi@muc.edu.