Gallatin Students Receive Awards
Gallatin seniors Isaac Rowlett and Jesse-Justin Cuevas awarded HIA fellowships
Isaac will begin his HIA fellowship after graduating in May 2009. As part of the award he will spend five weeks in Denmark studying minority rights and the management of ethnic diversity, with special focus on the substantial Somali refugee population of Copenhagen. Upon returning from Europe in July, Isaac will begin working as a program manager at Public Agenda, a public opinion research organization, and he plans to apply to law school to study international human rights law.
Jesse will graduate in May 2009 with a concentration on sexual politics and morality. After studying in Caracas, Venezuela, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jesse became especially interested in the ways that normative ideas about gender and sexuality evolved in Latin American countries that have experienced profound political and economic transformations. Since Jesse currently works as a certified Pilates instructor, she has decided not to accept the HIA fellowship at this time. Jesse looks forward to reapplying for this award in the future, and she also plans to study law.
The HIA fellowship brings together university students from the United States and Europe for a rigorous, interdisciplinary inquiry into human rights, diversity, and minority issues. Students participate in the five-week fellowship in one of six different countries: Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, or the United States. HIA selects its Fellows on the basis of their demonstrated commitment to minority rights, evidence of leadership potential, and outstanding academic achievement. More information is available online at http://www.humanityinaction.org/.
Gallatin junior Kate Fritz wins Udall Scholarship
Kate is currently in Kunming, China, studying how Chinese energy policy affects ethnic minorities in rural Yunnan Province. This summer she will work with the Joint US/China Cooperation on Clean Energy program in Shanghai to create a template environmental purchasing policy for mid-sized Chinese cities. After graduating from Gallatin with a concentration in environmental studies, public policy, urban studies, and American politics, Kate plans to go on to law school, where she will learn to defend environmental human rights.
The Morris K Udall Scholarship awards sophomore and junior college students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment. The Udall Foundation seeks future leaders across a wide spectrum of environmental fields, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics. More information about the Udall Scholarship is available online at www.udall.gov.
Students interested in applying for this or other scholarships next year should sign up for NYU's National Scholarships Information listserv at http://www.nyu.edu/scholarships.
