UND NSPA Monthly Communiqué
February 2023 Issue 24
To a Hopeful New Year
Happy Lunar New Year!
2023 brings the year of the Water Rabbit. Chinese culture rejoices in celebrating the New Year through their zodiac animals. Rabbit is a symbol of longevity, peace, and prosperity in Chinese culture. 2023 is predicted to be a year of hope. That is promising! Hope is the fuel and outcome of national/international scholarships.
Hope is more than optimism; it is the result of preparedness. When I attended the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Conference last year, I was reminded that applying for international scholarships/fellowships is a high impact practice. The advising process to win these funded real world experiences includes: reflecting on the components of the application; receiving feedback on application essays; and in some cases interviewing with scholarship reviewers. This process teaches students the values of hard work, sustained efforts, time commitment, informed risk taking, self-reflection and integration, and the pursuit of excellence. The act of applying prepares students for transformative experiences to come. In other words, scholarships bring hope.
In this issue, I want to celebrate hope and the students who are hopeful. Congratulations to Sydney Menne who won two competitive scholarships this academic year. Hot off the heels of placing as a Finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, Sydney becomes the first UND student to win the Marshall Scholarship and the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship. Congratulations to Chenoa Swenson who won a Gilman scholarship to participate in Dr. Amanda Nagy's faculty led course to Austria this May. Meanwhile, Jacob Moll (N. Macedonia) and Payton Cole (Czech Republic) who were just named Fulbright ETA semi-finalists await final decisions on their Fulbright applications to teach English abroad. Bebas Dhungana (intermediate Hindi) and Ethan McGregor (beginning Russian), semi-finalists for the Critical Language Scholarship and Critical Language Scholarship-SPARK, respectively, find themselves in a similar situation awaiting final decisions on their CLS applications. Congratulations to these wonderful students who show us that through hope the transformative process begins.
To hope and a wonderful new year!
Yee Han Chu PhD MSSW
Academic Support and Fellowship Opportunities Coordinator
Congratulations Sydney Menne: 2023 Marshall Scholar and 2023 Matthew Isakowitz Fellow!
Sydney Menne, center, with friends from L to R: Jaedon Hinds; Isaac Balmer; Olyvia Bender; Anna Lambertz; Trece Hopp; Abby Bye; and Ryan Lemker.
Cessna 120, a 1946 plane
Globe Swift, a 1946 plane
EAA Air-Venture Air Show
Sydney Menne will spend this summer interning at Astra in Alameda, CA funded by the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship and start her graduate studies at the University of Southampton in England through the Marshall Scholarship.
- The Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship is an internship, mentorship, and networking opportunity awarded to exceptional college juniors, seniors, and graduate students pursuing careers in the commercial spaceflight industry. Created in memory of Matthew Isakowitz, whose passion for commercial space exploration led to great strides in the industry and inspired all who knew him, the Program seeks to instill that same enthusiasm into the next generation by providing impactful career training to those who embody Matthew's drive for exploring our universe to help better humankind.
- Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to fifty Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study. As future leaders, with a lasting understanding of British society, Marshall Scholars strengthen the enduring relationship between the British and American peoples, their governments and their institutions. Marshall Scholars are talented, independent and wide-ranging, and their time as Scholars enhances their intellectual and personal growth. Their direct engagement with Britain through its best academic programmes contributes to their ultimate personal success.
The total value of a Marshall Scholarship varies according to the circumstances (place of residence, selected university, etc.) of each scholar but the figure tends on average to be about £38,000 a year (approximately $46,000 each year). Sydney will complete a minimum of two years in the United Kingdom.
To hear more from Sydney, watch North Dakota Today-Valley News Live on February 14, 2023 at 9AM. Sydney will talk about her scholarship experience and plans.
Congratulations Chenoa Swenson: 2023 Gilman Scholar
Chenoa Swenson, a first year pre-nursing major, is a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The Gilman Program enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to our national security and economic prosperity. Gilman Scholars receive up to $5,000 to apply toward their study abroad or internship program costs. Chenoa’s scholarship will fund her participation in Prof. Amanda Nagy’s faculty-led course to Vienna in Spring 2023. Students are selected through a competitive process for their academic preparedness, diversity of background and experience, and community impact abroad and upon return home.
Congratulations 2023 Fulbright ETA Semi-Finalists: Payton Cole & Jacob Moll
Payton Cole
YR of Study: Alumna, graduated 2022
Major: Bachelor of Art & Masters of Art
Why did you Select this Language: Selected Czech Republic due to ancestral ties and the Baroque & Renaissance architecture
Career Goals: Continue working in Art Museums and getting my Masters in Art Therapy
Thank You: Notth Dakota Museum of Art Director, Matthew Wallace; North Dakota Museum of Art Education Director Matthew Anderson & UND Professor & mentor Todd Hebert
Fulbright ETA
Jacob Moll
YR of Study: GR
Major: Geography
Why did you Select this Language: I choose North Macedonia to reconnect with family roots and to learn about history and culture of the country firsthand.
Career Goals: I hope to increase student engagement in geography and geographic information science as an instructor in a high school or university classroom.
Thank You: Dr. Vandeberg, Dr. Wang, Carissa Green, and the campus review board.
Congratulations 2023 CLS Semi-Finalists: CLS Bebas Dhungana & CLS Spark Ethan McGregor
Bebas Dhungana-CLS
YR of Study: SO
Major: Economics and Computer Science
Language: Intermediate Hindi
Why did you Select this Language: Similar with Nepali, my mother tongue
Career Goals: Economic development
Special Thanks: Ranju Dhungana (sister who introduced to him the scholarship)
Critical Lang. Scholar. Program
Ethan McGregor-CLS Spark
YR of Study: SR
Major: Political Science
Language: Beginning Russian
Why did you Select this Language: I would like to work in Eastern European security.
Career Goals: I would like to work in diplomacy and security, whether it is for a governmental agency or through contracting.
Special Thanks: Dr. Brian Urlacher, Emily Dougherty, Cheyden PaulsonNEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
Undergraduate Opportunities
Gilman Scholarhips-NEW Cycle for study abroad in Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Academic Year 2023-2024 & Spring 2024
Gilman Program Application Is Now Open!
Thinking about study abroad? Receive up to $5,000 (or up to $8,000 if you’re studying a Critical Need Language) to go abroad as a college student if you’re a U.S. citizen and Federal Pell Grant recipient!
Gilman-McCain Scholarship Apply Today!
The Gilman-McCain Scholarship application is also open! Receive $5,000 if you're a child or spousal dependent of an active duty military member and receive any type of Title IV Federal Financial Aid to go abroad.
Student Deadline: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 11:59pm Pacific Time
Register for Gilman's & USA Study ABroad's "Inside U.S. Foreign Policy Climate and COP 27" Seminar-2.2.23!
USA Study Abroad, part of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), and its Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program are pleased to invite current recipients and alumni of the Gilman Program, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, ECA exchange alumni, and all interested U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to attend the “Inside U.S. Foreign Policy Seminar: Climate and COP 27” on February 2, 2023, from Noon-2:00pm Eastern.
This 2-hour seminar will explore how the State Department advances U.S. foreign policy goals on climate change, with a specific focus on the process and outcomes of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or “COP 27” held in November 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Attendees will hear from technical experts and U.S. diplomats working in the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. The seminar will shed light on the complex innerworkings of American diplomacy connecting the State Department’s strategic mission to the lives of people throughout the United States and around the world. Attendees will also have the chance to learn more about State Department career paths, along with internship and fellowship opportunities.
Sessions will include:
- A Keynote on U.S. Foreign Policy on Climate – Focus on COP 27: A State Department representative will discuss the overarching development and implementation of U.S. foreign policy involving climate, COP 27, and more.
- A diverse panel of State Department personnel, drawn from both the Foreign and Civil service, will delve deeper into the foreign policy process, goals, and strategic objectives emphasizing the ways individuals in different parts of the State Department collaborate to advance country-specific, regional, and global foreign policy priorities.
- State Department Careers Information Session: A representative from the State Department’s Bureau of Global Talent Management will share information on the many pathways to careers at the State Department.
- Foreign Policy and Career Conversations: Attendees will have the opportunity to move into breakout rooms and hear more closely from speakers and others about their diverse work and career paths.
Click here to register for this seminar! For those interested but unable to attend live, the seminar will be recorded and made available on the Gilman’s Inside U.S. Foreign Policy page.
FAO Schwartz Social Impact Fellowship
The FAO Schwarz Fellowship is a two-year experience in the world of social impact that includes focused professional development. Successful candidates have proven academic excellence, demonstrated leadership in their college communities and are eager to immerse themselves in an experience that will challenge them, train them and empower them with the skills and network they need to take a first step towards leadership in the world of social impact. Applicants must be college seniors at the time of application and be eligible to work in the United States for the duration of the Fellowship. Deadline: February 10, 2023. Details https://faoschwarzfellowship.org/
Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship
The Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship honors the legacy of the abolitionist and statesman with a fully funded summer study abroad program for students of color who exemplify leadership, social justice, agitation for positive change and cross-cultural understanding. During the four-week summer program (July 7–August 4, 2023), Fellows travel to DC, Cape Town, Dublin, Derry, and Belfast to explore the legacies of Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, John Lewis, Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Daniel O’Connell, John Hume, and other giants of social change. Students must be freshmen, sophomores, or juniors, have a minimum GPA of 3.3, be a US citizen/national/permanent resident, and identify as an ethnicity typically underrepresented on study abroad programs. Deadline: February 14, 2023 https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad/scholarships/frederick-douglass-global-fellowship
Hertog Foundation- Summer 2023 Fellowships in political thought, public policy, and the liberate arts!
Political Studies Program
June 18-July 29, 2023
To Apply: https://hertogfoundation.org/programs/political-studies
Deadline Early: 02/15/2023 | Final: 03/01/2023
Each year, the Hertog Foundation brings together top college students to the nation’s capital to explore the theory and practice of politics in an intensive seminar setting with outstanding faculty. Political Studies Fellows take courses in a wide variety of subjects, from political philosophy to contemporary public affairs, from economics to foreign policy. In the afternoons and evenings, they have the opportunity to hear from leaders in American government and politics.
All fellows receive residential accommodations and a $2,500 stipend to offset travel and living expenses.
Security Studies
July 24-August 11, 2023
To Apply: https://hertogfoundation.org/programs/security-studies
Deadline Early: 02/15/2023 | Final: 03/01/2023
Security Studies offer fellows an intensive learning experience focused on the most difficult national security challenges the United States faces today. Each seminar will provide a practitioner’s view of national security, led by faculty who have direct experience forming and advising American policy.
War Studies Program
July 28-August 12, 2023
To Apply: https://hertogfoundation.org/programs/war-studies
Deadline Early: 02/15/2023 | Final: 03/01/2023
The Hertog War Studies Program is an intensive two-week program run by the Institute for the Study of War in Washington DC. The program aims to educate advanced undergraduate students about the theory, practice, organization, and control of war and military forces. Students will learn from and interact with distinguished senior leaders in the national security and military communities. This course bridges the civil-military divide and teaches students at the start of their careers how to assess military decision-making. It is not an international relations course about why wars occur.
Hertog's Final Summer 2023 Fellowship: The Supreme Court and Precedent
July 31-August 4, 2023
To Apply: https://hertogfoundation.org/courses/constitutional-studies-adam-j-white
Deadline Early: 02/15/2023 | Final: 03/01/2023
The U.S. Supreme Court confronts such a moment, as a conservative majority applies an originalist methodology different from the dominant jurisprudence of a prior generation. In this weeklong, residential program, fellows will consider landmark decisions that could be overturned by the Court and their implications for American politics. Led by legal and policy expert Adam J. White, the program will also feature guest lectures from Supreme Court advocates who will bring their practical experience to bear on key constitutional questions—from precedent’s place in judicial decision-making to judicial legitimacy and public opinion, and the Court’s counter-majoritarian role in a democracy.
Omidyar Network Associate Program
Pew Research Center, Paid Summer Undergraduate Internship
NSF-REUs for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
APPLICATIONS: Students must contact the individual sites for application information and materials. NSF does not have application materials and does not select student participants.
ELIGIBILITY: Individual sites may have specific eligibility requirements (e.g., number of undergraduate years completed) for applicants in addition to those described here. Undergraduate student participants supported with NSF funds must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions. High school graduates who have not yet enrolled and students who have already received their bachelor's degrees generally are not eligible.
Multiple Deadlines https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.jsp?unitid=5054
Graduate Opportunities
Funding for Graduate School in National Security and Terrorism Prevention
The Legacy Award of Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc was established to remember the 270 lives lost in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988. Awards are available to undergrads who will be pursuing advanced degrees at US institutions in areas of study related to improved national security and terrorism prevention. Awards provide up to $5,000 per year, per recipient. Deadline: February 21, 2023 https://www.victimsofpanamflight103.org/legacy-award
Undergraduate & Graduate: Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT) Awards
- Applicants must identify as female and be currently enrolled at an accredited U.S. university or college, either full-time or part-time. Applicants must be undergraduate Juniors or Seniors, or enrolled in graduate studies.
- Awards ($1,500) will be based on the quality of the assigned essay and the applicant's demonstrated interested in international trade. They are made without regard to race, religion, age, national origin, ability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Official Scholarship Deadlines
February
- Hertog War Studies Program 2.1.23 (Early)
- Boren Scholarship 2.2.23
- “Inside U.S. Foreign Policy Seminar: Climate and COP 27,” Presentation from Noon-2:00pm Eastern 2.2.23
- Omidyar Network Associate Program 2.3.23
- Pew Research Center, Summer Internship 2.3.23
- Rangel Summer Enrichment 2.7.23
- Truman 2.7.23
- Fulbright UK Summer Institute 2.7.23
- FAO Schwartz Social Impact Fellowship 2.10.23
- Humanity in Action 2.12.23 (Tentative)
- CAPAL's Public Service Internships 2.13.23
- Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship 2.14.23
- ISTernship-Austria 2.15.23
- Hertog War Studies Program: 2.15.23 (Early)
- National Security Legacy Awards 2.21.23
- Indian Health Services 2.28.23
- Pat Tillman Scholarship 2.28.23
- Hudson Institute Political Studies Fellowship 2.21.23 (Regular Decision)
March
- Hertog War Studies Program 3.1.23 (Final)
- Udall 3.2.23
- Gilman & Gilman-McCain 3.9.23
April
- WIIT The Association of Women in International Trade 4.1.23 and 11.1.23
May
- Rotary Global 5.1.23
Yee Han Chu PhD MSSW
Academic Support and Fellowship Opportunities Coordinator
Email to schedule an appointment.
Drop-In Hours at the Chester Fritz Library-Knowledge Commons on TUES from 10-Noon
Email: yee.chu@und.edu
Website: https://und.edu/academics/national-scholarships/
Location: Columbia Hall, Room B307
Phone: (701) 777-4436