Davis Fellowship sends students across globe
Elspeth Lodge '10
Issue date: 11/12/08 Section: Features
Students who took advantage of the Davis International Fellowship this past summer not only gained outside-the-bubble experience, but a whole new perspective on their lives and what it means to represent the United States in a foreign country.
The Fellowship gives summer grants of $5,000 to eligible current sophomores and juniors for overseas independent studies or research programs.
Eligibility includes a minimum 3.0 grade point average and a well thought out and planned international program.
It is suggested, but not imperative, that applicants have prior international and intercultural experience, such as a junior year abroad. However, it can be a prime opportunity to get out of the states for athletes or those who have other commitments that prevented them from going abroad their junior year.
Gabe Amo '09 spent his past summer interning at Budumburam Refugee Camp in Ghana. He worked with Children for a Better Way, a non-governmental organization that promotes the development and rehabilitation of children affected by the conflict in their home country of Liberia.
He did community development work and promoted an income generation project for economically and socially vulnerable refugee women with the goal of providing the means and training to allow them to become self-sufficient. Amo also worked with the program to develop educational campaigns on sanitation programs and health related issues.
Brittany Bemis '10 interned in Tanzania at Mnazi Mmoja Referral Hospital. She assisted at an Aids Clinic and researched the ways in which medications are distributed in developing countries.
"Throughout my time in Zanzibar I learned a lot about who I am and what I want to do in my life" says Bemis.
Noah Burch '09 and Michele LeMaire '09 participated in a team project, performing archival research at the Archivo General de Semencas and the Biblioteca Nacional in Barcelona, Spain under the guidance of History Professor Yuen Gen Liang. While there they did primary source research on sixteenth century Spanish History.
The Fellowship gives summer grants of $5,000 to eligible current sophomores and juniors for overseas independent studies or research programs.
Eligibility includes a minimum 3.0 grade point average and a well thought out and planned international program.
It is suggested, but not imperative, that applicants have prior international and intercultural experience, such as a junior year abroad. However, it can be a prime opportunity to get out of the states for athletes or those who have other commitments that prevented them from going abroad their junior year.
Gabe Amo '09 spent his past summer interning at Budumburam Refugee Camp in Ghana. He worked with Children for a Better Way, a non-governmental organization that promotes the development and rehabilitation of children affected by the conflict in their home country of Liberia.
He did community development work and promoted an income generation project for economically and socially vulnerable refugee women with the goal of providing the means and training to allow them to become self-sufficient. Amo also worked with the program to develop educational campaigns on sanitation programs and health related issues.
Brittany Bemis '10 interned in Tanzania at Mnazi Mmoja Referral Hospital. She assisted at an Aids Clinic and researched the ways in which medications are distributed in developing countries.
"Throughout my time in Zanzibar I learned a lot about who I am and what I want to do in my life" says Bemis.
Noah Burch '09 and Michele LeMaire '09 participated in a team project, performing archival research at the Archivo General de Semencas and the Biblioteca Nacional in Barcelona, Spain under the guidance of History Professor Yuen Gen Liang. While there they did primary source research on sixteenth century Spanish History.
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