Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholars Program
Region: East Asia / Pacific
Grant Type: Study and Research Grants
Description: The
Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program provides expenses for a
four-year course of study toward a bachelors degree for twenty-two
exceptionally able Asian students annually from these countries and
regions: the Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand,
and Vietnam.
Wesleyan is now accepting applications for
participation in the Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program.
Twenty-two (22) qualified young men and women will be selected, two (2)
from each of eleven countries and regions The Peoples Republic of
China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The chosen
applicants will join 2,700 other Wesleyan undergraduates from
throughout the United States and nearly 50 countries for study with an
outstanding teaching and research faculty in the sciences and
mathematics, the arts, the humanities, and the social and behavioral
sciences.
This program is made possible by Wesleyan University
and the Freeman Foundation, which aims to improve understanding and to
strengthen ties between the United States and the countries and regions
of the Pacific Rim.
Entry into the Wesleyan Freeman Asian
Scholarship Program is highly competitive: only two students will be
selected annually from each country or region. The scholarship covers
costs for tuition, room, and board for four years, and one-time
transportation to and from the United States.
Wesleyan University
is located in Middletown, Connecticut, halfway between New York and
Boston in the historic and colorful New England region of the
northeastern United States. It is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts
and sciences institution founded in 1831. A number of early Wesleyan
graduates were influential educators and ministers in Asian countries,
and the modern Wesleyan has formal ties to several prominent
universities in Asia. The campus is home to a diverse population of
2,700 undergraduate students, equally divided between men and women,
approximately 28 percent of whom are of African, Asian, or Hispanic
descent, and nearly 160 students from foreign countries.
Approximately
190 graduate students, a number of whom are from Asian countries, are
pursuing advanced degrees, principally in the sciences, mathematics,
and music.
APPLICATION
Interested students also must submit a
written application that includes background information, two essays, a
secondary school/junior college transcript, recommendations from two
teachers and one counselor, a peer reference, and results of any
standardized national examinations administered during the secondary
school/junior college years. Officials from Wesleyan and the Freeman
Foundation will travel to Asia and conduct interviews of finalists in
their home countries in February or March. All application materials
are to be postmarked no later than January 1. (For students in the
Philippines, we recommend mailing your application earlier or using a
courier service.) Applications are available from secondary
schools/junior colleges and from the AIG offices listed.
You may also write to Dean Terri Overton at toverton@... to request the
special Freeman application forms. The application for
the Freeman Asian Scholarship is different from the Common Application
and it is not available on-line. You should not submit the Common
Application.
Wesleyan alumni in the eleven countries and regions,
as well as local AIG offices, can provide further information to
students interested in applying. They also will be pleased to assist
applicants in forwarding application materials to Wesleyan.
Country:
Deadline: Varies
Contact Person: Dean Terri Overton
Contact Email: toverton@...
Organization: Wesleyan University
Website: http://www.admiss.wesleyan.edu
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Beasiswa Australia
PhD studentship in Materials Science / Engineering Physics
Reference Number: 505333
Portfolio: Science, Engineering & Technology
School: Applied Sciences
Campus: Melbourne - CBD
RMIT is a global university of technology based in Melbourne, with a
commitment to and reputation for high quality professional and
vocational education and research engaged with industry and community.
A three year scholarship is available for a person who has an Honours
degree in Materials Science or Engineering Physics or related
discipline in a project - developing advanced coatings for cutting tools.
This is an Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) that commences
January 2009. This award is part of a recent successful Australian
Research Council grant "Designing the Next Generation of High
Performance Cutting Tools". The project team includes Prof. Dougal
McCulloch and Prof. Derry Doyle at RMIT University and Dr Steve Dowey
from Sutton Tools (an Australian company which is the largest
manufacturer of cutting tools in Australia).
The aim of this project is to develop new directions in the
manufacture of cutting tools such as drills and taps by creating new
engineered interfaces and coatings that maximise performance.
To apply please send a covering letter stating your reasons for
wishing to take up this scholarship and curriculum vitae to Professor
Dougal McCulloch, Applied Physics, School of Applied Sciences, RMIT
University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria 3001 or by email to
dougal.mcculloch@....
Applications close 5 December 2008.
Closing date:
5 Dec 2008 11:55pm Aus. Eastern Standard Time
