focus on post-grad fellowships
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This presentation is from the Focus on Post-Grad Fellowships workshop hosted by the Career Center. View it to give you advice on how to find and apply for fellowships.TRANSCRIPT
Focus on Post-Grad Fellowships
Cindy Broderius, M.Ed., NCCOctober 2, 2013
Tonight’s Agenda
• Introduction• Assess & Reflect• Resources• Application Process• Categories & Examples • “What have other Duke students done?”• Action Steps• Questions & Discussion
Imagine the possibilities…
Echoing Green: A Bold New World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pI4M11D-_Wc
Imagine these options…
• Teaching in China• Health research studying infectious and
chronic diseases and community health in Australia
• Revolutionize ways community organizations utilize and engage volunteers via technology
• Conduct after-school dance lessons for immigrant students to help them adjust to the US and to an interrupted education
What are “working fellowships?”
• Short-term post-graduation professional experience
• No commitment to graduate study• Competitive in nature• Location: anywhere in the world• Launching pad for next steps• Prestige, professional development,
responsibility
Researching Suitable Opportunities
• How do I determine which fellowships are right for me?
• What personal resources could I consult?
• Where can I find lists of fellowships to research?
Assess and Reflect…
9 Domains When Considering Fellowships
Knowledge Skills
Goals Values
Environment Relationships
Compensation Location
Challenges & Barriers
Resources for your search
• OUSF Scholarships & Fellowships database
• Info sessions on campus• Handouts• Career Center• Your “Board of Advisors”
Telling Your Story: Why Me?
• Getting to the application• Application essay, e.g. personal
statement, project proposal, etc.• Draft…edit…review…repeat…
Gathering Important Supporting Materials
• Resumes and transcripts• Letters of recommendation;
references• Writing samples
Examples: Teaching/Education
• Blue Engine Fellowship
• French Embassy Cultural Services Teaching Assistantship in France
• Indianapolis Teaching Fellows
Examples: Politics, Government, Law, & Policy
• Humanity in Action
• Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
• Center for California Studies Capital Fellows Program
Examples: Leadership & Business
• Greenlining Fellowship
• Duke Endowment Fellowship
• The Financial Clinic Fellowship Program
Examples: Arts, Communication, Entertainment, & Media
• NBC Universal News Associates Program
• McCarter Theatre Center Internship Program
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Internships
Examples: Science, Health, Research, & Engineering
• UCSF Alliance Health Project Post-bac Internship
• CDC Public Health Associate Program
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Programs for Recent Graduates
Examples: Social Responsibility & Social Justice
• Acumen Fund Global Fellows
• Black Male Achievement Fellowship
• Congressional Hunger Center—Bill Emerson (domestic) and Mickey Leland (international) Fellowships
Examples of Duke-affiliated Fellowships
• Duke Hart Leadership Program: The Hart Fellows Program (Sanford School of Public Policy)
• PathWays Fellows (Duke Chapel)• Duke Endowment Fellowship Program• Stephen & Janet Bear Postgraduate
Fellowship in Ethics
“What fellowships have other Duke students done?”
• 2011 Hart Fellow, Edwin Coleman: “Get Involved in Education” — worked with Extra Mural Education Project in Khayelitsha (township in Cape Town, South Africa)
• 2010-2012 Duke Endowment Fellow, Heather Collins: focused on access and retention of first-gen, low-income, and minority students in higher education
“What fellowships have other Duke students done?” (con’t.)
• 2011-2013 Global Health Corps Fellow, Alexa Monroy: through position at Inter-American Bank, traveled to Central American countries assisting with projects focused on priority child and maternal health issues
•2008 Humanity in Action Fellow, Sharon Obialo: as Senior HIA Fellow, studied sex-trafficking among African women in Berlin
Action Steps
• What are three next steps for your search? For example:– Assess– Resources– Networking– Nonprofit
& Government Career Fair @ Oct. 17 – Career Center appointment or drop-in
advising
Questions?
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