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Nearly a dozen Fordham University students have been honored this year with a variety of academic awards. The 2004 prestigious fellowship recipients, including Fulbright, Bosch and Urban fellowship winners, are a diverse group with interests spanning the arts and sciences, and extending from local politics to international affairs.
“These fellowship recipients are preparing to engage in significant reflection, study and conversation on issues of politics, religion, art, culture and science,” said John Hollwitz, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs. “The awards help Fordham to fulfill its mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution, fostering the intellectual formation of young men and women who will help shape the world.”
During the past nine years, more than 95 Fordham University students have received prestigious awards, and Hollwitz attributes the success to the University’s strong liberal arts education and the personal attention given to undergraduate and graduate students alike.
Among this year’s honored students is Nichole Jacoby (LAW ’04), who has been awarded both a Fulbright and a Bosch Foundation Fellowship, which is awarded annually to just 20 scholars nationwide. The awards will allow her to study law in Germany for two academic years. Her focus will be on how free speech law applies to the Internet.
McKenzie Livingston (LAW ’04) has been named a 2004 Fulbright scholar. She will spend a year at the University of Amsterdam earning a Master of Laws degree with an emphasis on international trade and human rights law.
Asia Leeds (FCLC ’04), a history major, has been awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship. Designed to increase the number of qualified minority Ph.D. candidates in the arts and sciences, the fellowship provides students with intense faculty mentoring, a stipend for academic-related projects and summer research, and partial repayment of undergraduate student loans. Leeds is currently residing in Costa Rica on a Fulbright.
Political science major William Zeiser (FCLC ’04) has been named a New York City Urban Fellow. The nine-month program combines full-time work in city government with a comprehensive seminar series exploring the mechanics of local policymaking. Zeiser will receive a $25,000 stipend and health insurance.
Artyom Matusov (FCLC ’06), double majoring in philosophy and Latin studies, has received a National Security Education Program (NSEP) scholarship of $20,000 to fund a year of study in Russia. The scholarship encourages scholars to pursue international security careers.
Two Fordham students have been awarded the Clare Booth Luce (CBL) Fellowship, designed to encourage women to pursue careers in science. Gianna Migliorisis (FCLC ’06), a computer science major, and Claudia Weinstock (FCLC ’06), a math major, will each receive a stipend, dependency allowance and tuition waivers for up to 30 credits per year for two years of study. Seven other Fordham students are beginning their second year as CBL fellows.
Mathew McGarry (GSAS ’04) and Joseph Kelly (GSAS ’04), students in Fordham University’s Graduate Program in International Political Economy and Development, have been named International Development Fellows by Catholic Relief Services. The two will begin a yearlong international management-training program in July.
Emily Pontzer (FCO ’04), an English major, will spend two weeks in Fiji exploring the region’s developing political landscape with the aid of an Eisenhower Fellowship. The objective of the award, offered to U.S. citizens, is to foster cultural understanding between young leaders of the United States and those of other countries.
English major Jeffery Maitz (FCO ’04), is one of 40 recipients nationwide of the Phi Kappa Phi Award of Excellence, which offers a $2,000 prize for postgraduate study. Each chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society may nominate one student for the national competition.
Eleven Fordham students are Fulbright fellowship finalists, awaiting confirmation from their host countries. In addition, applications for Clark and James Madison fellowships, and Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships are pending decisions.
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