Tag Archive for Fellowships

Scout Mckibben-Baier Becomes First Wes Voyager Scholar

Scout McKibben-Baier ‘27 has become the first Wesleyan University student to receive the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service. As one of 100 Voyager Scholars selected nationwide in 2025, Mckibben-Baier, an English major and minor in civic engagement, will be working with the Obama Foundation, with funding from Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky, to…

Wesleyan Named Fulbright Top-Producer

The Fries Center for Global Studies is delighted to announce that for the seventh consecutive year, Wesleyan University has been recognized as one of the top-producing academic institutions for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Each year, Fulbright sends hundreds of Americans abroad to…

Learn about the Beinecke Scholarship! 

Sign up to attend an online information session on Zoom on Monday Dec 22 (register) at 11-11:45am if you want to learn more and have your questions answered. The Beinecke Scholarship program seeks students who: Additionally, to be eligible the student must: While this session will be aimed primarily at juniors, who will need to decide about whether they will apply by January…

Advanced Language Training in Asia after Graduation 

Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for advanced study of Chinese in Taiwan, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, and Vietnamese. Blakemore Fellowships are awarded for advanced study of Chinese in Beijing. Graduating seniors, college graduates, graduate students and early career professionals who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States, and who have completed (at minimum) the third…

An Interview with Debbra Goh, 2024-2025 Carnegie Gaither Junior Fellow

By Amalie Little and Erica Kowsz A little over a year ago, Debbra Goh (’24) graduated from Wes with a double major in Environmental Studies and Religion, and a minor in East Asian Studies to boot. She had been accepted as a James C. Gaither Junior Fellows in the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics program at…

My CLS Story: Critical Language and Intercultural Learning in Oman

by Diana Tran While returning from my Arabic literature class at Mohamed V University in Rabat, I received an email from American Councils, informing me that I’d been promoted from alternate to finalist for the Critical Language Scholarship program.  I first learned about the Critical Language Scholarship around this time last year. I was preparing…

Call for applications: Truman Scholarship for public service!

Juniors, if you a US citizen or national are committed to seeking a career in public service and planning to attend grad school, now is the time to consider applying for the Truman Scholarship! The Truman Foundation seeks to identify aspiring leaders at an important inflection point in their development – when they are college…

Critical Language Scholarship Application is Now OPEN!

The Fries Center for Global Studies is excited to inform you that, the application is now open for the 2026 Critical Language Scholarship Program! The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is an intensive language and cultural immersion summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world. Students spend eight to ten weeks over the summer studying one…

Seeking “the next generation of foreign policy leaders” – Apply for the Gaither Junior Fellowship

Campus applications are open (apply here) for the James C. Gaither Junior Fellowship at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.  Junior fellows serve as research assistants to senior fellows at the link tank, working primarily in one of 15 programs. The Gaither Junior Fellows Program provides an opportunity for approximately 15 students who desire careers in international affairs…