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VSB AWARDS RON Cruise INternational Fellowships in memory of Sergey Kuzminykh
CGL Advisory Council Member Ron Cruse ’77 LAS continues to generously support international fellowships in memory of Sergey Kuzminykh, a close colleague and friend. This University-wide program annually awards fellowships for undergraduate student involvement in non-traditional global study and experience. These awards are intended to support compelling, unique and potentially transformative experiences outside of the US, preferably involving business or other organizations. There is a strong preference for destinations in the developing and emerging regions of the world. Students must be nominated by a departmental chairperson or center director to qualify, and the program is administered by CGL. This year’s recipients include twins, Thomas ’14 LAS and Elizabeth ’14 LAS Morris. Thomas Morris is pursuing degrees in Art History and Honors as well as minors in Theology and Humanities. Tom received the Villanova Undergraduate Research Fellowship in the summer of 2012 to research radical art in Czechoslovakia under the socialist regime of the USSR. Tom spent the fall of 2012 as a Connelly-Delouvrier Scholar studying abroad in Prague in the Czech Republic, where he continued his work, now focusing on socialist realism. Tom recently presented a project titled “The Problem of Reality in Representational Art” at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. He is planning on studying the art of curation while in Prague over the summer. Tom plans on getting a PhD in psychology and wants to be a clinical therapist. Elizabeth Morris is an art history major from Havertown, Pennsylvania. This summer, she will be interning at the US Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs in the US embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname. During the fall of 2012, Liz studied Dutch culture and art at the University of Amsterdam as a Connelly-Delouvrier International Scholar. In addition to studying Dutch language abroad, Liz studies Arabic at Villanova. She has had leadership roles in Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, was a student in the Sophomore Service Learning Community and volunteers at the Academy of Natural Science in Philadelphia. Liz plans to pursue graduate studies in Library Science and eventually hopes to work as a research librarian, practicing information sciences in a global context.
(Left to right) Elizabeth Morris ’14 LAS, Thomas Morris ’14 LAS, Ron Cruse ’77 LAS and 2012 winner Casey Richards ’13 LAS.
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