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Fe llows hips for Five The Center for International Education at W&L gave five students 2009 Woolley Fellowships, provided through the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Woolley in honor and memory of their son, Erik. Each fellowship provides money for travel and living expenses to support an educational internship overseas. The projects must prepare students for deeper global engagement, foster learning within an international professional practice and deepen students’ understanding of another culture. Carolyn Small ’10 and Natalie Bunnell ’10 worked this summer at
the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, in Amsterdam. They worked with William Wei, a leading conservation scientist who works at the Institute for Cultural Heritage. Last spring term, both studied there with chemistry professor Erich Uffelman, combining chemistry and art through the technical examination of 17thcentury Dutch paintings. Melissa Deokaran ’11 and Felice Herman ’11 traveled to Italy to work on the archeological site at Gabii, near Rome. Gabii, where excavation began in 2007, was an important Roman city-state of the first millennium B.C.,
and its excavation will provide pertinent information about the city life of ancient Latin civilizations. The project includes on its team Hilary Becker, visiting assistant professor of classics at W&L. Gaby Bucheli ’11 interned in Manaus, Brazil, on a project that examines the economic valuation of the environmental impact of oil extraction procedures. Bucheli worked with a multinational and multidisciplinary group of professionals from the fields of economics and geology, including Jim Kahn, professor of economics.
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winner and the campus or local organization of their choice. Branstetter and Walls split the prize. Branstetter was nominated for his contributions to the Honor Advocate Program. He is the Outing Club key staff for kayaking, a peer counselor and on the board of directors for the W&L chapter of Habitat for Humanity. An English major, he is taking a year off to teach before heading to Vanderbilt Law School. Walls was nominated for her contributions to Nabors Service League This past spring, Hunter Branstetter ’09 and as manager of the men’s basketand Jenna Walls ’09 were named the John ball team. She is a past president of W. Elrod Unsung Generals of the Year, and Pi Beta Phi sorority. A biology major, Catherine Kruse ’11 she will attend Walls and Branstetter were chosen won the University’s graduate school for from among a group of 18 student Decade Award. physiology at Ball nominees, with input from the cam Wa l l s a n d State University in Branstetter (above) Muncie, Ind. She pus community and the Celebrating were chosen from hopes to become Student Success committee. among a group of 18 an orthopedic surstudent nominees, with input from the geon or a sports medicine doctor. campus community and the Celebrating Kruse (not pictured) received the Student Success committee. The award, Decade Award, which honors a sophotypically given to one individual, carries more woman who has exhibited exema $1,000 prize to be split between the plary leadership and who has advanced 10
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the discussion of women’s issues on campus. Kruse is an English and psychology major with a minor in women’s and gender studies. She is the current vice president of KEWL (Knowledge Empowering Women Leaders) and a member of SPEAK. She chaired this year’s Love Your Body Week. The Celebrating Student Success committee also recognized the following individuals at the awards ceremony for their contributions to campus life:
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Diana Burgreen ’09 John Christopher ’09 Micaela Coffey ’09 Helen Coupe ’09 Abigail Dean ’11 Jackie DiBiasie ’09 Isaiah Goodman ’09 Rasaq “Zaq” Lawal ’10 Lisa Luu ’09 Jessica Makona ’10 Julianne Miata ’09 Michael Morella ’10 Elizabeth Polanco Aquino ’09 Jamila Seaton ’09 Megan Steinhardt ’10 Hila Yashar ’09
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