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KEASBEY SCHOLARSHIP

Middlebury is able to nominate students
for a Keasbey Scholarship this fall [2009].

PURPOSE
To promote Anglo-American relations; to provide Americans with an opportunity to experience the British educational system.

AWARD
Support for one or two years of study --- a second BA degree and an MPhil or MSt, or a 1- or 2-year master's --- at selected British institutions (listed below). Direct payment to the British institution involved to cover tuition and other fixed charges; a cost-of-living stipend paid to the Scholar to cover board, lodging, and general subsistence; an allowance for travel between the United States and Great Britain. The stipend is approximately equal to that of the Rhodes Scholarship.

NUMBER OFFERED
Middlebury (along with a few other schools on a rotating basis) is invited to submit up to two nominations this year, in a three-year cycle. One Keasbey Scholarship will be awarded this year from eight nominees.

FIELDS OF STUDY
Unspecified; limited only by the offerings at the universities involved.

TENABLE AT

Graduate study or second B.A. at
Oxford (Christ Church, Hertford, New, Trinity, and
     University Colleges)
Cambridge (St. John's, Selwyn, and Trinity Colleges)
         [These relate only to residence at Oxford or
         Cambridge and do not in any way preclude a scholar
         from studying with members of the faculty of other
         colleges.]
University of Edinburgh
University College of Wales at Aberystwyth

ELIGIBILITY
Members of the class of 2010 (February or May) with a 3.7 or higher GPA who are US citizens and unmarried (Keasbey scholarships may not be deferred, and candidates for the Keasbey may not hold another graduate-level scholarship or grant). The successful candidates will demonstrate academic excellence, active participation in extracurricular activities, leadership abilities, and personal promise.

DEADLINES
~ Preliminary applications due at the Fellowships Office,
Adirondack house 202, by noon September 21, 2009.
~ Nominations will be due at Keasbey Foundation
November 9, 2009.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
~ Interested seniors submit preliminary applications by noon
      September 21. These include:
      a] Keasbey profile sheet (available at Fellowships Office)
      b] an essay of approximately 1000 words summarizing
          applicant's major academic interest and the course of
          study proposed to be taken in Great Britain
      c] a résumé or list of interests and activities
      d] a Banner Web Degree Progress Report, and unofficial
          grade lists of all college-level work completed elsewhere
~ The campus selection committee will make an initial
      screening from the preliminary applications and invite
      campus finalists for interviews in October
~ The Fellowship Office will secure an official Middlebury
      transcript for each nominee; nominees will gather official
      transcripts from all other colleges or universities attended
~ Nominees will submit final applications, including three
      letters of recommendation, by November 4, so they arrive
      by the final deadline [Nov. 9]
~ Nominees will participate in campus mock interviews
      probably during the last week of November
~ Nominees must be available to participate in interviews
      with the trustees of the Keasbey Memorial Foundation in
      Philadelphia on Friday, December 11, 2009.

CONTACT
Lisa Gates, Fellowship Advisor
   Adirondack House 204
   (802) 443-3183
   lgates@middlebury.edu

URLs
Resources for study at the institutions available: