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Record-Setting Fourth Fulbright Named
Weeks before her graduation from William Smith, Tatianna Echevarria ’13 has been named the recipient of a 2013-2014 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to support an English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) in Vietnam.
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Bowdoin Teacher Scholars Ace Their Defenses
Six student teachers were put to the test recently when they presented their teaching portfolios in the Bowdoin Teacher Scholars Program’s annual defense. Each completed a full-time, 14-week teaching practicum in a public high school or middle school earlier this spring.
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Athina Chartelain ’13 Awarded Fulbright ETA to Costa Rica
Athina Chartelain ’13 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Costa Rica. A communication major at Hamilton, she studied abroad in Madrid, Spain, in 2012.
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Six students win Fulbrights
Six St. Olaf College students have been named Fulbright fellows for 2013-14.
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A Gift to Support Humanities Students’ Research
A $5,000 gift from Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature Alicia E. Ellis and artist and former visiting faculty member David H. Munson will be used to establish Hampshire College’s new Humanities Research Book Grant.
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CC Adds New Major in Education
Students at Colorado College can now major in education, a change that recognizes shifts in society and educational norms, Education Department Chair Mike Taber says.
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Carleton College Student Earns Davis Projects for Peace Grant
Sarah Hooker ’13, a triple major in economics, political science, and international relations, along with a concentration in political economy, will utilize the grant to work with a group of low-income urban farmers in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Dr. Nayef H. Samhat named Wofford College president
The Wofford College Board of Trustees elected Dr. Nayef H. Samhat as president of the college at their meeting on Tuesday, May 14, held on campus.
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Rollins Professor Receives Fulbright Grant to Research Economic and Global Development
Rollins College Assistant Professor of International Business Tonia Warnecke was recently awarded a Fulbright grant to research economic and global development.
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Students compete in the “world’s toughest math test”
Thirteen Lake Forest students participated in what is considered by many to be the most prestigious and toughest math competition in the world.
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The Real Mock Trial
The Scripps College’s Mock Trial team had its most successful season yet, with numerous individual achievements and a visit to Nationals.
Continue Reading →The Liberal Arts Advantage
Educating students who are passionate and complex. Fostering clarity of thought and expression, fair-mindedness, appreciation for the arts and cultural diversity, intellectual curiosity, and a considered set of personal values and commitments. Standing for the ideals of academic rigor, social justice and freedom. Graduating individuals who value lifelong learning, broad knowledge but also intellectual depth.
These are just a few distinctions the 130 residential, liberal arts colleges of the Annapolis Group make in describing ourselves. But what we all hold in common, and what distinguishes us from universities and even many colleges, is a dedication to the value of the liberal arts and a strong residential educational experience.
What Matters in College After College
A comparative alumni survey, conducted by the independent research firm of Hardwick Day and commissioned by the Annapolis Group, finds the undergraduate experience students encounter at small, residential liberal arts colleges is more effective in producing meaningful and lasting benefits than the education experienced at large, public universities and other institutions of higher education.
The study, titled "What Matters in College After College," indicates a residential, liberal arts education not only leads to a number of immediate positive outcomes, but that these outcomes are present in and important to liberal arts college alumni long after their college experience has ended.