Overseers Scholars Program and National Scholarship Office
The Overseers Scholars Program identifies and develops students who are strong candidates for prestigious national and international scholarships, graduate fellowships, internships and highly selective graduate and professional schools. Among these national awards are the more familiar ones like the Rhodes, the Truman, the Gates Cambridge and the Fulbright, as well as a host of others supporting research and study at home and abroad that bring substantial monetary support and academic honors. Entry into the Overseers Scholars Program is by faculty nomination anytime from the second semester in your freshman year through graduate school.
For information on various deadlines for national and international scholarships, be sure to check the calendar page.
U of L National Scholarship Office Students at the University of Louisville have successfully competed for the most prestigious competitive national and international scholarships and fellowships. The National Scholarship Office assists any interested student in preparing to apply for these opportunities. We recommend that all students applying for competitive fellowships and scholarships contact Patricia Condon, director of the National Scholarship Office, which is located in the Overseers Honors House.
Contact Information
Dr. Patricia Condon
Overseers Honors House
(502) 852-0024
patricia.condon@louisville.edu
21 REASONS TO APPLY
For a Prestigious Nationally Competitive Scholarship
at the University of Louisville
Graduate Study and Research Abroad
1. Shannon Jefferies, 2005-2006 Fulbright to the United Kingdom. Master of Science in Applied Criminology, University of Leicester.
2. Jeanelle Sears, 2005-2006 Fulbright to Egypt. Diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, American University Cairo.
3. Jamie Izlar, 2005-2006 Fulbright to the Dominican Republic. Community theater and conflict resolution with the Sister Island Project in the Yabacao region.
4. David Dorkin, 2006-2007, Fulbright for Italy. Third Way Theories of Competitive Social Market Economy.
5. Brandon Kellie, Gates Cambridge national finalist. Admitted to Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cambridge University.
6. Chris Cunningham, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship pending for 2006-2007. International Conflict Resolution at Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland.
7. Medina del Castillo,Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship pending for 2006-2007. International Relations courses in Mexico or Argentina.
Undergraduate Study and Research Abroad
8. Lindsay Zoeller, National Security Education Program Scholarship to Jordan. Arabic language and Middle Eastern Culture with the CIEE program in Amman.
9. Jennifer Ward, National Security Scholarship to Brazil. Portuguese, Amazon Resource Management and Brazilian Culture with SIT Study Abroad.
10. Kimberly Powers, National Security Education Program Alternate for the Ukraine.
Graduate Study in the U.S. with Professional Internships
11. Ashley Gray, Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship, 2005-2007. Foreign Relations master's degree at American University, two State Department internships.
12. William H. Brammell, Harry S. Truman Scholarship finalist. For fields related to public policy leadership with a Washington, D.C., summer internship.
Teaching English in Classrooms Abroad
13. Casey Rickard, Fulbright alternate, Teaching Assistantship, Taiwan.
14. Erik Glowark, Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program, 2005-2006, Akune-Shi, Kagoshima prefecture on the southernmost island of Kyushu.
15. Micah Jorrisch, Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program, 2005-2006. Hyogo prefecture on the island of Awaji in central Japan.
16. Sarah Rose, Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program, 2005-2006. Gifu prefecture, town of Yoro, SW of Tokyo.
17. Lessa Wilson, French Government Teaching Assistantship, 2005-2006. Seine Prefecture, Paris.
Summer Enrichment Opportunities
18. Kelly Schaller, English-Speaking Union Scholarship, Modern European History, Cambridge University.
19. Lawrence Watkins, 2005 Carnegie Mellon Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship.
International Scholarships Awarded to Honors Alumni
20. Jonathan Ballard, Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship Epidemiology, Cambridge University, 2004-2005; entering U of L Medical School 2005; Rhodes and Gates-Cambridge finalist for U of L 2002-2004.
21. SaMee Burrage, National Security Education Graduate Fellowship
to Korea, 2005-2006. International Communications American Univ.; U
of L Fulbright TA to Korea 2003-2004.
