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11:30 a.m., Oct. 25, 2002--Six student groups and four individual students at the University of Delaware will be traveling far and wide this year on trips financed in part by Alumni Enrichment Awards. The awards, created by the UD Alumni Association, are designed to give students opportunities to enrich their education.
Alumni enrichment awards are given out four times a year. The next deadline is Friday, Nov. 8. Up to $2,000 per individual and $2,500 per registered student organization (RSO) may be awarded. For more information, visit the alumni office web site at [http://www.udel.edu/alumni].
The most recent recipients will use their awards to help fund research in Vienna, teaching opportunities in Kenya and travel to a variety of conferences and conventions throughout the U.S. and in Moscow and Toronto.
Student to teach in Kenya this summer
Eva Koehler of Spencer, N.Y., a sophomore English and international relations major, with a minor in music, was awarded funds to participate in a teaching internship in Kenya this summer. Through the program, interns are assigned in pairs to remote villages where they will teach in local schools and help organize one community service project. Koehler will be teaching English, science or math.
Koehler is in the University Honors Program, where adviser Devon Miller-Duggan said, “Eva is one of those young people we’ll all be heartened by.”
Student to complete research project in Vienna
Sarah Ruiz of Lititz, Pa., a senior majoring in family and community service, received an Alumni Enrichment Award to complete a research project in Vienna, Austria.
For two weeks in January, she will travel to Vienna with Bahira Sherif and Barbara Settles, professors of individual and family studies, to complete a research project at the Vienna Family Institute. The topic of the research project is the balance of work and family.
“Sarah stands out from other students not just because of her academic credentials but due to the exceedingly high level of initiative she has displayed in getting involved in service projects both in the United States and abroad,” Sherif said.
Student to attend international conference in Moscow
Elena Settles of Newark, a graduate student in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, has been awarded an Alumni Association Enrichment Award, to help her attend an international conference on “Mass Media and Communications in the E-Society in XXI Century: Access and Participation.” The conference will be held in Moscow, Russia.
Robert Warren, professor of urban affairs, had many good things to say about Settles. “I have worked with a number of grad students…she ranks in the top 5 percent,” he said.
Groups receiving Alumni Enrichment Awards
• The Black Student Union and the Cultural Programming Advisory Board each received enrichment awards to send members to the national Black Student Leadership Conference that will be held in January in Richmond, Va.
The conference is held annually and consists of a weekend of workshops and activities designed to prepare young African Americans for accomplishment. Past speakers at the National Black Student Leadership Conference include Jesse Jackson, Debyii Lo Sababu Thomas and Alexia M. Herman.
“The skills gained from our students’ exposure to other young leaders struggling to balance coursework and community service will help them remain a positive force on our campus,” Carol Henderson, UD associate professor of English, said.
• The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) received an enrichment award to participate in the Solar Decathlon, a national contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, in which 14 universities across the nation were invited to design and build a fully functional solar-powered home.
Twenty to 60 members of ASME attended the event held in October. They had only five days to reconstruct the home at the contest site, where it was judged in 10 events, ranging from design and livability to energy balance.
• The Hispanic Organization for Latin Americans (HOLA) was awarded an Alumni Enrichment Award to enable members to attend the Organizations for Hispanic Leadership in America (OHLA) Conference 2002 at George Mason University. The conference will allow HOLA members to be exposed to a diverse student body and to expand and improve their networking and leadership skills.
Scott F. Mason, associate director of student centers, says that even though HOLA is one of the University’s newest student organizations, it “has already proven to be one of our stronger ones.”
• Phi Sigma Pi, a coed National Honor Fraternity, received an enrichment award to help members attend the national convention in Pittsburgh. The money will help pay for registration, lodging and food.
Daniel Friedman, a communications coordinator and an alumnus of Phi Sigma Pi, noted that the UD chapter was awarded the “Outstanding Service Organization” award in 2000, and he said he believes that attending the convention will be extremely beneficial to the fraternity as a whole.
• UD’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America received an enrichment award to send two members to the organization’s national conference in San Francisco. The conference provided students with professional development sessions and featured more than 30 speakers from colleges, universities, major businesses and national marketing, public relations and communication firms.
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