Leading the Way: Student Engagement and Nationally Competitive Awards

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161 Index academic affairs, fellowship office housing in, 62 achievement-based scholarship programs. See Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation; Fulbright program; NIH/Oxford/Cambridge Scholars Program advisors. See scholarship advisors Africa, exchange programs in, 3 African American students Gilman Scholarship recipients, 5 I Have Risen: Essays by African American Youth, 23 Ron Brown Scholar Program, 23, 24–25 Allen, Danielle M. current location, 32 scholar comment, 26 alumni Coca-Cola Scholars Advisory Board, 25 mentoring programs, 71–72 ambassadorial role, of exchange scholars, 7 American University Career Center, 56 Washington Semester Program, 58 application process essays (see essays) feedback process, 10 interviewing (see interviewing) questions, responses to, 13–15 selection process (see selection process) success, measurement of, 61–62 timeline, 29–30 for Truman Scholarship, 11–13 arts exchange program, 6 Asia, exchange programs in, 3 Assessing and Evaluating Honors Programs and Honors Colleges: A Practical Handbook to Innovations in Undergraduate Research and Honors Education, 97 At the Interface of Scholarship and Teaching: How to Develop and Administer Institutional Undergraduate Research Programs, 95–96 biomedical graduate education National Institutes of Health partnerships, 35, 37–39 program characteristics, 35–37 biomedical research. See biomedical graduate education; biomedical undergraduate education biomedical undergraduate education, NIH internships, 99 Bonner Leaders Program Campus, 56–57 Boyer Commission Report, 96 Bridgeman, Theresa on application timelines, 29 current location, 32 scholar comment, 27–28 Brookings Institution Initiative on International Volunteering and Service, 57 Building Bridges Program, 57 Campus Compact, 52, 56 campus context, 62–63, 88 campus culture, 60–62, 88 candidate identification process, 30 capacity building, at campus level, 56–57 Career Center, American University, 56 career options, in scholarship advising, 62 Carter Center, Georgia, 58 change agent, versus facilitator, 16 Chokshi, Dave on application timelines, 29 current location, 32 scholar comment, 26, 27 Churchill Scholars, NIH/Oxford/Cambridge Scholarship extension for, 40 Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation essay requirement, 22–23 scholar comments, 26, 27–28, 31 selection process, 25–26 collaborative leadership masking effect on application, 14 of millennial generation, 16–17 College of William and Mary, student recruitment practices, 63–64 communication skills, at interviews, 80 Community Research and Learning Network (CoRAL), 54–55, 56 community service by Coca-Cola Scholars, 28 Corporation for National and Community Service, 57 Everett Public Service Internship, 57 in exchange programs, 6 by Mitchell Scholars, 24 value of, 28 computer programmers, role in selection process, 46 Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, 56–57 Corporation for National and Community Service, 57 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) overview, 94–96 Posters on the Hill program, 101 Critical Language Scholarship Program, 4 CUR Dialogues, 95 CUR Quarterly, 95 Department of Education, International Education Week, 6 Department of Energy, science undergraduate laboratory internships, 99–100 Department of Health and Human Services. See National Institutes of Health Department of State Academic Programs Office, 2 (see also individual programs) diversity programs, 4–5 exchange legislative mission, 3 Fulbright program (see Fulbright program) joint higher-education-government delegations, 2 Open Doors study, 6 diversity African American students (see African American students) Department of State programs, 4–5 of faculty (see faculty diversity) Gilman Scholarship, 5, 7 Union College, 71–72 University of Illinois at Chicago, 72–73 University of Maryland at Baltimore County, 68–69 University of Rochester, 69–71 doctoral education. See graduate education educational exchange programs. See also individual programs community service, 6 exchange legislative mission, 3 joint higher-education-government delegations, 2 undergraduate programs, 4–5, 6 essays Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation requirements, 22–23 editing of, 27, 30 leadership assessment, tool for, 12, 13–17 Ron Brown Scholar Program requirements, 23 European Union exchange programs, presence of, 3–4 Great Britain (see United Kingdom) National Institutes of Health partnerships in, 39 evaluation Assessing and Evaluating Honors Programs and Honors Colleges: A Practical Handbook to Innovations in Undergraduate Research and Honors Education, 97 of experiential learning activities, 55 Evans, Vanessa affiliation, 21 on Ron Brown scholars, 25 Everett Public Service Internship, 57 exchange programs. See educational exchange programs experiential education. See also internships; service learning online resources, 56–57 support for, 52–55 162 • Index Index • 163 facilitator, versus change agent, 16 Faculty and Administrators Network sessions (NCUR), 100–101 faculty diversity University of Illinois at Chicago, 72–73 University of Rochester, 70 faculty participation in application development, 64–65 in experiential education programming, 53–54 facilitation of, 88, 89 partnering models, 87 in practice interviews...