Nationally Competitive Scholarships: Serving Students and the Public Good

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Contents Contributors v Acknowledgements x Foreword xii Introduction xiv Institutional Members of NAFA xx Keynote Address 1 Recognizing and Challenging Our Colleges’ Most Outstanding Students RICHARD J. LIGHT 1 Essays 2 Connecting Undergraduate Research Programs with Fellowship Advising LAURA DAMUTH 11 3 Marshalling Service MARY DENYER 17 4 Defining Moments in the Development of a Fellowships Office ROBERT GRAALMAN 27 5 Student Ambassadors in the Age of Anti-Americanism CAROL MADISON GRAHAM 35 6 Alternative Winning JANE MORRIS 49 iii McCray_FM.qxd 6/26/07 5:18 PM Page iii 7 Helping Faculty Write Better Recommendation Letters JOE SCHALL 61 8 International Students: A Case for More Advisor Support CAMILLE STILLWELL 73 9 A Path Revealed: Reflections of a Former Scholarship Advisor MARY HALE TOLAR 87 10 The Truman Scholar Community: Unconventional Students Serving the Public Good TARA YGLESIAS 91 Reports 11 WhyVisit the United Kingdom: Confession of a Journeyman Fellowship Advisor MARK BAUER 99 12 Why Ireland? JANE MORRIS 107 13 Coin of the Realm: Graduate Education in Britain ELIZABETH VARDAMAN 117 Notes 137 Index 151 iv • Contents A01_MCRA_8607_01_SE_FM.qxd 6/29/07 12:09 PM Page iv ...