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Acknowledgements Conferences and symposia do not just happen. Energetic, dedicated people volunteer their time to create these special events that benefit so many. The planning committee met frequently and committed hundreds of hours collectively to make the Louisville event a success. Special thanks to Mark Bauer, Yale University; Sharon Chambers Gordon, University of Puget Sound; Jane Curlin, Udall Foundation; James Duban, University of North Texas; Susan Kraus Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts–Amherst; Suzanne McCray, University of Arkansas; Beth Powers, University of Illinois at Chicago; John Richardson, University of Louisville; Richelle Stafne, Oklahoma State University; Mary Tolar, Kansas State University; Paula Warrick, American University; Karen Weber, University of Houston, and Gordon Johnson, National Association of Fellowships Advisors (NAFA) liaison. Critical to the success of the conference was the cooperative support of foundation members: Louis Blair, then executive secretary, Truman Scholarship Foundation; Mary Denyer, assistant secretary, Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission; Walter Jackson, program manager, Fulbright U.S. Student Programs; Gordon Johnson, provost, Gates Cambridge Trust; Kristin Kelling, program manager, Morris K. Udall Foundation; John A. Lanning, reader, Goldwater Foundation; Melissa Millage, program assistant, Morris K. Udall Foundation; Richard McGee, director of Student Affairs, NIH Graduate Partnerships Program; Sharon Nichizaki, senior program officer, NSEP David L. Boren Fellowships; Tom Parkinson, Beinecke Scholarship Program; Dell Pendergrast, then director, George Mitchell Scholarship Program; Christopher Powers, deputy director, U.S. Student Programs, Institution of International Education; David Rippon, associate director, Thomas Watson Foundation and J.K. Watson Fellowship; Renee Stephenson, The Rotary Foundation; Peter Storandt, director of Institutional Relations, The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars; Renee Stowell, marketing coordinator, British Counsel U.S.A.; x McCray_FM.qxd 6/26/07 5:18 PM Page x Elizabeth Veatch, director, NSEP Fellowships and Grants; Joshua Wyner, chief program officer, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation; Tara Yglesias, associate executive secretary, Truman Scholarship Foundation; Paul Yost, director, James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation; Michael Cochise Young, director, Scholarship Programs, The Flinn Foundation. These proceedings also contain reports on the NAFA Higher Education Symposia held in the summer of 2006 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. We greatly appreciate the efforts of Gordon Johnson, president of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, without whom the Cambridge symposium simply would not have happened. Elizabeth Vardaman and Jane Morris served as co-chairs of the symposia planning committee (which included Mark Bauer, Ann Brown, Christopher Howland, Suzanne McCray, John Richardson, Paula Warrick, and Susan Whitbourne). Their leadership kept the committee, and the various universities involved, energized, and on task. Marie Lawlor (International Office) served as our liaison to University College Dublin and was tireless in her support of the events held there. Special thanks to Richard Light of Harvard for delivering the keynote address in Louisville and to all the presenters at the conference and at the symposia. The support of University of Arkansas Chancellor John White, Provost Bob Smith, and Honors College Dean Bob McMath helped make this publication possible as did the efforts of the University of Arkansas Press team: Larry Malley, director; Brian King, director of editing, design, and production; and Julie Watkins, assistant to the director. Acknowledgements • xi McCray_FM.qxd 6/26/07 5:18 PM Page xi ...

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