Focus on Post-Grad Fellowships

Focus on Post-Grad Fellowships

Cindy Broderius, M.Ed., NCCOctober 2, 2013

Tonight’s Agenda

• Introduction• Assess & Reflect• Resources• Application Process• Categories & Examples • “What have other Duke students done?”• Action Steps• Questions & Discussion

Imagine the possibilities…

Echoing Green: A Bold New World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pI4M11D-_Wc

Imagine these options…

• Teaching in China• Health research studying infectious and

chronic diseases and community health in Australia

• Revolutionize ways community organizations utilize and engage volunteers via technology

• Conduct after-school dance lessons for immigrant students to help them adjust to the US and to an interrupted education

What are “working fellowships?”

• Short-term post-graduation professional experience

• No commitment to graduate study• Competitive in nature• Location: anywhere in the world• Launching pad for next steps• Prestige, professional development,

responsibility

Researching Suitable Opportunities

• How do I determine which fellowships are right for me?

• What personal resources could I consult?

• Where can I find lists of fellowships to research?

Assess and Reflect…

9 Domains When Considering Fellowships

Knowledge Skills

Goals Values

Environment Relationships

Compensation Location

Challenges & Barriers

Resources for your search

• OUSF Scholarships & Fellowships database

• Info sessions on campus• Handouts• Career Center• Your “Board of Advisors”

Telling Your Story: Why Me?

• Getting to the application• Application essay, e.g. personal

statement, project proposal, etc.• Draft…edit…review…repeat…

Gathering Important Supporting Materials

• Resumes and transcripts• Letters of recommendation;

references• Writing samples

Examples: Teaching/Education

• Blue Engine Fellowship

• French Embassy Cultural Services Teaching Assistantship in France

• Indianapolis Teaching Fellows

Examples: Politics, Government, Law, & Policy

• Humanity in Action

• Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

• Center for California Studies Capital Fellows Program

Examples: Leadership & Business

• Greenlining Fellowship

• Duke Endowment Fellowship

• The Financial Clinic Fellowship Program

Examples: Arts, Communication, Entertainment, & Media

• NBC Universal News Associates Program

• McCarter Theatre Center Internship Program

• Metropolitan Museum of Art Internships

Examples: Science, Health, Research, & Engineering

• UCSF Alliance Health Project Post-bac Internship

• CDC Public Health Associate Program

• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Programs for Recent Graduates

Examples: Social Responsibility & Social Justice

• Acumen Fund Global Fellows

• Black Male Achievement Fellowship

• Congressional Hunger Center—Bill Emerson (domestic) and Mickey Leland (international) Fellowships

Examples of Duke-affiliated Fellowships

• Duke Hart Leadership Program: The Hart Fellows Program (Sanford School of Public Policy)

• PathWays Fellows (Duke Chapel)• Duke Endowment Fellowship Program• Stephen & Janet Bear Postgraduate

Fellowship in Ethics

“What fellowships have other Duke students done?”

• 2011 Hart Fellow, Edwin Coleman: “Get Involved in Education” — worked with Extra Mural Education Project in Khayelitsha (township in Cape Town, South Africa)

• 2010-2012 Duke Endowment Fellow, Heather Collins: focused on access and retention of first-gen, low-income, and minority students in higher education

“What fellowships have other Duke students done?” (con’t.)

• 2011-2013 Global Health Corps Fellow, Alexa Monroy: through position at Inter-American Bank, traveled to Central American countries assisting with projects focused on priority child and maternal health issues

•2008 Humanity in Action Fellow, Sharon Obialo: as Senior HIA Fellow, studied sex-trafficking among African women in Berlin

Action Steps

• What are three next steps for your search? For example:– Assess– Resources– Networking– Nonprofit

& Government Career Fair @ Oct. 17 – Career Center appointment or drop-in

advising

Questions?

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