[Acmsmajors] Info Session for the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, May 1st (fwd)

[Brooke Miller]

The University of Washington is very pleased to have Warren Ilchman, Director of  the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans on the University of Washington campus on Tuesday, May 1, 2007.   The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans Fellowships are for graduate study in any academic or professional field. The Fellowship provides $20,000 maintenance and half tuition (up to a maximum of $16,000 per annum) wherever the Fellow attends.

Ms Ngoc-Phuong Luu, a 2007 Soros Fellow, will be available to talk to students about the benefits of the scholarship and the application process.  Phuong is a first year UW Medical student who is specializing in primary care.  For Phuong, the Soros Fellowship has been very important -- "Through the financial support of the Soros Scholarship, I have gained freedom of choice that is enabling me to consider public service careers with regard to my interests and my abilities to serve most effectively."

     Information Session for the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship For New Americans  www.pdsoros.org
     Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
     Mary Gates Hall, RM 206, Honors Multipurpose Room, Second Floor

Students interested in attending, please RSVP by email to Mona Pitre-Collins (mpitre at u.washington.edu).

The 2007 application deadline is Thursday, November 1.  Announcement of fellows will be in February 2008.

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship supports thirty individuals a year for up to two years of graduate study in any subject anywhere in the United States.  Students already in graduate study are eligible, though not past their second year.  Candidates must be either holders of Green Cards, nationalized citizens, or children of two naturalized citizen parents and not older than 30 years of age.