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Opening Doors for Research-Minded Students
Students with a penchant for research can by science professor Nathan Lents, will be working member, proof of participation (e.g., a preliminary
February 23 7:00 PM get significant help in those endeavors through a to identify promising students and connect them conference program) and an estimated budget.
variety of scholarship opportunities. to faculty members. “Students have to know what BA/MA students who are in their fourth year
Lecture Series: The 1960s — Undergraduate, graduate and BA/MA research opportunities are available, who’s doing what, who of study have access to their own scholarship
The Struggle for Justice Intensifies scholarships are available to high-achieving is interested in having a student assist them and support, through John Jay’s BA/MA Research
Music as Advocacy: How Songs Can Change History students, who may be awarded each of the what kinds of research projects are available,” Scholarship. The $4,000 award requires
Peter Yarrow scholarships just once during their academic said Lents. “The same with faculty — are there submission of a General Scholarship Application,
career. interested students?” a 700-word essay describing the student’s
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The new Office of Undergraduate Research, led Undergraduate Research Scholarships in the research project, a letter of recommendation from
amount of $1,500 are available to students with a supervising faculty member and a research
Help Aids Study-Abroad Efforts 500-word essay describing their research project,
a letter of recommendation from a supervising
credits and a minimum GPA of 3.5 in a John
Jay master’s degree program. Application
Study at John Jay and see the world! family income cannot exceed $75,000. faculty member and a proposed research budget. requirements are comparable to those for
With the help of three different sources of The deadline for STOCS applications is March John Jay also offers Young Scholars Awards undergraduates and BA/MA students. (Visit www.
scholarship support, John Jay students are 14 for summer 2011 study abroad programs. of up to $1,000 for students who are interested jjay.cuny.edu/375.php for details.)
finding it easier to study abroad for part of their More information is available on the STOCS in presenting their research at a scholarly Lents observed that the overall goal “is that
undergraduate experience, in places as disparate Web site, www.cuny.edu/academics/programs/ conference but lack the necessary funding. students will have a body of work that’s their own
as Egypt, Greece and the Caribbean, to name just international/students/ scholarships/stocs.html. Students may apply before or after participating that they can present at conferences. It’s really
a few. Outside scholarship assistance is also available in such a conference, and must submit a empowering for students. It gets them plugged into
Students who have been approved for a study for students seeking to study abroad. The General Scholarship Application, a one- to two- the scholarly community.”
abroad opportunity, but require further financial Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship page abstract of the presentation, a copy of [For more detailed information on student
support, can take advantage of the John Jay Program, created by Congress in 2000, provides the faculty-approved paper or research, a letter research scholarships, application requirements
Study Abroad Scholarship, which can provide up awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are of recommendation from a John Jay faculty and deadlines, visit www.jjay.cuny.edu/1202.php.]
to $1,000 in aid. Interested students must have receiving Pell Grant funding at two- or four-year
completed at least 30 credits by the date of the colleges or universities to participate in study Carpe Diem
program with a GPA of 3.0 or above. They must abroad programs worldwide. Additional scholarship opportunities for John Jay students.
complete and submit a John Jay College General A John Jay student-athlete, Norhan Basuni, Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Gary Boccia Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship Application along with a 300-word was chosen as a Gilman Scholar for winter 2011 New York Needs You (NYNY) Fellowship (Forensic Science)
essay describing the study abroad program, the and is currently studying in her native Egypt. She National Science Foundation Scholarship in International Student Scholarship
need for support and how the experience will add previously participated in a John Jay study-abroad Computer Science/Forensic Science Maria I. Ramirez Memorial Scholarship
to their studies. summer session in Greece. Other students who Justice Scholarship Rising Sophomore Scholarship
The participants in the “academically rigorous” have received recent Gilman scholarships have Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Upper Division Scholarship
John Jay programs may also qualify under the studied in Italy, Argentina and Australia. Program Graduate Scholarship
Study/Travel Opportunities for CUNY Students The application deadline for summer 2011 Faculty and Staff Memorial Scholarship International Graduate Scholarship
(STOCS) program. STOCS grants provide students Gilman scholarships is March 1. For more
[For information about these and other scholarships, contact the Scholarship Office at 212.237.8872, or the Office of
with $750 to $1,500 in financial aid for overseas information, visit www.iie.org/en/Programs/
Honors, Awards and Special Opportunities at 212.237.8553.]
study. The grants are income-based; a recipient’s Gilman-Scholarship-Program.
‘Best & Brightest’ Sought Alumni Association Gives
for Honors Program Back to Help Students
The revamped John Jay Honors Program seeks enrolled its first freshman class in 2010, is about John Jay’s alumni know how to “pay it forward.”
to “cultivate, encourage and nourish” the College’s more than just academic excellence, although The Alumni Association Board offers an annual
most talented students, according to Professor that is very much at its core. By working closely $5,000 scholarship to one student completing
John Matteson, the program’s academic director. with faculty members and peers in an ongoing his or her sophomore year. The Alumni Endowed
The innovative, theme-based program, which learning community, students explore the idea Scholarship is awarded to support the student’s
of the common good in a sequence of enriched, continued study at the College.
challenging interdisciplinary courses that use New The 2010/2011 winner of the alumni scholar-
York City as a laboratory for learning. ship, Jamie Bridgewater, is a native of St. Kitts,
Matteson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and who is majoring in English and carrying a 3.982
member of the English department, noted that the grade point average. Upon receiving the scholar-
program stresses critical thinking, creativity and ship at the 2010 alumni reunion, she told the
ethical decision-making with attention to global capacity audience, “You have made it possible for
concerns, community responsibility and civic me to have at least one more year of my education
engagement. “We are very interested in seeing and I thank you so very much.”
what we can do to encourage John Jay students Bridgewater, who was also recently selected for
to take an active role in the New York community the Vera Fellows Program at John Jay, is a service-
beyond John Jay,” he said. oriented academic achiever. As a Peer Ambas-
Entering freshmen enrolled in the Honors sador student leader, she regularly represents the
Jamie Bridgewater
Program receive scholarship aid of $1,000 per college community at on- and off-campus events.
semester, along with an Apple laptop computer. The 2009/2010 winner of the Alumni Endowed The Alumni Association also presents, in con-
Participation in the Honors Program requires Scholarship, Joseph Onwu, is now president of the junction with the College’s Center on Terrorism,
young scholars to conduct original research on John Jay Student Council. Majoring in political sci- a graduate scholarship in terrorism studies to
topics dealing with crime, social justice, criminal ence with minors in history and English, he intends honor the John Jay alumni who died in the terror-
justice and societal contexts for justice. They are to apply to law school, with his eye on a career as ist attacks of September 11, 2001. The $2,000
then given opportunities to present their research a lawmaker in his native Nigeria. scholarship supports advanced academic studies
at important national conferences. Six honors Applicants must have a GPA of at least 3.2. that promote better understanding of terrorism,
students traveled last February to the annual They must complete the John Jay College General strategies for countering it and policies for prevent-
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference Scholarship Application and submit a letter of ing it. The 2011 award was presented to Marina
to present their thesis research. recommendation from a John Jay faculty member, Bontkowski, a Harvard graduate who is now pur-
[For more information on the Honors Program, and a 300-word essay describing accomplish- suing a Master of Arts in Forensic Mental Health
contact the program’s administrative director, ments and future professional aspirations. Final- Counseling at John Jay.
Litna McNickle, in the Office of Honors, Awards ists must attend a personal interview with the The deadline for the 2011/2012 scholarship is
Professor John Matteson and Special Opportunities, 212.237.8553.] Alumni Association Board. February 22.