{"39674":{"#nid":"39674","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Record Setting Year:  Tech Students Awarded National Scholarships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students were awarded the highest number of national scholarships in school history according to the Georgia Institute of Technology Fellowship Communication Program office.  Tech had 10 nationally competitive scholarship recipients, including 6 Fulbright winners, which is double the number in previous years.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech increases its global presence by encouraging students to apply for national awards,\u0022 said Karen Adams, interim director of the Fellowship Communications Program.  \u0022Along with the six Fulbright winners, we had a Mitchell scholar, a Udall scholar, a Truman Scholar, and a USA Today\u0027s 2009 All-USA College Academic Team. In addition, a Georgia Tech alumna has just been selected for an ERASMUS award for a two-year program in Germany and Spain.\u0022    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Fellowship Communication Program\u0027s mission is to assist students with the application process for national scholarships, as well as to help them identify what opportunities might present the best option for them.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech has phenomenal students,\u0022 said Adams.  \u0022If we give them the proper information and encouragement, along with a little guidance on how to write a nationally competitive essay, then we can continue to see our students achieve these national honors.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdams says that most students need a little assistance pulling out the details of their own story.  The Fellowship Communication Program helps focus students on what will make a difference in their writing and their approach to the application process.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Students need to tell a story about themselves that shows their values, the kind of impact that their research is going to make, and the kind of impact that they want their life to make.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Adams, the Fellowship Communication Program also needs the faculty\u0027s assistance in identifying and encouraging students to pursue these national honors. \u0022We are one of a select group of schools in the US able to nominate two students for a Churchill award for a year at Cambridge University, but sometimes we do not even have two nominees. I would like to have suggestions for highly qualified seniors in science, engineering, math, and technology to identify good candidates. They need encouragement now to meet the campus application deadline in September.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFulbright booklets are available now in French 105. Information about fall Fulbright applications is available online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.fulbrightonline.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.fulbrightonline.org\u0022\u003Ewww.fulbrightonline.org\u003C\/a\u003E.  The campus deadline for Fulbright applications for 2010-2011 is September 18. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe campus deadline for Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Gates, Churchill, and Gates applications is September 10. Students need to work with the Fellowship office on applications during the summer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents interested in scholarship information can contact Karen Adams at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Karen.Adams@provost.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKaren.Adams@provost.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students were awarded the highest number of national scholarships in school history according to the Georgia Institute of Technology Fellowship Communication Program office.  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