Summer Field School in  Landscape Archaeology and GIS for Archaeologists in Cilicia, Turkey, June 27–July 25, 2008 is offered through Penn State University.  It includes surveys and lab sessions focusing on the archaeology of a region with sites from the Christian, Greek and Roman, and Muslim periods.  Dr. Sandra Schamm, who teaches Archaeology of the Bible Lands (ANTH 215) is participating faculty.  For more information, see  http://www.outreach.psu.edu/summerabroad/study-turkey/

Some other recent announcements - check the Department bulletin boards for...

• Syracuse University Native American Studies Program offers a six-credit 'hands on' opprortunity to meet and "interact directly with Inuit leaders, sewers, hunters, educators and elders" in Nunavut, Canada following a 4-day orientation in Ottowa; term is May 28-June 21, 2008.  Space is limited to 12 students, and the application deadline is March 1.  Applications online at http://suabroad.syr.edu/programs/summer/view/243
• Beloit College summer language programs (intensive Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian; all levels), June 14-August 8, 2008.  See: http://summerlanguages.com
• plus others, arriving daily.  See the Bulletin Board for 'Programs in Other Colleges'

 Student Conservation internships.  1500 positions available in over 50 disciplines.  Check out their website at www.theSCA.org or write: The Student Conservation Association, Inc., 689 River Road, Charlestown, NH 03603

Graduate and Professional School Fair, place and date to be announced.  Information available from the CUA Career Services Office

Fellowships and grants from Woodrow Wilson, Mellon, NSEP, other government agencies and foundations - application information in the department office and below.

Study-Abroad Programs.   For programs administered by the office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences, contact: Anca Nemoianu 319-6876.  Also check the Anthropology Department Bulletin Board!

The Department of Anthropology at University of Maryland, College Park offers undergradate and graduate Summer Study Abroad Programs, for three to six credit hours, in ...

1. BELGIUM & NORTHERN FRANCE: EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE http://www.international.umd.edu/sparkplug/sites/studyabroad/?id=1130

2. BRAZIL: CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY AND CULTURE IN BRAZIL
http://www.international.umd.edu/sparkplug/sites/studyabroad/?id=1184

3. JAMAICA: ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDWORK: "NATIONAL CELEBRATION AND IDENTITY"
http://www.international.umd.edu/sparkplug/sites/studyabroad/?id=1138

(August)

The Presidential Management Intern Program

The Presidential Management Intern Program (PMI) provides an opportunity to students completing graduate degrees in a wide variety of disciplines to work as interns with challenging and rewarding assignments in support of public service programs, federal departments and agencies, and all cabinet departments of the U.S. Government. Interns gain experience through challenging and rewarding assignments involving domestic or international issues, technological changes, criminal justice, health research, and financial management, among many other opportunities.

Deadline for submission of applications from CUA is October 31. Therefore deadline for submission of nominations from the departments or schools to the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Gradute Studies (116 McMahon) is October 15.

Schools and departments (not individual professors) may nominate students planning to complete a graduate degree within the last two years. Nominees must meet the following criteria:

• Demonstrate exceptional academic achievement
• Demonstrate a capacity for leadership
• Demonstrate the potential for future professional growth
• Demonstrate a commitment to a career in the analysis and management of public policies and programs.
  

Further information on Eligibility Requirements and
the Nomination Process
and
Application Materials
are available in the
Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
116 McMahon Hall

COSMOS CLUB FOUNDATION

GRANTS-IN-AID TO SCHOLARS
(Full-time Graduate Students)
annually

The purpose of the program is to provide small grants to meet specific research needs not covered by other supporting funds. Examples of appropriate needs are small items of equipment, special supplies, travel to research facilities or to attend relevant meetings, etc. Specifically excluded are general financial support, tuition, living expenses (except in connection with supported travel), and expenses that reasonably should have been foreseen and provided for in planning the degree program.

About fifteen grants starting at app. $1,500 and not to exceed $3,000 will be awarded. There is no restriction as to academic field, but the project should be focused on scholarly research rather than commercial or political activity, social activism, or other non-academic goals.

Applicants must be enrolled in a program leading to a graduate degree (Masters or Doctoral) in a member institution of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, on a full-time basis or equivalent.  Application (www.consortium.org/cosmosclubgrants.asp) deadline is October

Information on
Application Procedures
Evaluation and Selection
Conditions of Award
is available in the
Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
Room 116 McMahon Hall.

 Some national scholarship competitions for undergraduate and graduate students. For further information and the forms, contact the VP for Undergraduate Studies (x 5017; 111 McMahon Hall).

1. FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS for study abroad. Seniors and graduate students. All disciplines. Deadline for University applications: SEPTEMBER 8 (www.fulbrightonline.org)

2. BRITISH MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIPS for study in the United kingdom. Seniors and graduate students. All disciplines. Deadline for University application: September 20 (www.marshallscholarship.org)

3. THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP for study at Oxford University. Seniors. All disciplines. Deadline for University application: September 8(www.rhodesscholar.org)

4. JAMES MADISON JUNIOR FELLOWSHIPS. Seniors and recent graduates; Teachers of American History, Government and Political Science. Applications available www.jamesmadison.com, deadline February 14

5. AWARDS FOR STUDY IN SCANDINAVIA. The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Advanced study or research in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Applications available www.amscan.org  Deadline: October 18

6. NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2001. Includes WOMEN IN ENGINEERING and COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AWARDS. Applications at www.nsfgradfellows.org  deadline: October 4

7. ANDREW W. MELLON FELLOWSHIPS IN HUMANISTIC STUDIES. Seniors. College teaching careers in the humanities. University Nomination deadline December 1. Application deadline December l. Completed application deadline: December

8 DAVIES JACKSON SCHOLARSHIP. Seniors. Study at St. John's College, Cambridge University, in Archaeology, Anthropology, Classics, Economics, English, History, Modern and Medieval Languages, and Music. Application deadline: November 1

9. THE HARRY S. TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS. Juniors with career goals in the public sector. By invitation only. University application deadline early February

10. MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. Sophomores and juniors for careers in environmental public policy. By invitation. University applications deadline early February

11. NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM (NSEP). Scholarships for study abroad. Non-European languages and culture. Undergraduate and graduate students. Applications (www.iie.org/programs/nsep/nsephome.htm) deadline: January 10