UEP Major at Oxy

Scholarships and Fellowships

Junior Summer Institute in Public Policy & International Affairs

I encourage Oxy students to apply for the 2008 Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship & Junior Summer Institute (JSI) Program.

The goal of the PPIA Junior Summer Institute is to prepare undergraduate students for graduate study and careers in public policy and international affairs. This goal is achieved by providing participants with the tools of critical thinking, speaking, writing, and quantitative reasoning and with the skills and experiences necessary to create, analyze, implement, evaluate, and affect policy in a multicultural, multiethnic society. The summer institute provides a rigorous training in policy analysis and serves as springboard to exciting careers in public service. It is for students who have completed their junior year.

Each student enrolled in the PPIA Junior Summer Institute is fully funded and receives financial support for the total cost which includes all courses, textbooks, on-campus meal plan, access to University libraries, athletics facilities, a single room in a dormitory reserved soley for JSI students, domestic travel expenses and a minimum of $1,000 stipend.

Over the years, a number of Oxy students have been selected for this program and have great things to say about the experience. Graduate schools look very favorably at students who have participated in the PPIA Summer Institute. Our most recent recipient is Lilia Pharazyn '07 for summer 2007.

To learn more about the program and get an application form, visit the PPIA Junior Summer Institute website: http://www.ppiaprogram.org/app/

Application Deadline: November 1, 2007

You may submit the online application ONLY ONCE, so please follow instructions carefully to ensure that you accurately and satisfactorily complete the application. During this process you may choose to submit your application to more than one of the JSIs:

PPIA Junior Summer Institute at UC, Berkeley
www.ppiaprogram.org/programs/berkeley

PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Carnegie Mellon
www.ppiaprogram.org/programs/cmu

PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Michigan
www.ppiaprogram.org/programs/michigan

PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Maryland
 www.ppiaprogram.org/programs/maryland

PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Princeton University
www.ppiaprogam.org/programs/princeton

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If interested in applying, please contact:

Peter Dreier, UEP Chair
323-259-2913 or dreier@oxy.edu

Sylvia Chico, Sr. Program Coordinator
323-259-2991 or schico@oxy.edu

Lilia Pharazyn, 2007 PPIA Fellow
lpharazyn@oxy.edu

 

Morris K. Udall Foundation Scholarship

The Morris K. Udall Foundation is committed to educating a new generation of Americans who are strongly committed to improving, preserving, and protecting the environment and our national heritage. The scholarship is offered to students from a broad range of disciplines. Majors have included environmental engineering, agriculture, biology and other natural science, natural resource management, political science, sociology, anthropology, geography, cultural studies, history, public policy, and pre-law.

The Foundation will award approximately 80 undergraduate scholarships of up to $5,000 to juniors and seniors on the basis of merit to TWO groups of students:

1. Those who are college sophomores or juniors in the current academic year, have outstanding potential, and who study the environment and related field.

2. Native American and Alaska Native students who are college sophomores or juniors in the current academic year, have outstanding potential, and are in fields related to health care or tribal public policy.

If you are interested in applying, please contact:

Professor Robert Gottlieb, Udall Faculty Representative
323-259-2712 or gottlieb@oxy.edu

Sylvia Chico, Sr. Program Coordinator
323-259-2991 or schico@oxy.edu

Amanda Shaffer, 2001 Udall scholar
323-259-2759 or shaffer@oxy.edu