This newsletter contains information about the following
opportunities:
1) Kenneth R. R. Gros
Louis Scholarship
This scholarship is for IUB juniors with a
3.7 GPA who will be in their senior year at IUB during the 2013-2014 academic
year. Completed applications and 3 letters of
reference should be submitted to the Office of the Dean of Students (Indiana
Memorial Union, M-088) by 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2013.
Applications and complete instructions are available at: http://studentaffairs.iub.edu/parents/scholarships/. Questions
should be addressed to Suzanne J. Phillips, Assistant Dean of Students:
Telephone: 812.856.1626; Email: philli@indiana.edu
2)
Turkish Flagship Program
The
Turkish Flagship is an undergraduate program at IU designed for students who
wish to achieve professional fluency in Turkish while pursuing any academic
major and career of their choice. Strategically located at the crossroads of
Europe and Asia, Turkey provides access to sever-al emerging markets. IU’s
Turkish Flagship offers a unique opportunity to learn Turkish and several
related Turkic languages, such as Uzbek, and prepares students to communicate
with a world of over 200 million Turkic speakers, spanning from Eastern Europe
to Central Asia. Scholarships
are available for eligible students for summer 2013. For
additional information visit: turkish.indiana..edu or contact kdharvey@indiana.edu.
3) 2013 Henry A. Bern
Memorial Essay Competition
Sponsored
by the Borns Jewish Studies Program, the purpose of this competition is to
promote and encourage excellence in undergraduate writing and research in the
field of Jewish Studies. All current IUB undergraduate students may
submit entries. Papers should be emailed as attachments to iujsp@indiana.edu (subject line: Bern Essay
Submission) by midnight on
Friday, May 17, 2013. Entries will be judged on clarity, focus and
development of the subject or problem, quality of evidence, use of sources and
originality. Prize: $1,500
Rules:
§ Paper may be
written on any topic relevant to Jewish Studies
§ Must be the work
of a single author
§ May be written in
English, Modern Hebrew or Yiddish
§ May have been
previously submitted in a course
§ Must be in Word
format, double-spaced , have footnotes (where applicable) and should not exceed
25 pages
§ Student’s name
should only appear on cover sheet, which should also include: local and
permanent address, IU email address, telephone number and title of paper.
Student’s name should not appear in file name
§ Title of paper
should also appear at top of page 1 of paper.
