pieces of what my colleagues at 
other universities would have in a 
centralized system.”

He 
said 
the 
previous, 

decentralized system could be 
confusing for students and was 
part of the motivation for the 
creation of a centralized website 
and office.

“It used to be before we had a 

centralized office that you almost 
had to know what you were looking 
for before you could go hunt for it,” 
Dyson said.

ONSF is housed in LSA, and 

there will still be some scholarship 
opportunities 
coordinated 
by 

other 
departments, 
like 
the 

International Institute continuing 
to advise applications for Fulbright 
Fellowships. 
However, 
Dyson 

said the aim is to guide students 
in all colleges at the University 
in their pursuit of postgraduate 
scholarships and fellowships.

“We want to provide this as 

an LSA service to students, to the 
whole university and have our 
services be open and welcoming to 
all of those students,” he said.

LSA senior Amalia Gomez-

Rexrode, who was awarded a 
Truman Scholarship in 2016, 
wrote in an email interview how 
advisers played a vital role in her 
application.

“When planning on applying 

for the Truman Scholarship, I 
consistently met with Dr. Dyson 
who helped me every step of the 
way — he was instrumental in 
allowing me to put forth the best 
application possible,” she wrote.

Michigan 
alum 
Layne 

Vandenberg, recipient of a Fulbright 
Fellowship and a scholarship to 
complete a master’s degree at the 
Yenching Academy in Beijing in 
2015, also voiced the importance 
of advising in the application 
process. She initially disregarded 
the Yenching Scholarship and only 
applied because of encouragement 
from Dyson, her adviser.

“I saw and immediately deleted 

the email and thought, OK, this is 
for people who specialize in China, 
people who speak Chinese,” she 
said. “And I had never studied 
China at all. Not even a little bit. 
So I saw it and deleted it. And then 
Henry sent it to me again and was 
like, ‘Hey, did you see this?’ … He 
said, ‘I think you should just apply. 

I think that you would probably be 
a good candidate.’ ”

Vandenberg, after completing 

her master’s degree and Ph.D. 
in international studies, hopes 
to pursue a degree in sports 
governance. She said she felt 
Dyson’s help was a key component 
to 
her 
success 
with 
these 

experiences, with his focused 
suggestions of opportunities based 
on her interests as well as help 
through the process.

“I think I was competitive for 

some of these fellowships because 
I had people like Henry talking 
to me about my application and 
because I had the opportunity for 
a sounding board … he put this in 
front of me, and without him doing 
that, I wouldn’t be here.”

She said ONSF will reach a 

wider variety of students at the 
University and will allow more 
students to participate in programs 
similar to hers.

“This is going to be a great 

resource for students and I wish 
I had had it,” she said. “In a way I 
did, because I had Henry, but now 
other people are going to know 
who to go to and how to get that 
information. I think a lot more 
Michigan students are going to be 

able to do things like this.”

Dyson said in addition to 

informing more students about 
these different scholarships, 
he 
hopes 
more 
University 

students 
will 
also 
receive 

those scholarships. He said the 
University tends to perform 
well with some opportunities, 
like the Fulbright Fellowship, 
but lags in others, such as the 
Truman Scholarship and the 
Marshall Scholarship.

“Of course I’m competitive,” 

Dyson said. “I want to win. 
I want my students to win. 
There’s nothing happier than, 
you know, getting that excited 
phone call from a student who 
just found out that she’s got a 
full scholarship to Cambridge. 
It’s a wonderful experience. 
And then to celebrate that 
with the University to say this 
is a win for you. So, yeah, I 
definitely want to close the gap, 
I’ve got that competitive streak 
as well.”

2A — Thursday, March 9, 2017
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The Art and Science of 
Healing Symposium

WHAT: Day one of this two-day 
convention will feature keynotes 
and sessions on medicine and 
healing techniques from ancient 
civilizations and cultures

WHO: Department of Classical 
Studies

WHEN: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Hatcher Graduate 
Library, Room 100

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Detroit Bankruptcy and 
Its Economic Future

WHAT: Detroit Free Press 
editor Stephen Henderson will 
talk about his award-winning 
work and Detroit’s financial 
outlook

WHO: University of Michigan 
Retirees Association

WHEN: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: Wyndham Gardens 
Conference Center

Ghostly Labor in the 
Levantine Prism of 
Jacqueline Kahanoff

WHAT: Author Amr Kamal will 
discuss the 1951 novel “Jacob’s 
Ladder” and how the Levantine 
culture arose in the Middle East

WHO: Department of Romance 
Languages and Literatures

WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Modern Languages 
Building, Room 2011

Sensing Place: 
Habit Change in the 
Connected Present

WHAT: The relationship 
between technology and how 
humans operate in social groups 
will be discussed in this lecture

WHO: Department of American 
Culture

WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: North Quad, Room 
2435

Film Screening of “Cities 
of Sleep”
WHAT: The film focuses on 
India’s homeless and the constant 
struggle to find a place to sleep 
for the night. Director Shaunak 
Sen will host a discussion after 
the film
WHO: Center for South Asian 
Studies
WHEN: 4 p.m to 6 p.m.

WHERE: School of Social Work, 
Room 1644

Chinese Caligraphy 
Demonstration

WHAT: Learn the history and 
the basics of brush and ink 
caligraphy with Xiwen Sheng, 
Chinese associate director of the 
Confucius Institute

WHO: Michigan Medicine’s 
Gifts of Arts

WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: University Hospital 
Main Lobby, Floor 1

Research on the ISIS 
Frontline and with al-
Queda Affiliates
WHAT: This lecture and 
discussion will address how 
and why devoted actors for 
ISIS sacrifice their lives for the 
organization’s values
WHO: International Policy 
Center

WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Weill Hall, Room 1120

From Protestor to 
“Terrorist”

WHAT: Investigative journalist 
Will Potter will address the 
FBI’s deeming of social rights 
activists as domestic terrorists 
and his experience in the field

WHO: Department of 
Communication Studies

WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan League, 
Vandenberg Room

“This was the only reason I left 

my house today,” said LSA senior 

Brittany Boyle as she stopped at a 

table in Mason Hall to write what 

it means to be a feminist, an annual 

event sponsored by Lean In to 

coincide with International Women’s 

Day.

Engineering junior Sonia Thosar, 

a member of the Lean In core team 

that hosted the event, described the 

organization as a group devoted to 

forging gender equality on campus.

“Lean In is an organization 

dedicated to gender parity and gender 

equality, so it’s not necessarily just 

female-oriented; it has to do with 

equality of gender,” she said.

Thosar explained the purpose of 

the table in Mason Hall was to raise 

awareness for what it means to be a 

feminist by having passersby write 

on whiteboards that had the prompt 

“I am a feminist because …,” and then 

posting on social media to spread the 

message. 

“We put this event on to 

destigmatize the word ‘feminist’ and 

to show you can take ownership of 

that word regardless of if you’re a boy 

or a girl or what you identify as, and to 

show what the word means to you to 

the entire campus,” Thosar said.

LSA freshman Deepthi 

Devireddy, also a member 

of an engagement team for 

Lean In, noted how much 

of a success the event was, 

specifically noting the men 

who stopped at the table.

“I think it’s really cool 

that we get a lot of guys 

coming to this as well, 

because I know Lean 

In is a primarily female 

organization, so it’s cool to 

have a lot of guys coming 

and feeling proud of saying 

that they are a feminist and 

giving really good reasons as 

to why they are,” Devireddy 

said.

There was a constant 

flow of people coming and 

going from the table, Thosar said, 

allowing the club’s message to spread 

through campus.

“We take the pictures and 

put them on social media to send 

the message that feminism is very 

multifaceted, and it means a lot to a 

lot of different people, and it’s not a 

bad word,” Thosar said.

ON THE DAILY: ”WHY I AM A FEMINIST”

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LSA freshman Erin Kiessling uses chalk to advertise Impact Dance’s upcoming recital on the Diag on 
Wednesday.

DANCE IT OUT

Michigan Rec Sports
@UMichRecSports

If you’re at the CCRB...no you 
didn’t just fall asleep while 
working out...it is really dark 
here...the power just went out

brandon
@bcsm1994

Was gonna spend some time 
outside but decided to work 
in computer lab. Power went 
out at school. The universe is 
being p straightforward tbh

Kelly Martinek
@kelly_martinek

#adaywithoutawoman and 
the power goes out in the 
@umich buildings. 
coincidence?

U-M College of LSA
@umichLSA

THIS tweet prescheduled for 
#InternationalWomensDay 
by a woman who was missed 
at work today.

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