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.”
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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.
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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
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@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
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