EGSA Digest: Good Things

Hello, everyone! I’m sorry for yet another late Digest, but there are lots of exciting opportunities for study, stimulation, and intellectual community this week. See below…..

*Intellectual Community: Preparing Papers for Publication

If you have a seminar or conference paper you think is ready to send off, bring it to the 4th Floor Lounge this Wednesday. From 4-6:30, a group of grad students will gather to review and discuss papers we want to publish soon. Please email Mandy_Nydegger@baylor.edu if you are planning to attend. Snacks will be provided!

* Chagall Lecture

On Thursday, Oct. 28, Dr. David Jeffrey will be presenting a lecture on Marc Chagall entitled, “Yafeh Talmud Torah: the Joyful Jewish Art of Marc Chagall.” The lecture is part of the Community Lecture Series associated with the Sacred Texts, Holy Images exhibit at the Mayborn Museum Complex. The lecture is from 6:00pm to 7:00pm in the Mayborn’s SBC Theater.

* ISI Fellowships
Dr. Ralph Wood, via Ben Mangrum, has forwarded the following fellowship opportunities. Please read the following information for contact information.

Do you know a student who needs financial support for graduate studies? The Intercollegiate Studies Institute is now accepting applications for its 2011-2012 Graduate Fellowships Programs. Current graduate students and those who plan to pursue graduate studies in the upcoming year with the intention teach at the university level

are eligible to apply.

ISI offers the Richard M. Weaver Fellowship, the Western Civilization Fellowship, the Bache Renshaw Fellowship, and the Henry Salvatori Fellowship.

THE RICHARD M. WEAVER FELLOWSHIP
The Weaver Fellowship supports academics dedicated to liberal education broadly considered. The Weaver Fellowship pays tuition, a stipend of $5,000, and a $1,000 book award.

THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION FELLOWSHIP
The Western Civilization Fellowship provides each recipient $20,000 for dissertation work related to the intellectual, economic,
political, social, or religious heritage of Western Civilization.

THE SALVATORI FELLOWSHIP
Salvatori Fellowship is designed for graduate students who are exploring both the principles of the Founding Fathers and the culture that formed their convictions and ideals. The Fellowship provides $10, 000 to each recipient for graduate work related to the American Founding.

THE BACHE RENSHAW FELLOWSHIP
The Renshaw Fellowship, awards each recipient $12,000 toward doctoral study in education that will influence the discipline with the ideas,
values, and institutions that are fundamental to America’s Western tradition.

I encourage you to consider applying. For more information about this year’s fellowships you can visit www.isifellowships.org. The postmark deadline for the graduate fellowship application materials is January 16, 2011.