Simmons College

BOSTON (December 2, 2011) - In an effort to support the development of new women leaders, Simmons College is proud to partner with Girl Scouts of the USA to offer a new scholarship. As part of the Gilbert and Marcia Kotzen Scholars Program, a Girl Scout entering Simmons College in fall 2012 will receive full tuition.

The Kotzen Scholars Program will provide a total of 10 scholarships to entering first-year Simmons College students. The scholarships will provide an intensive academic experience for future women leaders that includes study abroad and scholarly research.

"Simmons is committed to helping the best and brightest students develop into the future women leaders of tomorrow," said Simmons College President Helen Drinan. "I am particularly excited that we are partnering with the Girl Scouts, an organization that mirrors our commitment to women, leadership, and success."

"We are in the business of empowering girls to be successful, confident leaders. This partnership with Simmons College aligns us perfectly in our shared goals, to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place," said Ruth N. Bramson, CEO, of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.

Created through a generous donation from Simmons College alumna and emerita trustee Linda Kotzen Paresky, The Gilbert and Marcia Kotzen Scholars Program is the most prestigious competitive merit award to be offered at Simmons College. The Gilbert and Marcia Kotzen Scholars Program acknowledges excellence through focus on study abroad, scholarly research, and intellectual curiosity. Kotzen Scholars will receive full tuition, all mandatory fees, room, and board, and an annual $3,000 stipend for study abroad, short-term courses, summer internship tuition, or research support. The scholarship is awarded for the duration of a four-year period of full-time undergraduate study. For more information, visit www.simmons.edu/kotzen.

The Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts serves more than 41,000 girls ages 5-17 and 17,000 adult volunteers in 178 communities across Eastern Massachusetts with the mission to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. The Girl Scouts provide girls with the opportunity to discover their world, connect with and build an understanding for others, and take action to make the world a better place. Girls are guided by committed and caring adults who make learning fun. Girl Scouting helps each girl achieve her personal leadership pathway to the future.

Founded in 1899, Simmons College is a nationally ranked university located in the heart of Boston with a history of visionary thinking, and a focus on leadership and social responsibility. It offers undergraduate education for women, and renowned coeducational graduate programs in nursing and health sciences, liberal arts, library and information science, social work, as well as the nation's first MBA program designed specifically for women. Follow Simmons on Twitter @SimmonsCollege and @SimmonsNews.

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BOSTON (February 23, 2012) - More than 35 international women Fulbright Scholars will descend on the campus of Simmons College, beginning March 7, for a three-day strategy and leadership caucus, as part of the distinguished 2012 Fulbright Leadership and Re-entry Seminar for Women from the Western Hemisphere.

The scholars, who are mostly from Central and South America, have been in the United States for up to two years, researching subjects ranging from ocean engineering, to accounting and finance, to agriculture. At Simmons, the women will develop specific action plans as they prepare to re-adjust to their home countries and cultures, to help them fully realize the depth of their scholarly experiences in the United States and map their next steps as scholarly leaders.

"Successful reentry is one of the most important and often most overlooked elements of international exchange programs, and we are delighted to host these women leaders during this transition," said President Helen Drinan. "With our top-notch executive education programs, Simmons is poised to support their continued leadership development."

Led by Patricia Deyton, a professor and director of the Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons School of Management, the women will participate in a series of interactive workshops and activities to strengthen their knowledge and growth as effective leaders. Among the activities the women will participate in is a panel discussion with Boston women leaders, including:

• Ruth Ellen Fitch, president & CEO of the Dimock Health Center


• Anne Hawley, director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum


• Milly Arbaje-Thomas, director of ABCD Parker Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Service Center

The women scholars also will participate in a number of cultural activities around Boston, including a tour of the historic Freedom Trail, a dinner in the famous Union Oyster House, and a show at the Huntington Theatre.

Simmons has a long history of educating women for their own empowerment and leadership. The School offers the only MBA designed expressly for women, which has been recognized by The Princeton Review among the "Best 294 Business Schools" in the country and is ranked No. 1 in the United States with the " Greatest Opportunity for Women."

Founded in 1899, Simmons College is a nationally ranked university located in the heart of Boston with a history of visionary thinking and social responsibility. It offers undergraduate education for women, and renowned coeducational graduate programs in nursing and health sciences, liberal arts, library and information science, social work, as well as the nation's first MBA program designed specifically for women. Follow Simmons on Twitter@SimmonsCollege and @ SimmonsNews.

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BOSTON (November 10, 2004) - Simmons College Professor Jyoti Puri has been awarded one of 800 national 2004-2005 Fulbright scholarships.

Puri, an associate professor of sociology and women's studies, will conduct research on sexual minorities, the state and law in India. Her research will take place at the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi, India, from May 2005 to Sept. 2005.

Established in 1946, the Fulbright Scholarship program has supported 87,500 U.S. and foreign scholars. These individuals have contributed to history as they crossed physical and cultural borders, adding a vital dimension to academia and the professional world.

In addition to U.S. faculty and professionals who receive Fulbright grants to lecture and conduct research abroad, a similar number of foreign scholars receive awards to come to the United States.

Simmons is a nationally recognized small, private, and predominately women's university in the heart of Boston. It has undergraduate programs for women, and graduate programs for women and men.

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BOSTON (April 4, 2008) - A Fulbright award-one of the world's most prestigious academic research scholarships-has been awarded to Chelsea Graham, a senior at Simmons College in Boston.

Graham will use the award to study maternal diabetes in Mexico City. Diabetes is the number one killer of women in Mexico.

The highly competitive Fulbright award was established in 1946 as part of the Fulbright Program to foster international research, understanding and collaboration. Scholarship winners use the award to conduct research during a year of foreign study. In the Western hemisphere, only 151 Fulbright awards were given for 2008-09.

Graham, from Center Harbor, NH, will graduate from Simmons College in May with degrees in biochemistry and Spanish. She developed her study project and proposal during her junior and senior years.

Graham's study will analyze self-care practices of women with gestational diabetes in the nutrition therapy program at the Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia in Mexico City. She will follow women before and after pregnancy to determine why they do or do not follow their self-care regime, with the goal of helping to contribute to the improvement of intervention methods.

Graham said she was inspired to do research on the topic after traveling to Nicaragua during a Simmons College service-learning course. She has also worked with Latino/a patients with type 2 diabetes in the Latino Initiative Program at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.

Simmons College is a nationally recognized private university in Boston. It includes an undergraduate college for women and graduate programs for women and men in social work, health studies, management, library and information science and the liberal arts.

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Welcome Event 2013

Welcome Event
Those who have been selected as University Scholars will be invited, along with their parents, to a welcoming event to be hosted in Boston in early spring. This year's event will be held on March 17th and 18th. This time provides prospective Scholars and their families with the opportunities to meet our Northeastern University leaders, see campus, learn more about Northeastern and the intellectual life on campus, get a feel for Boston, meet potential faculty members with whom students will work, and to engage with current and future University Scholars.

• If you are flying to Boston and will be arriving on Sunday, please proceed to the baggage claim to meet a greeter with a University Scholars welcome sign. That greeter will match you up with your shuttle to campus or the hotel. If you are in the baggage claim area and do not see one of our greeters, call our Shuttle Service at (617) 504-0249.


• If you are flying out of Boston on Monday afternoon, there will be information regarding shuttles to the airport on in your Welcome Event program.


• If your flights are on different day(s), please plan your transportation to and from campus accordingly.

• If you are an admitted University Scholar visiting campus, you can find a tentative schedule of events here.


• If you are an admitted University Scholar staying on campus, we ask that you bring a signed copy of this Overnight Program Student Contract, as well as a completed Overnight Program Emergency Contact form.


• Our listing of Master Classes and the Faculty Profiles of those who will be teaching them can be found here.


• Parking passes and directions can be found here.

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Qualified students from Emerson's Boston campus can apply to participate in the LA internship program for ONE semester: fall, spring or summer. There is space for a limited number of students. Most apply the first semester of their junior year. Applications are accepted 1 year in advance of study.

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UNT student wins nationally competitive scholarship to attend conference | News | University of North Texas

DENTON (UNT), Texas - Tyler Brewer, a second-year Master of Public Administration student at the University of North Texas, received the nationally competitive Edwin O. Stene Academic Scholarship from ICMA, the International City/County Management Association, to attend the group's conference Sept. 22 - 25 in Boston.

In addition to the $1,000 stipend, the Stene Scholarship - which is named in memory of a Kansas University professor - provides the recipient with registration to the ICMA Annual Conference.

"I'll meet city managers and public officials from all across the country and get a four-day sweeping overview of their ideas and how things are run across the country," Brewer said. "It's a huge honor."

Brewer, whose father runs a nonprofit called the Downtown Alliance that promotes economic development in San Antonio, said he hopes to work in city management after graduation.

"I was always exposed to and interested in how cities run and their dynamics," said Brewer, who earned an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Washington. "And then after I graduated, I ended up working for a year for an urban planner in Seattle, and that just furthered my interest and exposure in city issues and how cities are run. UNT's program is really highly ranked, so I decided to come back to Texas and pursue my MPA degree and turn my interest in city issues into a tangible career opportunity."

Brewer works as a management intern with the Town of Fairview, where he receives day-to-day experience in city management that helps him apply what he learns in class.

"This would be the most rewarding career path for me, to directly see how my actions are helping people out and maximizing the public good," he said.

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