Call for Applications: Burton Fellowships Provide $4,000 for Fulbright College Students to Study Abroad
Cleveland C. Burton
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Cleveland C. Burton Undergraduate Fellowship in International Studies provides $4,000 to Fulbright College students studying abroad. The fellowship is awarded to two students annually to defray tuition, program fees and travel costs associated with a study abroad program. One fellow is chosen each semester. Recent fellows have studied in Hungary, Mexico, Morocco, Costa Rica, France, Japan, Sweden, India and Syria.
Fellows must be pursuing a degree in Fulbright College, hold sophomore standing or above, have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, complete an application form and 500-word (2 page) essay and submit two letters of recommendation. Students chosen during the fall 2014 and spring 2015 semesters must use their awards during the 2015 calendar year.
The deadline for fall applications is Friday, Oct. 31. Applications are available from Kelly Tucker at ktucker@uark.edu. For questions about the fellowship, please email professor Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon at bjgrobfi@uark.edu. Additional information may also be found on the International Studies website.
The Cleveland C. Burton Fellowships are made possible by the generous philanthropy of the Honorable Cleveland C. Burton of Shreveport, Louisiana. In 2008, his niece and executor of his estate, Julia Peck Mobley of Texarkana, Texas, created the Cleveland C. Burton Professorship in International Programs to enhance Fulbright College study abroad opportunities and to promote the legacy of Senator Fulbright. The fellowships are supported by the professorship.
Contacts
Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon, director
International Studies Program
479-575-5893,
bjgrobfi@uark.edu
Darinda Sharp, director of communications
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-3712,
dsharp@uark.edu
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