RSS FeedEngineering receives extended funding for women's Luce Fellowships
Category: Student Accomplishments
Posted by: sxc1
on Sep 20, 2006
A fellowship program aimed at helping women obtain their doctorates in engineering was recently awarded two more years of funding by the Clare Boothe Luce Program.
The Clare Boothe Luce Fellowships at Penn State are designed to identify and recruit outstanding female students into the engineering doctoral program and encourage them to pursue a faculty career.
The graduate fellowships provide complete funding for the recipients, including money for a research assistantship, tuition, room and board, books, equipment, travel and other expenses. Applications are currently being accepted for fall 2007.
"The Clare Booth Luce Fellowships offer a unique opportunity for someone with a master's who has been thinking of returning for a Ph.D. and pursuing a faculty career to actually do it, and survive financially," said Barbara Bogue, Penn State's Clare Booth Luce (CBL) Program coordinator and associate professor of engineering science and mechanics and women in engineering. She added that the fellowship is the most attractive one offered by the College of Engineering.
Christine Masters, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics, coordinates the CBL support program, which includes mentoring and networking meetings with faculty and administrators.
Bogue continued, "It's very unusual for an invited institution like Penn State to receive a second two years of funding for the program."
With the new funding, Bogue and Masters plan to recruit two new Clare Boothe Luce Fellows for fall 2007.
Penn State's previous Clare Boothe Luce recipients were Rachel Abrahams and Kathryn Goodwin. Both came to the University in fall 2005.
Abrahams is a graduate of the University of California at Davis. She earned a 3.8 grade point average while working and caring for her fatally ill mother. She is pursuing her doctorate in industrial engineering with an emphasis on metalcasting.
Goodwin is a graduate of Notre Dame and most recently worked for South Africa's Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. She is pursuing her doctorate in civil engineering.
The Clare Boothe Luce Program is funded through the Henry Luce Foundation. Clare Boothe Luce was the widow of Henry Luce. She was a playwright, journalist, American ambassador to Italy and the first woman elected to Congress from Connecticut.
Contact
Barbara Bogue
bbogue@engr.psu.edu
8148654871
Source: COE Newswire, Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The Clare Boothe Luce Fellowships at Penn State are designed to identify and recruit outstanding female students into the engineering doctoral program and encourage them to pursue a faculty career.
The graduate fellowships provide complete funding for the recipients, including money for a research assistantship, tuition, room and board, books, equipment, travel and other expenses. Applications are currently being accepted for fall 2007.
"The Clare Booth Luce Fellowships offer a unique opportunity for someone with a master's who has been thinking of returning for a Ph.D. and pursuing a faculty career to actually do it, and survive financially," said Barbara Bogue, Penn State's Clare Booth Luce (CBL) Program coordinator and associate professor of engineering science and mechanics and women in engineering. She added that the fellowship is the most attractive one offered by the College of Engineering.
Christine Masters, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics, coordinates the CBL support program, which includes mentoring and networking meetings with faculty and administrators.
Bogue continued, "It's very unusual for an invited institution like Penn State to receive a second two years of funding for the program."
With the new funding, Bogue and Masters plan to recruit two new Clare Boothe Luce Fellows for fall 2007.
Penn State's previous Clare Boothe Luce recipients were Rachel Abrahams and Kathryn Goodwin. Both came to the University in fall 2005.
Abrahams is a graduate of the University of California at Davis. She earned a 3.8 grade point average while working and caring for her fatally ill mother. She is pursuing her doctorate in industrial engineering with an emphasis on metalcasting.
Goodwin is a graduate of Notre Dame and most recently worked for South Africa's Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. She is pursuing her doctorate in civil engineering.
The Clare Boothe Luce Program is funded through the Henry Luce Foundation. Clare Boothe Luce was the widow of Henry Luce. She was a playwright, journalist, American ambassador to Italy and the first woman elected to Congress from Connecticut.
Contact
Barbara Bogue
bbogue@engr.psu.edu
8148654871
Source: COE Newswire, Wednesday, September 20, 2006