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2006 Wheaton Scholars

Wheaton students have won more than 60 prestigious academic awards since 2001, including three Rhodes Scholarships: Alex Dewar in 2006, Carolyn Wills in 2005 and Miles Sweet in 2001.

Beyond the three Rhodes Scholars, Wheaton students also have won four Watson Fellowships (the Watson Foundation calls Wheaton a "model success story"), the British Marshall, Goldwater, Beinecke, Trumans, Fulbrights, Rotary Ambassadorial scholarships, Udalls, James Madison Fellowships and an American Council for International Education scholarship.

The Institute for International Education recently recognized Wheaton as one of the top liberal arts colleges producing Fulbright scholars, and the Truman Foundation named Wheaton a Truman Scholarship Honor Institution for the 2005-2006 academic year.

Wheaton's 2006 scholars are:






Alex Dewar '06

2006 Rhodes Scholar
Portland, Oregon

President of Wheaton's Student Government Association for two years, Dewar earned a 3.93 grade-point average at Wheaton. An Eagle Scout, he is also the recipient of several national awards, including the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He holds memberships in several campus organizations-College Democrats, WCCS radio, Model U.N., the Environmental Club and others- and works both as an Admissions intern and a barista at the Lyons Den Coffee House.

The scholarship will fund Dewar's study at Oxford University, where he hopes to further his passion for conservation with advanced work in environmental change and management.





Anne Belz '06

2006 French Teaching Assistantship
Edina, Minnesota

Belz, an English major who was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this spring, will teach English in Reimes, France. In her previous experience teaching and learning abroad--she completed her junior year abroad (JYA) studies in France and England and taught English at Robert College in Turkey last summer--Belz found that American culture is one of our nation's largest imports and she plans to use it in the classroom.





Paul Benson '06

2006 Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
New York, N.Y.

Benson is an English major with a concentration in contemporary media and culture. A fan of Japanese animation, he will continue to study the influence of Japanese culture on the video game industry while teaching English abroad. He plans to pursue a graduate degree in video game studies, the academic study of video and computer games, and he's specifically interested in the connection between American and Japanese culture. Benson studied at Tokyo's Kanda University during his junior year.





Jeremy Berger '06

2006 Fulbright Scholar
Milford, New Hampshire

An economics major and German minor from Milford, N.H., Berger will teach English in Germany next year as a 2006 Fulbright Scholar. In the classroom, he will explore how both German and American cultures are portrayed in the media. He gained media experience as a columnist for the Wheaton Wire, and has been active in Wheaton Democrats, Students for Kerry, Hillel and other groups. He has also worked for the New Hampshire Coalition for Human Rights and the John Kerry presidential campaign as a field organizer in New Hampshire.

This will be Berger's second trip to Germany and, in his spare time, he hopes to learn more about French and German cuisine.





Alexandra Cheney '06

2006 Watson Fellow
Santa Monica, California

Cheney, an English and Hispanic studies major, has been a member of The Surfrider Foundation since she was 12 years old. In August she will combine her dual love of surfing and environmental activism as she travels to Polynesia, Australia, Japan, Costa Rica, Brazil and South Africa to study the intersection of surf culture and environmental stewardship as a 2006 Watson Fellow.





Adar Cohen '04

2006 Mitchell Scholar
Peterborough, New Hampshire

Cohen designed an independent major at Wheaton in conflict resolution, an approach to learning grounded in anthropology, political science, religion and history. His undergraduate work considered the complex dimensions of world peace and security; nonproliferation and disarmament; faith-based peace building; contemporary social justice campaigns; and international mediation.

Cohen will enter the master of philosophy program in international peace studies at Trinity College in Dublin next fall.





Lesley Dean '06

2006 Fulbright Scholar
Norton, Massachusetts

Dean is a German and mathematics major who says she has been studying German her "whole life." She completed two summer internships in Potsdam on a Davis Fellowship last summer and spent the spring 2005 semester studying at the Universität Regensburg. On her upcoming trip to Germany, where she'll teach English, she hopes to promote cultural exchange while developing her teaching skills.





Stanley Ellicott '07

2006 Fulbright Scholar
Avon, Maine

A Balfour and Presidential Scholar and a Dean's List student, Ellicott spent the fall semester studying business economics in Denmark's International Study Program. He's traveled extensively throughout Europe to pursue educational opportunities, including to Brussels for the European Union Parliament and to London to visit the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he envisions a career nurturing economic development in Russia after he earns an MBA.

The scholarship will fund Ellicott's spring semester study in Russia.





Dahlia Freudenthal '06

2006 French Teaching Assistantship
Brooklyn, N.Y.

An anthropology and French Studies double major, Freudenthal will teach English in Marseilles, France, starting in the fall. Growing up in Brooklyn gave her an appreciation for the hardships faced by immigrant populations, and a sophomore semester studying in Senegal cemented her desire to combat illiteracy by teaching English.





Sara Hudson '06

2006 French Teaching Assistantship
Huntersville, N.C.

The anthropology and French Studies double major will teach English on Reunion Island, a French territory in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar. She is a strong advocate of immersion in different cultures when learning a language, something she did in France during high school and Mali during college on a Davis International Fellowship.





Emilie Kapp '06

2006 French Teaching Assistantship
Naples, Florida

A French Studies major, Kapp will teach English in Dijon, France. This will be Kapp's third significant visit to France; in high school she spent her junior year in Rennes, and her JYA at Wheaton took her to Paris as a teaching assistant, followed by a summer conducting honors thesis research on the wine crisis in France, thanks to a Wheaton Fellowship.





Brittany Krupica '06

2006 Rotary Scholar
Wheeling, West Virginia

The beauty of her native Appalachia inspired Krupica to design a major in Global Ecological Justice, completing courses and Wheaton, Brown, Harvard and Princeton to focus on environmental science, international relations and sustainable development. She plans to study international environmental law and policy in preparation "to take an active political role in developing more effective and positive environmental management laws."

The scholarship will fund Krupica's study at Cambridge University in England.





Zoë Lees '06

2006 Fulbright Scholar
Santa Fe, New Mexico

A history and Hispanic studies major from Santa Fe, N.M., Lees will teach English and study indigenous medicinal practices in Malaysia next year as a Fulbright Scholar. She first taught English abroad in 2004, when she traveled to Ecuador as a Wheaton Fellow. It was there that she also developed an interest in traditional herbal medicines, which she will explore in Malaysia.





Joshua Purvis '06

2006 Fulbright Scholar
Eureka, California

An English major and religious studies minor, Purvis will teach English and study the post-Communism role of the Catholic Church in Slovakia next year as a Fulbright Scholar. He's looking forward to learning a great deal about Slovak culture as well through the experience of his students.





Lisa Shure '06

2006 Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
Wilmington, Mass.

Shure is a studio art major and art history minor, and she hopes to explore the Japanese sense of aesthetic in Ukiyo-e prints, landscaping and traditional pottery when she's not teaching English in Japan next year. A National Honor Society member and Dean's List honoree, Shure has experience conserving Japanese art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

She has played leadership roles in the Student Art League and the Italian, Akido and Russian clubs. This spring she was among the students teaching art at the Pinecroft School in Norton, and she has worked as a tutor at the Chesterwood Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., and the Horizons for Youth camp in Sharon, Mass. She studied abroad in Florence last year.






Valerie Tobia '07

2006 Gilman Scholar
Falmouth, Mass.

Besides being a Dean's List student and the recipient of several scholarship--including the Saxon Family Endowed Scholarship, the East Falmouth Episcopal Church Women's Youth Scholarship and the Henry Herbert Smythe Scholarship--Tobia has held leadership positions on and off campus. She is a head resident in Meadows student housing and works as a Filene Center peer mentor. Last year she helped organize a spring break Habitat for Humanity working trip to Sacramento, Calif., and has served internships at Cape Cod and Women's and Children's hospitals.

The scholarship will fund Tobia's spring semester study at Rhodes University in South Africa.




Stephen Wulff '06

2006 Fulbright Scholar
Barrington, Illinois

A political science major, Wulff will teach English in South Korea. A Davis Fellowship in 2005 allowed him to spent a summer teaching English to students in the Chilean Andes, and he believes that transformative experience prepared him well for his next assignment. On campus, Wulff has been active in political organizations like the College Democrats and the Wheaton Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. He is the founder and president of College Votes Count, a voter registration and education group.

 

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