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Scholarship Recipients
Saint Andrew's Society of Washington, DC's
Washington Scots Charity & Education Fund Scholarship Program
Congratulations
to the recipients of the grants awarded for the academic
year 2007-'08.
Mr. Paul Hughes has received The James & Mary
Dawson Scholarship of $5,000, for Scots coming
to the USA for graduate or post-graduate level study,
as well as a St. Andrew’s Scholarship in
the amount of $2,500. He will be pursuing a
Master of Laws degree in Human Rights, Civil Liberties
and Poverty Law at Harvard University Law School. Entering
Harvard with a Law degree from Oxford University, Mr.
Hughes was founder and president of the Oxford Scottish
Society, a recipient of the United Kingdom’s
prestigious Arts & Humanities Research Council
Scholarship, as well as Snell Exhibitioner at Balliol
College, Oxford – an honor he shares with Scottish
moral philosopher and pioneering political economist
Adam Smith. He intends to return to Scotland as an
Advocate specializing in human rights law, concentrating
on issues arising in the context of immigration, unemployment
and poverty. He would ultimately like to pursue
a career in public service on the national level.
Ms. Elizabeth Anne Gulledge has been granted The
William Smith Bean Memorial Scholarship of $5,000,
established to support Scots and Americans of Scottish
descent in their pursuit of University degrees. Ms.
Gulledge, of Raleigh, North Carolina, is currently
pursuing a PhD at the University of St. Andrews. Her
research concerns business management and the preservation
of the creative industries in Scotland, focusing on
the challenges posed by conglomeration and globalization
to the long tradition of independent Scottish publishing
houses.
Ms. Ashley Powell has been awarded The Donald Malcolm
MacArthur Scholarship of $2,500, for Americans
studying in Scotland. Ms. Powell, originally
from Ephrata, Pennsylvania, is working toward a Master
of Letters degree in Gaelic Studies at the University
of Aberdeen. Her original research examines the attitudes
and behavior patterns of Gaelic speakers in urban settings,
and the relationship between urbanization and linguistic
preservation and development.
St. Andrew’s
Scholarships in the amount
of $2,500 each have been awarded to:
- Ms. Abbie N. Sprague (USA), a Ph.D. candidate in
Art History at Cambridge University’s Pembroke
College in the United Kingdom.
- Ms. Alexa K. Beattie (Scot.), completing a post-graduate
Certificate in Chamber Music Performance (Viola) at
the prestigious San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
St.
Andrew’s Scholarships in the amount
of $1,000 each have been awarded to:
- Mr. Derek John “Des” Smith
(Scot.), candidate for a Master of Fine Arts
in Sculpture from the renowned New York Studio
School.
- Mr. Gordon Oliver Hazzard (USA), a Master of Arts
candidate in International Relations at the University
of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.
The Donald Macleay Scholarship in the amount
of $500 has been awarded to Miss Bianca Bonilla, a promising
young piper, to sponsor her attendance at the week-long
summer camp program at the North American Academy of
Piping and Drumming, in Valle Crucis, NC. |
