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Dickinson engages the world, preparing students for leadership with a useful education in the liberal arts and sciences.

The Engage the World Fellowship gives selected John Dickinson, Benjamin Rush and John Montgomery Scholarship winners, who exhibit exemplary qualifications, the a fellowship of $3,000 to be used any time during the scholar's four years at Dickinson.



The Class of 2009 Engage the World Fellows with President Durden and Dean Weissman
The class of 2010 Engage the World Fellows with President Durden and Dean Weissman.

This fellowship may support the following projects:

  • A special research or creative project during the summer or academic year
  • Summer internships (typically unpaid)
  • International or domestic community service (typically unpaid)
  • Student-faculty research initiatives
  • Academic immersion or intensive language programs (no academic credit granted).

During the fall semester fellows also attend a presidential seminar at President Durden's house with selected faculty members to discuss major issues and to help identify their projects and mentors.

Some examples of the types of projects Engage the World fellows might undertake:

  • Research on the interpretation of the genetic code through the principles of bio-informatics
  • Develop and nurture an organic garden
  • Visit Holocaust sites throughout Europe to compare how different nations memorialize and remember
  • Study the higher education of women in the United Arab Emirates
  • Conduct oral history interviews of a community of former migrant workers and their descendants
  • Join English and geology professors in a special study tour to the Galapagos Islands
  • Arrange a summer internship in an international business after a year abroad at one of Dickinson's study centers (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe or Latin America)
  • Perform an internship at the Smithsonian Institute (two hours from Dickinson), which is normally unpaid
  • Volunteer for a nonprofit organizationin your hometown or elsewhere, nationally or internationally.

The Engage the World Fellowship gives students the flexibility to be creative and to experience opportunities that might not otherwise be available.

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