Stories about "Watson Fellowship"
Two seniors, inspired by personal journeys from pain to healing and justice, awarded Watson Fellowships
Friday, March 31, 2023 2:31 pm
Two Bates College seniors who seek healing and justice for others inspired by personal journeys, one from physical pain, another from the pain of dislocation from beloved land, have been awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowships.
Q&A: Hannah McKenzie ’21 and the ‘unfathomable beauty’ of a Watson Fellowship
Thursday, April 8, 2021 10:31 am
As she concludes her Bates education, McKenzie is at a crossroads. the Watson Fellowships, she believes, will be the perfect guide.
Kelsey Schober, Erica Veazey are Bates’ 2016 Watson Fellows
Thursday, April 14, 2016 12:57 pm
Two Alaskans are Bates College's 2016 recipients of the prestigious Watson Fellowship.
2015 Watson Fellow to explore sustainable ranching in three nations
Friday, May 8, 2015 9:08 am
2015 Watson Fellow and Bates College senior Caroline Caldwell will undertake an exploration of sustainable ranching in Australia, Finland and Tristan da Cunha.
Watson Fellows to explore marine algae industry, donation of body parts
Thursday, April 3, 2014 2:04 pm
Simone Schriger and Brian Kennedy have won highly competitive Watson Fellowships, awarded to seniors of "unusual promise" for a year of international travel and research.
2014 Watson Fellow Brian Kennedy
Thursday, April 3, 2014 1:58 pm
Brian Kennedy, an economics major from Port Washington, N.Y., is one of two Bates College seniors to receive 2014 Watson Fellowships.
2014 Watson Fellow Simone Schriger
Thursday, April 3, 2014 1:24 pm
Simone Schriger, a senior psychology major from Los Angeles, is one of two Bates seniors to be awarded a 2014 Watson Fellowship.
Thanks to Watson Fellowship, Norrmén-Smith ’13 will research perceptions of stroke in Africa, Asia
Monday, April 8, 2013 1:57 pm
A 2013 Watson Fellowship will make it possible for a Bates alumna to spend a year in Africa and Asia researching cultural perceptions of one of humankind's leading causes of death and disability.
Istratii ’12 is Africa-bound, thanks to Watson Fellowship
Friday, April 6, 2012 4:44 pm
Romina Istratii '12 will use the Watson Fellowship to research the dynamics of food security and gender bias in Africa.
Senior to use Watson award to study South African, Indonesian theater
Monday, March 30, 2009 1:56 pm
With the ultimate aim of teaching contemporary drama in her native Sri Lanka, a Bates College senior has received a 2009 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study performance arts in South Africa and Indonesia. Sulochana Dissanayake of Pita Kotte, Sri Lanka, is one of 40 recipients of the 2009 fellowship, a $28,000 award supporting a year of independent research abroad.