Have ukulele, will travel By the timeZach Duffy ’12 returns to A politics major from Newyork City, theu.S. next year, he may be able to add Duffy graduated cum laude in May. Al- “ukulele expert” to his curriculum vitae. though the Watson Fellowship is his most Duffy earned a fellowship from the distinguished accomplishment to date, he Thomas J. Watson Foundation that will has previously been the recipient of a allow him to travel the world for a year to Roosevelt Fellowship and a DMI Scholar- explore solutions to youth unemployment. ship. As a student, he served as senior “I’m planning on picking up an instru- admissions intern and ASWC senator, and ment for the trip,” he said. “I’ve been earlier this year he testified before the leg- shopping around to figure out what kind islature as part of Whitman’s State of the would be best to take with me. Probably a State for Washington latinos course. ukulele. Definitely a harmonica. And I’m Since the establishment of the Watson going to make sure I learn to cook at least Fellowship in 1968, Whitman has pro- one dish from each country I’m visiting – duced 40 recipients, including Duffy. The I want to be able to share a little part of fellowships offer college graduates from a this year with my friends when I come select number of colleges and universities home!” a $25,000 stipend for a year of indepen- The project for which Duffy earned the dent travel and exploration. Though Duffy Watson Fellowship is titled “Recovering a will certainly be busy with his scholarly lost Generation: How Nations Helpun- endeavors, he hopes to make time for him- employedyouth into the Workforce.” He self, too. plans to visit Japan, China, Thailand, Sin- “I am definitely planning on getting as gapore, Switzerland, Germany and the much sightseeing under my belt as possi- u.K. to interview government officials and ble, seeing the Great Wall of China, learn about social programs. exploring neighborhoods in Tokyo, paying “If the threat of youth unemployment a visit to Buckingham Palace,” he said. facing theunited States is grave, so are “And I’ll be going on a lot of day trips to the similar problems facing nations national parks to just take in the opportu- around the world,” Duffy said. “All of nity I have to see some of the most these countries are dealing with the same beautiful parts of the world.” issue, and some are surely dealing with it more successfully than others. I want to — Gillian Frew ’11 know which ones and why.” Udall Scholarship Luce Scholars Program Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of hannah Siano ’13 Samuel Clark ’07 (national finalist for 2012-13 standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md.) DMI Scholars Program award competition) Roosevelt Institute Fellowship Sean Mulloy ’14 (summer policy institute, New Princeton in Latin America Fellowship Ahren Stroming ’14 (Chicago institute) york) Josh Meuth Alldredge ’11 (communications, Bosch Foundation Fellowship DAAD (German Academic Exchange Asociación Pro Arte y Cultura, Bolivia) Jaimes valdez ’03 (professional development Service) Princeton in Asia Fellowship program, Germany) Caitlin hardee ’12 (InternXchange Program hannah Joseph ’12 (English teaching fellow and intern, International Center for assistantship, Nan, Thailand) Journalism, Freie Universität, Berlin) Davis Projects for Peace Kevin Dyer ’13 (summerstudy Grant) Karah Kemmerly ’14 (Undergraduate Jeremy norden ’12 (“Building Community and On the web scholarship, University of Freiburg) Ultimate Peace,” Colombia) Go to www.whitman.edu/content/news/ Lantos/HIA Congressional Fellowship Summer Undergraduate Research Watson2012 for a list of award recipients that Seth Bergeson ’10 (appointment to office of Fellowship (SURF/NIST) includes national finalists and honorable U.s. rep. Jim McDermott) nathan Abrams ’13 (research in Physical mention winners. July 2012 17
Whitman Magazine July 2012
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