Departmental Prizes
Lee F. Anderson Memorial Global Education & Engagement Grant
Frank Safford Prize for Best Senior Thesis
Guetzkow Prize for Best Senior Paper
Certificate of Distinction in Foreign Languages
Lee F. Anderson Memorial Global Education & Engagement Grant
The Lee F. Anderson Memorial Global Education & Engagement Grant will provide funding for a Northwestern University rising junior or senior who demonstrates initiative and commitment in making a difference in the world. The grant will support student engagement, volunteerism or service projects either locally or abroad.
Global education and commitment to improving the condition of the world and its peoples were the core themes of Professor Lee Anderson’s intellectual and ideological agendas. At the time of his death in 2000 his family and friends created the Lee F. Anderson Memorial Global Education Fund to help insure his legacy and to honor Professor Anderson’s unwavering commitment to promoting pre-collegiate and collegiate education that prepares students to be responsible, humane citizens of an increasingly globalized world.
Award: $1,500 individual project; $3,000 group project
Guidelines: This award is open to a Northwestern rising junior or senior and will support a project in international/global-focused student engagement, volunteerism or service either in the U.S. or abroad. Student projects may focus on, but are not limited to the following:
- Work with a community, nonprofit or set of organizations on a meaningful project that supplements a student’s academic studies with applied engagement, volunteerism or service,
- A summer project for a member of an international or local-global focused student group to increase the capacity of that organization to provide meaningful programming and connections with the Northwestern community,
- Creation of a project or product through which an individual student shares the story or experience of some international or global-issues focused organization or community in outreach to the broader Northwestern community.
To be considered for the grant applicants must submit: a cover sheet; a resume (for each applicant if it is a group project); a project proposal (2-5 pages) including a description of the project with Northwestern outreach, the student’s preparation for the project, the project’s time frame and a budget; and a list of the contact information for three references including one NU faculty member who is familiar with the student and the project.
Deadline for submission: March 9th, 2009
Group Application
Individual Application
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Frank Safford Prize
The Frank Safford Prize was initiated in 2008 to honor Professor Frank Safford who served as Director of the International Studies Program from 2002-2006. Professor Safford's engagement with the field of international studies and his
commitment to undergraduate education have shaped the current direction of the International Studies Program. Professor Safford was also
instrumental in the redevelopment of the International Studies curriculum. This prize is selected by the Honors Committee and is awarded each year to the Best Senior Honors Thesis.
The Guetzkow Prize
The Guetzkow Prize is awarded Spring quarter each year to the most outstanding senior research paper written by a senior adjunct major in International Studies. The paper can focus on any theme related to international studies written for the International Studies Integrating Senior Seminar. All submissions must be accopanied by a faculty letter of recommendation. While the deadline is in Spring quarter papers can be turned in during Fall and Winter quarter as well. The prize for the Guetzkow is $300.
The Guetzkow Prize is named for Harold Guetzkow, Professor of Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology from 1957-1986, who is a distinguished scholar of international studies.
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Certificate of Distinction in Foreign Languages
This certificate signifies that students have completed extra course work in a foreign language at NU going above and beyond the WCAS language requirement. There are three ways to earn this certificate:
Option 1: Term Papers
(For non foreign language and literature majors only)The applicant has written term papers in a foreign language in three Northwestern courses outside the Language and Literature departments (or in Language and Literature courses at the 300 level).
Option 2: Advanced Coursework
The applicant has taken four 200 or 300-level foreign language courses beyond the WCAS foreign language proficiency level, subject to the College's double-counting restrictions. (for students majoring or minoring in a foreign language, at least two of the four courses may not be double-counted with either the foreign language major or with International Studies)
Option 3: Proficiency in an Additional Language.
The applicant has achieved WCAS proficiency in an additional foreign language. (Placement out of a language does not count) For example if you place out of a language you must complete one upper level course in that language in addition to completing two years of another language.
If you think you meet these requirements please set up an appointment in your Junior or Senior year so we can process your application.
Application for Certificate of Distinction in Foreign Languages
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