[Kictanet] FW: [www.eThinkTankTz.org] Fwd: New funding for Africangraduate students at UC Davis

Fri Dec 16 08:13:44 EAT 2005

Dear Caroline,

Thank you very much for sharing this information with us. Its a very
positive step in the right direction which will be of benefit to Africa.
More of the kinds of information that you have shared needs to be
disseminated to professionals in Africa.

Best regards,

Maureen Wang'ati
Evaluation Consultant
Director, Measure Africa-
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Hare" <harry at aitecafrica.com>
To: <mwangati at measureafrica.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:48 PM
Subject: [Kictanet] FW: [www.eThinkTankTz.org] Fwd: New funding for
Africangraduate students at UC Davis

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: eThinkTankTz at yahoogroups.com [mailto:eThinkTankTz at yahoogroups.com]
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> Behalf Of Caroline Chumo
> Sent: 14 December 2005 13:04
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
> Harry
>
> Subject: [www.eThinkTankTz.org] Fwd: New funding for African graduate
> students at UC Davis
>
> Hello Afri-philes,
>
> There's a new funding program at the University of
> California at Davis for students from Africa who want
> to study Africa issues at the graduate level. There is
> more information below.
>
> Please forward this to anyone you know what is looking
> for graduate schools in the US.
>
> Thank you,
> Caroline Chumo
>
>
>
> --- Lori Fuller <ljfuller at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:42:58 -0800
> > To: aau at ucdavis.edu
> > From: Lori Fuller <ljfuller at ucdavis.edu>
> > Subject: Fwd: Announcement: New funding for African
> > graduate students
> >   at UCD
> >
> >
> > >FYI
> >
> >===========================================================
> > >  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    December 6, 2005
> > >
> > >  It is with great excitment that the African
> > Studies Committee announces
> > > that Dean Gibling and the Office of Graduate
> > Studies have decided to
> > > support African Studies at the graduate level by
> > creating a competitive
> > > grant program for African students who wish to do
> > a PhD at Davis. The
> > > African Studies Committee has been lobbying
> > strongly for expanding
> > > multi-disciplinary African studies research at UCD
> > and this is a bold new
> > > initiative.
> > >
> > >  The funds will enable four students to study at
> > Davis for two years
> > > each, after which they would revert to the lower
> > post-candidacy rate, and
> > > the program will be stretched over three years.
> > This program is designed
> > > to initiate a competitive graduate student NRTF
> > waiver program for
> > > students from Africa working in any graduate
> > program on campus,
> > > and    collaborating with the Africanists
> > initiative. When the Designated
> > > Emphasis in African American and African Studies
> > (AAAS) begins, the
> > > students will be affiliated with it. The money
> > will be housed in Graduate
> > > Studies but the competition ill be open to ANY
> > graduate student from
> > > Africa, and the primary advisor may be ANYONE
> > working in ANY college,
> > > department or program at UCD.
> > >
> > >  Over the next weeks departments and programs will
> > begin reviewing
> > > graduate applications. In order to participate in
> > this competition, the
> > > African Studies Committee requires by January 20:
> > >
> > >  1. Copy of complete application of African
> > graduate student
> > >
> > >2. Letter of support from Dept. graduate studies
> > admissions committee or
> > >similar committee stating that the individual is of
> > the highest level and
> > >were it not for financial reasons, the individual
> > would be admitted.
> > >
> > >  Please send three copies of all materials to
> > Benjamin Lawrance in the
> > > History Dept.
> > >
> > >  The African Studies Committee will meet to
> > consider the files. It will
> > > consider admitting one or two students for
> > September 2006 with full
> > > support for two years using the NTRF waiver. It is
> > also exploring
> > > possible ways to enhance the collaborative
> > capacity of UCD with African
> > > institutions and offer a form of academic
> > exchange. This will be
> > > negotiated on a case by case basis once
> > preliminary decisions have been
> > > announced.
> > >
> > >  If you have any questions, please email
> > > <mailto:bnl at ucdavis.edu>bnl at ucdavis.edu.
> > >
> > >  Please circulate this email widely and discuss it
> > with your colleages.
> > >
> > >  Benjamin N. Lawrance
> > >  African Studies Committee Co-Chair
> > >
> >
> ______________________________________________________________________
> > >
> > >  The African Studies Committee, housed in the
> > African-American and
> > >  African
> > >  Studies Program, is led by Moradewun Adejunmobi
> > (AAAS), Tim Caro
> > >  (WFCB),
> > >  Benjamin Lawrance (History), and Rosie Woodroffe
> > (WFCB). The ASC
> > >  represents
> > >  forty faculty and fifty-five graduate students
> > working in or on
> > >  Africa-related research in all of UC Davis'
> > colleges. It is supported
> > >  by
> > >  generous grants from Dean Steve Sheffrin, the
> > Davis Humanities and the
> > >  Office of Graduate Studies.
> > >
> >
> _______________________________________________________________________
> > >
> >
> > Lori Fuller
> > Undergraduate Advisor
> > Department of Human and Community Development
> > 1303 Hart Hall
> > Davis CA 95616
> > (530) 752-2244
> > (530) 752-5660- FAX
> >
>
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