General Information

The Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Wellesley-Yenching Program was established in 1999 with a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation and builds on ties between Wellesley and Asia that go back to the early 20^th century. This Program encourages Asia-focused initiatives in global education and experiential learning for students at Wellesley College.

In the summer of 2000, the Program will support 2 science internships at the Plasma Fusion Laboratory at Tsinghua (Qinghua) University in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

Eligibility Requirements

Rising juniors, seniors and graduating seniors with a background or interest in physics, chemistry, or computer science. For the chemistry majors, there would be some plasma chemistry involved. Computer science majors would work on software development projects. Proficiency in Chinese language is not required for this internship.

Duration

The internships will be for 9-10 weeks.

Financial Arrangements

Each intern will receive:

• A stipend of $3000.
• Round-trip airfare from home to the internship location ($1000 maximum)
• Paid housing for the summer.

Selection Criteria and Application Process

Interns will be chosen on the basis of their academic record, related course work and internships, as well as preparation and evidence of the following qualities: maturity, independence, reliability, flexibility, creativity, energy, curiosity, the ability to get along well with supervisors and peers, and open-mindedness, especially the willingness to view all sorts of situations and experiences as potential learning opportunities.

Application forms are available in the Center for Work and Service in Green Hall. They are due by 4 p.m. on Monday, April 3, 2000. Interviews and selections will be completed by mid-April.

For further information about the program, please contact the faculty director, Professor William A. Joseph, Department of Political Science, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481; tel 781-283-2201; email: wjoseph@wellesley.edu