Wellesley
College Student Wins 1996 British Marshall
Scholarship December 14, 1995 -- Wellesley College senior Jennifer
McCollum Saunders of Parsons, Kansas, has won a 1996 British
Marshall Scholarship to study at Oxford University in Britain next
year. British Ambassador to the United States Sir John Kerr KCMG
on Dec. 12 announced the 40 American college and university
seniors selected from among 800 candidates...
Writer
and Director Nora Ephron to Speak at Wellesley College
Commencement March 18, 1996 -- Writer, film director, and producer Nora
Ephron will return to her alma mater on Monday, June 3 to address
the Class of 1996 at Wellesley College's 118th Commencement
exercises. The ceremonies will begin at 12:30 p.m. on the Academic
Quadrangle. Long before receiving an Academy Award nomination for
her screenplay, "Sleepless in Seattle," Nora Ephron's writing for
The New York Post, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine and New
York Magazine, revealed wry and perceptive observations of
relationships between women and men which helped readers
laugh...
Wellesley
College Student Wins Fulbright Scholarship April 23, 1996 -- Wellesley College senior Heather Eaton of
West Chester, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant for
study in Japan where she will focus on how law shapes the
socioeconomic position of women. A double major in political
science and economics at Wellesley, Ms. Eaton plans to attend law
school upon her return from Japan in preparation for a career in
international law with an emphasis on Japanese-American
relations...
Wellesley
College Class of 1996 Major Fellowships and Awards June 3, 1996 -- In national competitions, members of the
Wellesley College Class of 1996 have been awarded numerous major
fellowships and awards including three Fulbright grants,two
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships, a British Marshall
Scholarship, two Barry Goldwater Scholarships, a National Science
Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a Harry S. Truman
Scholarship, a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, two Woodrow Wilson
Fellowships, and a Mellon Fellowship...
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