UA Bodenhamer Fellowships Awarded
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Eight Arkansas high school seniors will attend the University of Arkansas this fall after receiving prestigious Bodenhamer Fellowships. This brings the total number of Bodenhamer Fellows to 66 since the awards were first presented.
Bodenhamer Fellowships provide up to $50,000 for four years of study or up to $62,500 for five years if the student is pursuing an accredited five-year degree program. The fellowship covers tuition and fees, room and board, the purchase of books and supplies, and additional benefits of the student’s choice, such as study abroad, attendance at professional and educational conferences, research and special equipment.
The Bodenhamer Foundation, acting through its trustee, Lee Bodenhamer (B.S.B.A. 1957, M.B.A. 1961), established the Bodenhamer Fellowships at the University of Arkansas in 1998. The Bodenhamer Foundation requests that the fellowships be awarded to students in the freshman class entering in the fall semester.
Gary Standridge, special assistant to the chancellor, has directed the Bodenhamer Fellowship Program since it began in 1998. “I greatly enjoy working with these remarkable students. Each year I am convinced that the incoming class is the best we have seen, and this year is no exception. These talented students make special contributions to the classroom and to the campus. Bodenhamer Fellows have received national attention as Barry Goldwater, Truman, Morris Udall, and Marshall Scholars. They have become scientists, politicians, teachers and much more. I look forward to working with this new class. They have amazing potential, and it will be a pleasure to watch that potential take shape, developing into good things for our university and our state.”
This month Dr. Lee Bodenhamer will treat the incoming Bodenhamer Fellows to a five-day trip to Washington, D.C. The students usually tour the Capitol, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress and the Holocaust Museum, as well as several other significant landmarks. The new fellows will be accompanied by anthropology faculty member Steve Striffler and Karon Reese, a doctoral candidate in English.
2006 Bodenhamer Fellows
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(479) 575-3593, cgs@uark.edu
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