The Center for International Studies proudly announces the opening of competition for the Helen Ratliff Cleaves Memorial Fellowship for 2009-2010.  The Helen Ratliff Cleaves Memorial Fellows Program is a unique scholarship program that focuses on Latin America and is the result of a generous endowment by Janet and Kent Acord.

This year, the Program will entail work and study in Honduras from June to August, 2010, including teaching ESL at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.  The endowment pays the preponderance of  costs, including airfare, tuition and fees, room and board, and a small daily stipend.  Students are also required to apply for a Study Abroad Scholarship from Texas State as part of the award.  The award averages about $4,000 per student, and I am anticipating that at
least four students will win Cleaves Fellowships this year.  Additionally, students will receive 6-hours of graduate internship credit that will apply towards their MA degree requirements.

Application eligibility requirements require you to be a graduate student accepted (or pending acceptance for Summer I, 2010) and in good standing, with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA, and have a working knowledge of the Spanish language. I cordially invite you to fill out the attached application and mail or hand carry it to the Center for International Studies, Lampasas 503. The application says November 15th, but we have extended the deadline to December 1st, 2009.

I look forward to hearing from you.  Best wishes.

Sincerely yours,

Dennis Dunn, Director
Center for International Studies