Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships
ROTARY AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2012-2013 FOR STUDY ABROAD
Ambassadorial Scholars sponsored by District 6080 for 2012-2013
Katie Clear, Academic Year Ambassadorial Scholar, will study at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (National University of Colombia). She is a graduate of Warrensburg (MO) High School and recently completed the Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Her sponsoring club is the Warrensburg Rotary Club; her sponsor counselor is Amy Jammeh.
Marissa Fugate, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar, will study the literature of violence at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. A native of Bowling Green, KY, he is working on two doctoral degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Missouri. He holds degrees from the University of Kentucky, University of Arkansas, and Boston University. The Columbia Metro Rotary Club is her sponsoring club, and James Spieler is her sponsor counselor.
Amy Williams, an Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar, is currently a third-year law student pursuing the Juris Doctorate degree at the University of Missouri. She plans to study international law and human rights at the Universiteit Utrecht (Utrecht University) in The Netherlands. She is a graduate of Rock Bridge High School in Columbia and holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and a graduate certificate in non-profit management from the University of Missouri. Her sponsoring club is the Rotary Club of Columbia; host counselor is Melvin Platt.
Ambassadorial Scholars sponsored by District 6080 for 2011-2012
Nicholas Reasor, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar. He will pursue study in International Business with emphasis on Economic Development and Sustainability at the INCAE Business School in La Garita, Alajuela, Costa Rica. He is a graduate of Nixa (MO) High School and Evangel University.
His sponsoring club is the Rotary Club of Springfield. George Crawford is his sponsor counselor.
Gregory Rockson, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar is studying International Diplomacy at the University of Copenhagen. Gregory is a native of Ghana where he received his elementary and secondary education. He is a senior at Westminster College in Fulton. He hopes to eventually earn a doctoral degree and pursuing a career as a diplomat at the United Nations.
His sponsoring club is the Fulton Rotary Club, where his sponsor counselor is Ray Brown.
Judith Rowland, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science where she is studying Political Science and International Development. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science at Missouri State University. As a part of her degree program at MSU, she spent one semester each in study at the University of Central Lancaster (England), the University of Ghana in Accra, the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, and a university in Quingdao, China.
Her sponsoring club is the Rotary Club of Springfield, and her sponsor counselor is Stanley Adamson.
Ambassadorial Scholar sponsored by District 6080 for 2010-2011
Katherine Rhoades, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She is pursuing study in International Business Management.
She is a senior at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Her sponsoring club is Springfield North Rotary Club. Marvin Johnson is serving as her sponsor counselor.
Ambassadorial Scholars sponsored by District 6080 for 2009-2010
Lora Dean, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, where she studied International Relations and Diplomacy during the spring and fall of 2010. She continued her studies a second year at the University of Queensland and completed her master’s degree in International Studies with an Emphasis in Peace and Conflict Resolution in December 2011. She is a 2009 graduate of Missouri Southern State University in Joplin.
Sponsoring club: Harrisonvile Rotary Club; her sponsor counselor is John Foster.
Ashley Rowan, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, where she studied Business Administration and International Relations. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in English and Business degree with minors in Spanish and Global Studies at Drury University in 2011. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in English at Missouri State University.
Sponsoring club: Springfield Sunrise Rotary Club; John Himmel is her sponsor counselor.
Ambassadorial Scholars sponsored by District 6080 in 2008-2009
Kara Martin, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand where she studied Spanish, Linguistics, and International business during the spring and fall of 2009. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Sponsoring club: Springfield Southeast; her sponsor counselor was Dennis Whaley.
Brian Pellot, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar at the American University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He completed course work in Arabic, Middle Eastern Studies, and Journalism during Fall 2008 and Spring 2009. Between semesters, he presented at clubs in Egypt, Cypress, and Lebanon, attended two club meetings as well a Rotaract club meeting in Jordan, and participated in a club meeting in Armenia and another in Georgia. He earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree in Convergence Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of Missouri in May 2010. During his senior year, he won a George Marshall Scholarship to study at Oxford University for two years.
Sponsoring club: Columbia South; his sponsor counselor was James Scott.
Ambassadorial Scholars sponsored by District 6080 in 2007-2008
Shannon Davis, Six-Month Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar at the American University in Cairo, Egypt where she studied Arabic from January through June 2008. She received permission from the Rotary Foundation to remain in Cairo until December 2008 to complete further study of Arabic at her own expense. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education with minors in International Relations and Music at Evangel University.
Sponsoring club: Springfield Rotary Club. Guy Mace was her sponsor counselor.
Erin Crabb, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholar to Ruprecht-Karls Universität in Heidelberg, Germany, where she studied German, German Literature, and German Culture and History from September 2007 to May 2008. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in German and Music from Illinois Wesleyan University in May 2006.
Sponsoring club: Rotary Club of Columbia; her sponsor counselor was Melvin Platt.
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