Two graduates of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were recently awarded Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowships, which fund six- to nine-month junior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
Two graduates of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were recently awarded Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowships, which fund six- to nine-month junior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
Cody Mitchell Poplin, a 2012 graduate from Thurmond, N.C., and Ariana Navarro Rowberry, a May graduate from Los Alamos, N.M., were two of the four national recipients. Both double-majored in political science and peace, war and defense. Fellowships are awarded twice a year and focus on issues of peace and security.
Recipients choose to intern at one of numerous participating organizations, ranging from the Nuclear Threat Initiative to Women’s Action for New Development.
Herbert Scoville Jr. (1915-1985) was a nuclear arms control advocate who worked in the Atomic Energy Commission, Defense Department, Central Intelligence Agency and Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. The fellowship program was established in his memory in 1987.
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship website: http://www.scoville.org/
UNC Office of Distinguished Scholarships website: http://www.distinguishedscholarships.unc.edu/
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