Student accomplishments

Nine GW students studying Asia have won prestigious national scholarships!

Undergraduate successes: Elizabeth Heller, (Chinese Language and Literature) was selected as a Princeton in Asia fellow. Two undergraduates, David Giar (International Affairs) and Sam Porter (Asian Studies), won Boren scholarships. Hedwig Waters (BA, Anthropology, 2009), won a Fulbright to do research in Mongolia. Finally, Alison Chatfield (BA, International Affairs, 2010) won a William J. Clinton Fellowship for service in Jharkhand, India.

Graduate Successes: Enze Han (Political Science PhD program) was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship for 2010-11 at the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. Matthew LeDuc (MA, Anthropology) won a Fulbright for research in India. Cristina Hernandez (MA, International Affairs) won a Boren Fellowship to study Japanese. Sean Daly (MA, Asian Studies) won a Critical Language Studies fellowship from the State Department to study Korean this summer.

Sigur Center Summer Grants!

The Sigur Center is proud to announce the recipients of its summer grants!

The winners of the Summer Grant for Chinese Language Study are:

Christina Devi Bengfort (MA Candidate, Asian Studies)
Precious Cain (BA Candidate, International Affairs)
Brett Heiney (PhD Candidate, Political Science)
Lance Noble (PhD Candidate, Political Science)

The winners of the Summer Grant for Korean Language Study are:

Merah Baird (MA Candidate, Security Policy Studies)
Marianne Deng (BA/BS Candidate, International Affairs & Economics)
James Person (PhD Candidate, History)

The winners of the Field Research Grant are:

Peter Chang (MA Candidate, International Affairs- Asia Concentration)
Justin Collier (MA Candidate, International Education)
Heather Vrieland (MA Candidate, Asian Studies)
Yaqiu Wang (MA Candidate, International Affairs - Asia Concentration)
Xiaoyu Zhu (MA Candidate, International Affairs - Asia Concentration)

Congrats to all of our winners! If you want more information about the Sigur Center Summer Grants, please go here.

Welcome to the Sigur Center's new blog!

This blog is designed to share information related to Asian Studies here at GW, to be a student-focused and student-driven resource, to share information related to:
-jobs
-internships
-grants and fellowships
-awards and accomplishments

It's also a place to find out information from the Center about:
-upcoming courses
-our grants and fellowships
-faculty books and news
-relevant events in DC

We hope you'll find this a useful resource! If you're interested in joining and contributing to the blog, please email gsigur@gwu.edu to get an invitation! If you have information you'd like to share, you're also welcome to email it to us, at gsigur@gwu.edu.