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Florence "Meg" Long Walsh/SDS Leadership Award
The Florence "Meg" Long Walsh/SDS Leadership Award honors a graduating senior from the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences who has shown leadership qualities at Hopkins and/or in the community, and who has raised the public profile of the university. The recipient receives $15,000 toward the completion of a project of original design to be conducted in an international venue.
The 2010 application deadline is noon on Tuesday, November 24, 2009.
2009 Walsh Award Winner
Derek Nnuro '09, a public health major and writing seminars minor.
Derek, an Azreal Fellow and Hodson Success Scholar, won a JHU Arts Grant to launch a campus arts journal. Very involved during his time at Hopkins, Derek held several internships and was a contributing writing for the Newsletter.
Derek will use his Walsh Leadership Award to travel to Ghana, Africa. He will research and begin drafting a novel depicting the subconscious conflict between the indigenous Akan religion and colonial Christianity, and how it plays out at the national level in the nation's struggle for economic advancement.
For more information about the Florence "Meg" Long Walsh/SDS Leadership Award contact:
John Bader, Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Advising
jbader@jhu.edu
(410) 516-8216