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The David Cameron Taylor Memorial
Summer Travel and Enrichment Program
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The David Cameron Taylor Memorial Summer Travel and Enrichment
Program was established in 1998 by J. Edward Taylor '42, M.D.,
and his wife in memory of their son David Cameron. The program
makes stipends available to male Newcomb-Tulane College students
for summer travel and research or unusual and enriching intellectual
experiences. Male students who have earned 25 or more credits
and are in good standing by the completion of the spring 2008
term and are not yet seniors are eligible to apply. Stipends
will be awarded for the summer of 2008 on the basis of the candidates'
academic performance, the quality of their applications, and
the merits of their proposed travel and/or research.
Student proposals of two types will be considered. Stipends
will be granted to male students engaged in interesting and
worthwhile research that requires that they travel, either to
consult materials that they would not otherwise have been able
to consult and that are critical to the completion of the research,
or to confer with specialists in the discipline. Alternatively,
the stipend can be used for purposes that are intentionally
more open-ended. We will offer stipends to encourage students'
creativity and intellectual development through the exploration
of particular talents or areas of interest during the summer
of the sophomore or junior year. Successful candidates will
be selected less on the basis of past achievement than the potential
for a transforming, enriching experience, or an imaginative
prospectus that promises unusual dividends for the student and,
through him, the college.
In both cases, stipends will be awarded on the basis of a competitive
application process, and successful applicants will have made
the most compelling case for the stipend. The stipend for domestic
travel is $750; for international travel it is $1,000. Recipients
will be required to submit a report on their experience during
the subsequent academic year.
If you would like to be considered for a Summer Travel and
Enrichment stipend, please complete the application and submit
it and the required supplementary materials to the Office of
Cocurricular Programs (Cudd Hall, Second Floor) or the Cudd
Hall front desk by 5 p.m., April 11, 2008.
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