Honors College Fellowships

James Madison Memorial Fellowship

The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, a federally endowed and privately funded program designed to strengthen instruction about the Constitution in the nation's schools, will award generous fellowships in 2004 for masters' degree level graduate study of the framing and history of the U.S. Constitution. College seniors and college graduates who intend to become secondary school teachers of American history, American government, or social studies are eligible for the fellowships.

Through a nationwide competition, James Madison Fellowships will be awarded to at least on legal resident of each state, the District of Colombia, Puerto Rico, and the other U.S. territories. After completing study under their fellowships, James Madison Fellows are required to teach American history, American government, or social studies in grades 7-12 for a minimum of one year for each academic year of graduate assistance they receive.

Fellowships carry a maximum stipend of $24,000 for up to two years of full-time study for college graduates, which is used to cover the costs of tuition, required books, and room and board.

Fellows must enroll in graduate programs leading to master's degrees in American history, political science, or education offered by any accredited U.S. university. Participation in an accredited four-week Summer Institute held at Georgetown University on the principles, framing, ratification, and implementation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights is required of all fellows, normally during the summer after the commencement of study. Fellows' attendance at the Summer Institute is paid for by the Madison Foundation.

Detail about the program may be obtained on campus from The Honors College Office or from the James Madison Fellowship Program, P.O. Box 4030, Iowa City, Iowa 52243-4030; telephone 1-800-525-6928, 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., central time; e-mail madison@act.org. Application materials may be downloaded from the Foundation's website: www.jamesmadison.com.

Bill Archer Fellowship

The Bill Archer Fellowship Program was established by The University of Texas System in conjunction with Former U.S. Representative Bill Archer as a way to bring highly motivated and accomplished students to Washington, D.C. to participate in varied internships and take part in classes focusing on policy, economics, and persuasion. Our students work with places such as the United Nations Information Centre, the US Department of State, many offices within the White House and on the Hill, with federal agencies, and with non-profit organizations. Our selection process is rigorous, and we are afforded the opportunity to bring only the best representatives from throughout Texas.

Students who participate in the Bill Archer Fellowship Program can expect to have an exhausting, rewarding experience that will allow them to learn about how our federal government interacts within and outside itself. Students will make and maintain social and professional contacts that could help lead to continued internship opportunities and even jobs post-graduation. Our support network is already large, and our alumni base is growing constantly with core groups in Austin, Dallas, Washington, New York, and Boston.

Archer Fellows are typically among the most capable students in the university. They can be in any major, but most are interested in careers in government, politics or public policy. They have respectable academic records and solid achievements outside the university. They are motivated and focused, both academically and professionally. They are intellectually curious, outgoing and well-spoken, and are excellent ambassadors for their universities.

Archer Fellows enroll in a full 12-hour load of coursework for their semester in Washington: three courses in politics, communication and public policy taught by UTSA faculty, and a custom-arranged internship with a federal agency, nonprofit, media organization or NGO, according to their career goals.

Eligibility Requirements:

Junior or senior status at the time of the internship
Overall GPA of 3.0 or above
Completion of core curriculum requirement in Political Science
24 hours or more in residence at UTSA

For program details, please visit the Archer Fellowship website at http://www.archercenter.org/.

For more information on UTSA's participation in the Archer Fellowship Program, please e-mail Dr. Ann Eisenberg, Associate Dean of the Honors College at ann.eisenberg@utsa.edu or call the Honors College at 1-210-458-4106.

"The mission of the Honors College is to recruit and enrich the education opportunities of academically talented, curious, motivated, and diverse students through an interdisciplinary curriculum that includes opportunities for research, service, and leadership."

" The Vision of the Honors College is to be a nationally recognized leader in attracting highly talented and motivate students and to provide through excellence in its undergraduate programs and initiatives an avenue for them to affect the state, the nation, and the world."

" The core values of the Honors College are : Honesty, Opportunity, Nurturance, Originality, Respect, and Success."