The 2011 Report of the Davis UWC
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UNITING THE WORLD Davis UWC Scholars The 2011 Report of the Davis United World College Scholars Program Davis United World College Scholars PROGRAM 2011 Annual Report Private Philanthropy Supporting International Understanding through Education Uniting the World Best Practices at Partner Schools Embarking on a Second Decade of Service to the World . .5 Meeting Full Financial Need for Global Students, Private Philanthropy for Global Understanding Amherst Brings “New Perspective for Everyone” . 31 in the 21st Century . 7. Scholars Join in Dartmouth’s “Friendship Family” Program . 34 The Program by the Numbers Building on Example of the Davis Projects for Peace, Timeline of Program Growth . 10 Macalester Students Create “Live It! Fund” . 37 . How the Program Works . 10 At Middlebury Website, Scholars Share Their Stories . .40 . 143 Home Countries — 2,265 Current Scholars . 12 Projects for Peace by Scholars . 42. 91 Partner Colleges and Universities . .14 . Glocal: A Student Magazine with a Number of Scholars by Class Year . 16 Worldwide Eye at St . Lawrence . 49. Winner of the 2011 Davis Cup — Earlham College . 18. Scholars Help Washington and Lee Contents Link Service and Global Learning . .50 . Where the Scholars Come From As Albright Fellow, Wellesley Scholar Dives into Global-Leadership Issues . 55 Home Countries of Scholars . 12 . Palestinian’s Pioneering Project Earns UWC Schools — Source of the Davis UWC Scholars . 24 Global Media Attention at Bard . 58. The Davis Vision Wheaton’s Yearly UWC Retreat Leads to Shared and Deepened Commitment . 61 . “It Is a Joy for Me to Invest This Way — And Will Be for Anyone Who Joins Me” . 20 . A “War & Peace Fellow” at Dartmouth Raised Amid Strife . 64 . How Other Philanthropists Can Invest. .133 . Acclaimed New Play by African Scholar at Lewis & Clark Finds Joy & Hope in Women’s Struggles . 69 The Class of 2011 28 Undergraduate Classes Class of 2012 . .73 . Class of 2013 . .89 . Class of 2014 . 108. Scholar Graduates in Action 128 How Other Philanthropists Can Invest 133 How to Apply to Be a Partner School 133 Acknowledgements and Credits 134 Embarking on a Second Decade of Service to the World The Davis United World College Scholars Program By Philip O. Geier, Ph.D., Executive Director s the Davis United World College Scholars Program Aembarks on its second decade of investing in tomorrow’s leaders around the world, the need has never been greater. Uniting the World The 21st century has brought a changed global landscape and greater challenges; threats and uncertainties haunt humanity. There are no clear or easy solutions. It is in this context that this philanthropic program invests heavily in the promise and future possibilities of scholars from around the world and at the “I’m trying to stimulate leaders of the future to make a difference through American colleges and universities that host these scholars. Gale and Shelby Davis and Amy and Phil Geier during their the grounding in education that I’m helping to give them. When I started my recent visit to the newest United World College school, located in business career, I took my own history lesson from Princeton: I learned how Maastricht, the Netherlands. Begun in 2000 as a pilot program with five partner schools leaders make a difference, in their countries, in their centuries. So I invested in leaders, and that investment helped me to be successful. … — Princeton University, Wellesley College, Colby College, I’m looking to invest again in leaders of the future.” College of the Atlantic, and Middlebury College — the Davis — Shelby M.C. Davis United World College Scholars Program has grown into the largest Co-founder and Philanthropist international scholarship program for undergraduates in the world. We currently support over 2,200 scholars on more than 90 partner colleges and universities throughout the United States. “We strive to build critical masses of globally minded young men and women on American campuses, to foster highly personal relationships between outstanding Our strategic objective is to advance international understanding through education. Americans and non-Americans, and to seed global networks. These networks We built that strategy on two assumptions: that promising future leaders from all cultures can serve a higher calling of international understanding and common purpose among future leaders in all walks of life in our world.” should be given greater educational opportunities at American colleges and universities; and — Philip O. Geier that those same American institutions of higher education could become better communities Co-founder and Executive Director for learning if their student bodies became more internationally diverse and reflective of the real world around them. The program and our scholars are committed to building cross-cultural understanding across campuses and ultimately throughout the world in the 21st century. The stability of our world, and ensuring America’s place in it, demand no less than an initiative this large in scale, innovative in design, and as powerful in impact. Davis United World College Scholars Program 5 Private Philanthropy for Global Understanding in the 21st Century hat is the Davis United World College Scholars Program? It is, above all, the vision Wand power of private philanthropy committed to the importance of fostering greater understanding among the world’s future decision makers — Americans and citizens of other nations. Through the philanthropy of Shelby and Gale Davis, this program provides grants to partner schools for scholars from the United States and from overseas who have proven themselves by completing their last two years of high school at a group of international schools called United World Colleges. These UWC schools are located Phil Geier and Shelby Davis recounting the origins of the Davis United World College Scholars Program at a gathering at Middlebury College celebrating the program’s 10th anniversary. in the United States, Bosnia, Canada, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, The program reflects the huge potential of private philanthropy to promote international Swaziland, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela. Since understanding in dynamic, expanding ways through the educational institutions which share the founding of the first UWC in 1962 at the height of our strategic vision and are committed to bringing greater opportunities for global engagement the Cold War, these schools have provided educational to all their students. The program is about using philanthropic leadership to leverage additional opportunities to students from some 175 countries, support for transformative impact. representing all regions of the world. Students are Davis UWC Scholars at Dartmouth welcomed Shelby Davis (front, We believe in the potential of each individual scholar to further develop his or her own center) and Phil Geier (front, left) to campus. selected in their home countries by indigenous, voluntary capacity to make the world a better place. We believe that fostering personal relationships committees, and receive scholarships to attend the United World College schools. between students who are different from one another will build an effective network of Eleven years ago, Colby College, College of the Atlantic, Middlebury College, Princeton future leaders committed to mutual respect. We believe that further internationalizing of the University, and Wellesley College were invited to become the pilot schools in what has become undergraduate experience in the United States will contribute to our country strengthening its the Davis United World College Scholars Program. The pilot phase ended with the graduation capacity to lead in the 21st century. of the first cohort of scholars in 2004 when the Davises decided to greatly increase their philanthropic commitment to many more scholars and many more American colleges and universities. Under the leadership of former UWC–USA president Phil Geier, the program now supports over 2,200 scholars at over 90 American colleges and universities. The program, headquartered at Middlebury College, partners with these schools to meet the financial needs of these selected scholars throughout their four-year undergraduate degree programs. 6 Uniting the World Davis United World College Scholars Program 7 campuses in the United States. And by supporting scholars from many countries who are energized by the UWC mission of building understanding in active, personal ways, the Davis UWC Scholars Program exemplifies how diversity can contribute to a much richer education and to a more internationally oriented undergraduate experience for everyone on campus. The pillars on which the program stands include: • Private philanthropy as an innovative and building force, intentionally designed to leverage other philanthropic investments in international education. • Experiential learning — personal interaction between learners — as the essential tool for fostering international understanding. Site visits to partner schools are a regular feature of the program. Here, Phil Geier is shown with scholars at Colorado College (left) and Luther College (right). • Diversifying the undergraduate population and campus experience through great concentrations of internationally oriented scholars to the benefit of all students. The goals of this Davis philanthropy are to: • Recognizing that coherent initiatives and significant clusters of scholars can make • Provide scholarship support for exemplary and promising students