Fulbright Awards Announced

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WILLIAMSTOWN - The Fulbright Program has awarded research fellowships to Williams College alumni Danielle Callaway '08, Charles Howard '07, Anne Peckham '08, Matthew Wilka '06, and Katharine Warren '06.

Callaway will conduct an empirically based psychological study of children's attitudes towards persons with mental illness in Arusha, Tanzania.

Howard will investigate the artistic processes and working methods of the contemporary Italian architect Aldo Rossi and examine the social role that his architecture played in the renewal of modern Italian cities during the 1970s and 1980s.

Peckham will study Arabic at the Arabic Language Institute through the American University in Cairo.

Wilka will go to Ecuador to study Fe y Alegria, a public school system run by the Jesuit Order that serves students from indigenous communities, to examine this as a model for private partnership in public education.


Warren will spend a year studying legal institutions and practices available to and utilized by minority ethnic groups in China's rural Guyuizhou province.

In addition, five Williams College students in the Class of 2008 were awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships: David Kessell to Russia, Shelby Kimmel to South Korea, Julia Kropp to Germany, Anna Tsykalova to South Korea, and Hannah Wong to Hong Kong.

The Fulbright Program is designed to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, it provides funding for students, scholars, teachers and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools.
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Williamstown Board Opts to Negotiate with College on Water St. Lot

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff

Newly elected board member Nate Budington, far left, participates in his first in-person meeting along with, from left, Matt Neely, Stephanie Boyd, Peter Beck, Shana Dixon and Town Manager Robert Menicocci.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday decided to enter into negotiations with Williams College on the sale of the vacant town-owned lot at 59 Water St.
 
But the board members made it clear that the college's proposal to acquire the lot is a starting point, not a final deal that the elected officials would accept.
 
"For the sake of continued conversation, I'm in favor of [awarding Williams the site], but if this process wasn't continued with the opportunity for further negotiation, I wouldn't vote to continue this," Peter Beck said. "I think that next step is necessary for us to get to a yes on this."
 
"I think there's wide agreement on that," Matthew Neely said just before the 5-0 vote to enter talks with the college.
 
Williams was the sole respondent to a town-issued request for proposals to develop the former town garage site, currently a dirt lot.
 
The college's stated intent is to build a new Facilities office and create up to 170 parking spaces at 59 Water Street. That use will allow the college to redevelop the current Facilities building site and parking lot as part of a reconception of the school's indoor athletic and recreation facilities.
 
Under the terms of the RFP, the college's proposal was subjected to review by an ad hoc advisory committee to the town manager, who brought the question to the Select Board. That board will have the final say on any purchase and sales agreement.
 
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