Hope Handloser and Kelsey Phipps, both graduating seniors in the Scripps College class of 2001, have each been awarded a Fulbright scholarship, which provides for a year of graduate study in a foreign country.
Hope Handloser, who graduated magna cum laude with a degree in European studies and honors in French studies, will be teaching English conversation classes to Belgian University students at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels. She will also be exploring her love of art by taking art and art history classes. In her proposal for the Fulbright, Handloser wrote: "Art not only is about making pictures but also about a different, new way of thinking. In the same way teaching not only is about having students memorize fact but also is about involving and exciting students in what they are learning by presenting the material in new, hands-on engaging ways. Both disciplines help develop creative thinking skills."
Kelsey Phipps graduated cum laude with a dual degree in politics and international relations and psychology. She has applied to the Women’s Studies Program at the National University of Ireland at Dublin in order to research the effects of women’s activist organizations on gender roles in Ireland. Phipps is currently in Washington, D.C., working with attorneys at the Department of Justice on a project that monitors the redistricting process in Florida.
Phipps is also a recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, which awards merit-based scholarships to college students who plan to pursue careers in government or elsewhere in public service, and wish to attend graduate or professional school to help prepare for their careers. This is the first time since 1978 that a Scripps College student has received this prestigious scholarship. Although she has not decided which school to attend, Phipps plans to begin law school after her Fulbright research and travel.