HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

The Post-Graduate Fellowships award up to $25,000 each spring to graduating Harvard seniors to fund a yearlong public service project. Recipients are selected based on a number of areas, including the type of project to be funded and commitment to public service.

The Senior Recognition Prizes, which range from $500 to $2,000, are awarded to graduating seniors who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to public service during their undergraduate years.

A committee of Phillips Brooks House Association staff, University faculty and administrators, Stride Rite Alumni, and community leaders evaluated applications for the program's fellowships and awards.

This year's Post-Graduate Fellowship recipients include Natalie Guerrier ($25,000), who will work as a health coordinator at Urban Dreams in Dorchester, Mass.; Gail King ($25,000), who will provide transitional support to youth returning home from detention facilities; Janak Ramakrishnan ($10,000), who will teach mathematics and provide supplementary education at a high school in India that serves lower-caste and poor students; and Michael Tang ($15,000), who will work as Project HEALTH's Boston Regional Coordinator.

The nine graduating seniors who received Recognition Awards this year include Priscilla Chan ($2,000); Jessica Greenberg ($2,000); Jennine Mazzarelli ($2,000); Andrew Park ($2,000); John Chen ($500); Kelly Edwards ($500); Melissa Johnson ($500); Dyisha Reliford ($500); and Charity Shumway ($500).

For more information about the Stride Rite Community Service Program Awards, contact Maria Dominguez at mdoming@fas.harvard.edu.

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