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Bard CEP joins City Year as a "Give-A-Year" Partner
Bard CEP recognizes the important service preformed by City Year corps members and is very proud to form a partnership with City Year to offer alumni the chance to study at Bard with reduced tuition benefits.
City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. As tutors, mentors and role models, these diverse young leaders help children stay in school and on track, and transform schools and communities across the United States, as well as through international affiliates in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England. Just as important, during their year of service corps members develop civic leadership skills they can use throughout a lifetime of community service. Major corporations and businesses participate in their mission by serving as strategic partners, team sponsors, and national leadership sponsors. More about City Year
The Bard Center for Environmental Policy offers the following benefits to City Year alumni accepted into the graduate program:
* 30% Tuition Scholarship. The award for The Bard Center for Environmental Policy students will be equal to 30% of tuition for all admitted City Year corps, alumni or staff members per year.
* Scholarships awarded to City Year alumni for at least one year of service and City Year staff members employed for at least two years.
* Application fee waiver
* Admitted students will be permitted to defer enrollment by one year if they decide to serve a second year with City Year before starting their studies.
* Eligible Programs include:
M.S. in Environmental Policy
M.S in Climate Science and Policy
Professional Certificate
Master’s International Program with Peace Corps
M.S./J.D. Dual Degree with Pace Law School
M.S./M.A.T. Dual Degree with Bard Master of Arts in Teaching Program
To Apply:
For more information about The Bard Center for Environmental Policy and the application process, please click here. Last Day to Apply for fall 2011: May 1, 2011
To identify your City Year affiliation: If available, please check the City Year box on the online application. Otherwise, please contact Molly Williams at the Office of Graduate Admissions at 845-758-7071 or mwilliam@bard.edu to get the application fee waived and be considered for the scholarship described above. Please state that you served with City Year and reference our partnership.
City Year Scholarship Requirements: Students must submit a letter verifying City Year affiliation to The Bard Center for Environmental Policy Office of Graduate Admissions as part of the application. Please send an email to Nan Shearer, City Year Alumni & Career Services Manager, at nshearer@cityyear.org with "The Bard Center for Environmental Policy Application: City Year verification letter request” in the subject line and include the site where you served and dates of service in the email. This letter will be sent to the Admissions Office and added to applicant file.
Please note that all admissions and scholarship decisions are made by the educational institution. Corps members, alumni and staff interested in these scholarships must complete the full application process for the institution. There may be a supplementary application process for scholarship awards. Please pay close attention to deadlines, and consider beginning work on your applications early in the year.
03-24-2011
This event was last updated on 04-22-2011
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Gautam Sethi teaches environmental and natural resource economics at Bard CEP. His research includes institutional mechanisms to improve water quality in Oaxaca, Mexico, and the impact of wind farms on residential property values in the U.S.
“What I value most about Bard CEP is its ability to challenge and reshape one’s views. I am constantly challenged, by my colleagues and students, to think of the world in ways I had not hitherto, and I hope to have a similar effect on their worldview.”—Gautam Sethi, Associate Professor, Bard CEP
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