Muhlenberg Student Receives St. Andrew’s Scholarship
Muhlenberg student Emma Bartholomew ’09, of Maplewood, N.J., recently received the McFarland Award, the top endowed scholarship in the St. Andrew's Society for her expected study at the University of Edinburgh.Wednesday, April 4, 2007 01:59 PM
Bartholomew is an English and philosophy double major, a Muhlenberg Scholar and a resident advisor. Her proposal for the award included a discussion of her interest in philosophy and music, specifically a comparison of Heidegger's term "attunement" to the musical reference "tune."
The St. Andrew’s Society scholarship was created by The Foundation of the St. Andrew's Society. The Society was established in 1958 as a non-profit corporation "to promote understanding between the United States and Scotland by awarding scholarships to carefully selected men under 35 years of age to attend institutions of higher learning in Scotland" It was then offered to women as well in 1981.
Annually, eighteen colleges and universities within the Philadelphia region are invited to submit a candidate for study in their junior year at one of the four Universities. A candidate must be a full time registered student, a U.S. citizen and in the upper quartile of their class. The Scholarship Committee selects the scholars by screening and interview in March of each year. Currently, each scholar receives an award of $15,000, which covers a majority of their expenses.
