CONWAY, Ark. (May 9, 2019) – During the 2018-2019 academic year,
the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language awarded a
total of $101,099 in grants for student cocurricular projects, faculty-led
campus projects, and faculty-led study/travel projects in literature and
language. In the April 2019 funding cycle, the Foundation approved $15,994 in
grants for the following four student cocurricular projects:
*Megan Bellfield ’20: Spanish Language Immersion in Buenos Aires
Project supervisor: Dr. Gabby Vidal-Torreira, Department of Languages
After concluding a semester abroad in Valparaíso, Chile, Megan
Bellfield will extend her South American experience by taking courses at
Expanish, a language school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Megan’s participation
in Expanish’s immersion and homestay programs will increase her proficiency in
Spanish and expand her knowledge of Argentinian culture.
Eliot Peterson ’20: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Internship and Holocaust
Literature Research Project
Project supervisor: Dr. Dorian Stuber, Department of English
Eliot Peterson is currently a Peregrin Scholar of Holocaust
Literature and Education under the supervision of Dr. Dorian Stuber, and this
summer he will intern at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in
Washington, D.C. While working as a Museum Services Intern, Eliot will do
research in the USHMM’s archives for his senior thesis on the postmemory of
trauma in Holocaust literature.
*David Samuel ’20: Learning through Service in Hebron, Palestine
Project supervisor: Professor Hope Coulter, Department of English
David Samuel will further his study of the Arabic language in
Hebron, Palestine, this summer. Building on his previous study of Modern
Standard Arabic in Morocco and Oxford, England, David will spend his time in
Hebron learning the local Levantine spoken dialect and serving the community by
leading journalism writing workshops and teaching English to Palestinian
students. The service elements of this project will serve to strengthen both
the language and leadership skills that David will need to reach his
post-graduate goal of working with B’tselem, an Israeli human rights
organization.
*Madeleine Scott ’20: Thinking in Tongues: Intensive Language Study through Biomedical
Research
Project supervisor: Dr. Andrea Duina, Department of Biology
Biology and French major Madeleine will travel to Montpellier,
France, where she will complete an eight-week summer internship in a cystic
fibrosis research lab in the University of Montpellier’s Rare Genetic Diseases
department. During this time, Madeleine will improve the breadth of her French
vocabulary and learn specialized language directly related to her intended
future career in the sciences. In addition, Madeleine will take an
introductory-level Italian course in order to deepen her Romance language
studies. Through this project, Madeleine will be able to combine her passions
for language study and science, and she will gain practical laboratory
experience while increasing fluency in her chosen foreign language.
*Murphy Scholar in Literature and
Language
About the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation
Hendrix-Murphy Programs enrich
the study of literature and language for Hendrix College as a whole as well as
for students with intensive interest in those areas. The late Mr. Charles H.
Murphy, Jr., former Chair of the Board of Murphy Oil Corporation and former
member of the Hendrix Board of Trustees, established the Foundation in 1978 in
memory of his mother, Mrs. Bertie Wilson Murphy. A 1905 graduate of Galloway
Women’s College—which later became part of Hendrix College—Mrs. Murphy
possessed a lifelong love of literature and language, to which these programs
are exclusively dedicated.
About Hendrix College
A private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix
College consistently earns recognition as one of the country’s leading liberal
arts institutions, and is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40
Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic
quality and rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture
in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has
been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more,
visit www.hendrix.edu.