{"id":7372,"date":"2020-03-23T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlhamcollege.wpengine.com\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2021-03-26T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T17:18:14","slug":"2-earlham-college-seniors-selected-for-prestigious-watson-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/news-events\/2-earlham-college-seniors-selected-for-prestigious-watson-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Earlham College seniors selected for prestigious Watson Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Earlham seniors Megan Bennett and Katie Jacobs are among 47 college seniors chosen nationwide for the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for the 2020-21 academic year. The Fellowship awards college graduates $36,000 to support independent study and travel outside of the United States in pursuit of a personal passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bennett and Jacobs are the 39th<\/sup>\u00a0and 40th<\/sup>\u00a0from Earlham to earn the Watson since 1981. They carry on Earlham\u2019s rich tradition of producing global scholars who are passionate about some of the world\u2019s biggest challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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