Each year, the Raju and Bala Vegesna Foundation’s Teacher Excellence Program at Harker launches a group of teachers on voyages of discovery.
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Endowment scholars wrap up year of exploration at lovely reception
This year’s John Near and Mitra Family endowment scholars were honored at a reception in the Nichols Hall auditorium, celebrating the completion of their intensive research and writing projects.
Vegesna Foundation grants help empower students, expand focus on character and core learning strengths and open up new literary worlds
Each year, a number of Harker teachers are awarded grants to further their teaching skills thanks to the Raju and Bala Vegesna Foundation’s Teacher Excellence Program at Harker and here is the summary of their efforts.
Alumna’s Mitra paper published in Stanford undergrad journal
Tiffany Zhu ’17, now at Stanford, had her Mitra Family Endowment for the Humanities paper, written while at Harker, published in the spring 2018 issue of the Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal.
Mitra and Near endowment awardees for humanities research papers announced
Harker is pleased to announce its 2018-19 endowment awardees; each student will receive a grant to help them in their yearlong effort producing a research paper on a humanities subject.
Alumnus Steven Liu MS ’85 passes; endowment in perpetuity established
Steven Liu MS ’85, one of the leading American corporate lawyers in Beijing, recently passed away at the age of 46. He lived in…
Mitra and Near scholars present papers on Japanese history, the horrendous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, Chinese cinema and more
Each year, John Near and Mitra Family endowment scholars are honored at a special reception in Nichols Hall auditorium, where students and their teacher mentors come together for the formal presentation of papers.
Near-Mitra scholars meet with fellows at Stanford Humanities Center
Last week, seven of this year’s Near-Mitra scholars – seniors Andrew Semenza, Amy Jin, Derek Yen, Emily Chen, Nirban Bhatia and Jackie He –…
Endowments create new batch of scholars, add to growing corpus of humanities papers
Each year, a small number of students apply for and are selected to receive research grants from two endowments, the John Near Excellence in History…
Near and Mitra Scholars Recognized, Vegesna Program Awardees Revealed
This article originally appeared in the summer 2016 Harker Quarterly. In late April, the 2016 John Near and Mitra scholars were honored at a…
