Rhodes Scholar wins fellowship for 'New Americans'\nKathleen Tran has another line to add to her already impressive resume. In 2002 Tran became the 14th IU student and second woman from IU to be named a Rhodes Scholar. She now is one of 30 to win the 2005 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. As a result of the fellowship she will receive up to $20,000 stipend plus half-tuition for two years of graduate study at any college or University in the United States.\nThe competition for the fellowship is not light, with almost 1,000 applicants that are all naturalized citizens. The respondents represent 141 countries of national origin and come from 360 higher education institutions. \nTran, who is a native of Fayetteville, Ark., moved to Bloomington when she was 5 months old began taking classes at IU at 11. \nTran hopes to become a physician and to achieve her goal will enroll in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in August.
IU receives $15 million to support\neducation abroad\nThe American University of Central Asia, located in Kyrgyzstan with 1,100 students, has been closely involved in scholarly exchanges with IU since it was founded in 1997.\nThe United States Agency for International Development will provide $10 million, while the Open Society Institute will provide an additional $5 million. The money will be managed by the IU Foundation and aims to underwrite AUCA's operational costs.\nThe AUCA is located at the former headquarters for the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan. Students at the AUCA study economics, journalism, business administration and Western legal and political systems.\nPatrick O'Meara, dean of international programs at IU, said AUCA is unique to other schools in the area.\n"It is the first and only institution of higher education in the region that operates according to the American model with a credit-hour system, an American-style curriculum, and a commitment to academic integrity and honesty," O'Meara said. "If IU wants to have an impact on the world, we have to be ready to support such efforts"
