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Quotes from 2010-2011 Cowen Scholars
By: cowen | April 26, 2011
For the past academic year, the Cowen Institute supported several Tulane graduate student interns in placements with community partners or local high schools to promote college readiness efforts and implementation of Advanced Placement courses. Here’s what some of our graduate interns had to say about their internship experience:
“My experience as an AdvanceNOLA coordinator has been extremely rewarding. It has provided me with opportunities to tackle the challenges that our students face. I know certainly that my work with the seniors at Sci High and the personal relationships that I have developed will make a long-term difference in their lives and in mine.”
Tolu Dawodu
MPH, Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School (Sci High)
“My experience with the Cowen Institute has been great. It allowed me to get engaged in the community and effect real change in my surroundings. I have really enjoyed the opportunity to connect my scholarship to New Orleans in a productive manner.”
Joyce Bennett
PhD – Anthropology, Tulane School of Liberal Arts
Young Leadership Council’s College Admission Project
“The Cowen Scholars Internship is a once in a lifetime experience. It gives you the opportunity to grow, learn, and challenge yourself while impacting public education. I have had the unique opportunity, as a graduate student, to do more than study, and presented with the opportunity, I would do it all over again.”
Joy Green
JD, Tulane School of Law
New Orleans Science and Math Academy (Sci Academy)
“My experience, through my work as a Cowen Scholar, opened my eyes to the reality that is public education in New Orleans. Being a student of development, many of the things I learn about happening in developing countries is directly applicable to schools here. My time at Cohen helped me better understand how dynamic the system really is, and hopefully, what solutions need to eb applied.”
Joshua Schoop
PhD - International Development, Payson Center at Tulane Law
Walter L. Cohen High School