Edmilse Diaz of Dorchester Center Awarded a $3,700 Saint Michael's College VP for Academic Affairs Research Fellowship for Summer 2013

2013 Apr 5

Edmilse Diaz, daughter of Ms. Maura M. Diaz of Dorchester Center has been awarded a Saint Michael's College Vice President for Academic Affairs Research Fellowship to support research during summer 2013.

Diaz, a sophomore psychology major, graduated from Tech Boston Academy before coming to Saint Michael's, located in Burlington, Vermont, one of the top 10 college towns in America.

Diaz's successful grant application proposal, Attachment: A Cross Cultural Examination, will be advised by Professor Susan Kuntz. Diaz will receive a stipend of $3,700 to support the summer research.

"I enthusiastically agree with the committee in its judgment of the quality of your proposal," said Dr. Karen Talentino, SMC Vice President for Academic Affairs, in congratulating lname on receiving the fellowship.

All Saint Michael's College undergraduate and graduate students participating in paid research or receiving academic credit for research must participate in training in the responsible conduct of research.

At Saint Michael's College www.smcvt.edu students are challenged to do their best, find their niche, take on opportunities to grow, and immerse themselves in academic pursuits. Intellectual rigor, compassion, teamwork, caring-these characterize a Saint Michael's experience. A residential Catholic college, Saint Michael's is steeped in the social justice spirit of its founding priests, the Edmundites. Saint Michael's is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top 10 college towns. Headed by President John J. Neuhauser, the college has 1,900 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. Identified by the Princeton Review, 2013 as one of the nation's Best 377 Colleges, and included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013, Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Goldwater, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report rankings.