Rotary District 7770 awards three Ambassadorial Global Scholars

CHARLESTON, SC – District 7770 recently awarded scholarships to three new Ambassadorial Global Scholars for a year of graduate study overseas. Ambassadorial Global Scholars pursue studies which offer sustainable, high-impact outcomes in one of Rotary’s six areas of focus: peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, economic and community development. This year’s successful applicants will begin their studies in 2016

Chelsea Roland is sponsored by the Rotary Club of St. Andrews-Charleston. Chelsea completed her B.A. degree from the College of Charleston in International Studies and Spanish.

Chelsea was a 2011-2012 Rotary Youth Exchange student to Belgium, representing District 7770, and is currently the Executive Assistant/Inbound Coordinator on the Rotary Youth Exchange SC Committee. She has volunteered with multiple homeless shelters in Asheville, NC, as a grass-root volunteer with street children in urban areas of Moshi, Tanzania, and as a teacher in San Jose, Costa Rica. She intends to complete the Masters of Science in Conflict Resolution and Governance program from The University of Amsterdam, with her professional emphasis on Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Ellie Flock is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Mt. Pleasant. Ellie obtained a B.A. in Public Health with Minors in Spanish and Communications from the College of Charleston.

Ellie participated in Interact and founded the College of Charleston’s Rotaract Club. She was the first student leader of Honors Engaged–the Honors College community outreach office, where she facilitated the partnering of over 200 Honors College freshmen with service commitments to provide educational resources to the community. She also served with the Enough Project, a project focused on ending genocide and crimes against humanity—where she learned how to raise international awareness and motivate action against human rights abuses. Ellie will enroll in the Global Health Masters Program at King’s College London, where she will focus on acquiring the information, skills, and experience to critically analyze healthcare systems in low- and middle-income nations and to understand the root causes of healthcare inequality in order to overcome them.

Catherine Glen is sponsored by the Columbia Capital Rotary Club. She completed a B.A. degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina.

Catherine worked with homeless children, tutored disadvantaged youth, and volunteered at Big Brothers Big Sisters during her undergraduate work at USC. She also designed a leadership program for at-risk students to combat intergenerational conflict at the Challenging Horizons After School Program in Columbia, then worked at the Medical University of South Carolina as a Statistical and Research Analyst examining the effectiveness of various therapies for youth living in high conflict environments and in treatment for substance abuse. Currently, she teaches English at special education schools through the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program (JET). Catherine plans to obtain a MSc in the Psychology of Childhood Adversity from Queen’s University Belfast and acquire the skills needed to work within conflict affected communities in Africa and Western Asia conducting multi-level interventions that will utilize youth in the peacebuilding.

Chelsea Roland is sponsored by the Rotary Club of St. Andrews-Charleston. Chelsea completed her B.A. degree from the College of Charleston in International Studies and Spanish.

Chelsea was a 2011-2012 Rotary Youth Exchange student to Belgium, representing District 7770, and is currently the Executive Assistant/Inbound Coordinator on the Rotary Youth Exchange SC Committee. She has volunteered with multiple homeless shelters in Asheville, NC, as a grass-root volunteer with street children in urban areas of Moshi, Tanzania, and as a teacher in San Jose, Costa Rica. She intends to complete the Masters of Science in Conflict Resolution and Governance program from The University of Amsterdam, with her professional emphasis on Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Ellie Flock is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Mt. Pleasant. Ellie obtained a B.A. in Public Health with Minors in Spanish and Communications from the College of Charleston.

Ellie participated in Interact and founded the College of Charleston’s Rotaract Club. She was the first student leader of Honors Engaged–the Honors College community outreach office, where she facilitated the partnering of over 200 Honors College freshmen with service commitments to provide educational resources to the community. She also served with the Enough Project, a project focused on ending genocide and crimes against humanity—where she learned how to raise international awareness and motivate action against human rights abuses. Ellie will enroll in the Global Health Masters Program at King’s College London, where she will focus on acquiring the information, skills, and experience to critically analyze healthcare systems in low- and middle-income nations and to understand the root causes of healthcare inequality in order to overcome them.

Catherine Glen is sponsored by the Columbia Capital Rotary Club. She completed a B.A. degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina.

Catherine worked with homeless children, tutored disadvantaged youth, and volunteered at Big Brothers Big Sisters during her undergraduate work at USC. She also designed a leadership program for at-risk students to combat intergenerational conflict at the Challenging Horizons After School Program in Columbia, then worked at the Medical University of South Carolina as a Statistical and Research Analyst examining the effectiveness of various therapies for youth living in high conflict environments and in treatment for substance abuse. Currently, she teaches English at special education schools through the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program (JET). Catherine plans to obtain a MSc in the Psychology of Childhood Adversity from Queen’s University Belfast and acquire the skills needed to work within conflict affected communities in Africa and Western Asia conducting multi-level interventions that will utilize youth in the peacebuilding.