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INFORMATION FOR YOUR INITIAL MEETING ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

1. Please e-mail Dr. LaNitra Berger at lberger2@gmu.edu to schedule meetings. She will often be able to schedule an initial thirty-minute meeting with students during the week immediately after you contact her (except during the peak period of mid-August-early October, vacations and other times that we will be out of the office). 
   

   If you are unable to come to the Fairfax campus during the day, Dr. Berger might be able to set up a phone conference. On those evenings when information sessions are scheduled, an evening appointment may be possible. For students on the Arlington campus who are applying for Fulbright grants, there will one information session and one evening of appointments during the summer.

   In your email, include the following:
   
   • Suggestions for a few times during the following week that you are available to meet
   • Specify if there is a particular opportunity or group of opportunities you wish to discuss
   • Your major or graduate program
   • Current student or alumni
   • Your GPA
   After the initial appointment, you might wish to contact the Writing Center specialist in personal statements.  To make an appointment, register with the Writing Center and use its on-line scheduling system (http://writingcenter.gmu.edu). From the "To view a different schedule, select from the following choices:" drop-down menu, select the Enterprise location designated "PGFS Students Only." Please email a draft of your essay to lberger2@gmu.edu at least 24 hours before your appointment.
   
   

2. Prior to your meeting, please spend some time on the program website http://www.gmu.edu/student/fellowships researching programs in the opportunities section and reviewing other resources on the program website so that you are familiar with various options, and have a sense of the eligibility requirements and application process.  Many fellowship websites linked to that page offer profiles of recent and current awardees.  Also check for upcoming information sessions on the events page.

3. Please bring the Student Information Form, an unoffcial academic transcript, and your CV or resume to the first meeting. If it has been six months or longer since you have visited the Director, please bring updated records of those files.
   
   If you would like Dr. Berger to look at your essay or application, please bring a PRINTED copy of your latest draft. If you send an attachment of your draft via email, please label the attachment as follows: LastName.ScholarshipName.LatestRevisedDate (ex: Berger.Fulbright.03-01-10.doc).
   

4. Please arrive for the first meeting with Dr. Berger in Enterprise 308 and let the person at the reception desk know with whom you have an appointment. Meetings with Ms. Atkins take place in the basement of Enterprise Hall.
   
   Please call us at 703-993-2917 or 703-933-1110 if you need to cancel or reschedule an appointment or if you are running late.