Dean Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. Announces 2009-10 David Bohnett Fellows
of the
Los Angeles Mayor's Fellowship Program
It is my pleasure to announce the 2009-10 David Bohnett Fellows of the Los Angeles Mayor’s Fellowship Program. Frank Lopez is a Public Policy student studying urban and regional economic issues specific to California and Los Angeles, and previously interned in the Mayor’s Office. Social Welfare student Cathy Dang is committed to pushing forward social change to improve welfare policy and hopes to work directly with individuals and families to study the impact of welfare policies on underserved communities. Priya Zachariah, a former architect who worked in South Asia and the Middle East providing building solutions for clients in both the private and the public sector, is an Urban Planning student focused on regional economic development policy. More...
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The UCLA School of Public Affairs has established The David Bohnett Fellowship Program, a hands-on working experience in the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s office for exceptionally promising public policy, social welfare, and urban planning graduate students. Selected students will collaborate with SPA faculty and senior executives in the mayor’s office, transforming scholarship into real-world experience at the heart of one of the most diverse cities in the world. Fellows will receive fee remission (non-residents receive funds equal to the resident amount which are applied toward non-resident fees) for the 2009-10 academic year and paid fulltime summer position in the Mayor’s office. Fellowships begin the last week of June and continue through the summer, becoming a part-time paid position to the end of the academic year. Fellows work under the direct supervision of a senior member of the mayoral staff with guidance from a participating SPA faculty member.
SELECTION
In the Winter quarter, senior SPA and Los Angeles Mayor’s office personnel meet to identify project-based fellowship opportunities for the coming academic year. Concurrently, matriculating first-year master’s students will be informed and selected for particiption. The David Bohnett Fellows may be assigned a single, year-long project or a series of shorter-term projects.
WHO TO CONTACT
VC Powe, Executive Director, External Relations at: Powe@spa.ucla.edu. Students should submit a resume and a 1-2 page letter to room 3250 expressing their interest and detailing their experience and educational background by Feb. 2, 2009. Finalists will be interviewed on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
ABOUT DAVID BOHNETT
David Bohnett is a philanthropist and technology entrepreneur. He has spent his professional career in the technology and information services industry. Most notably, he founded GeoCities, an Internet-based media and e-commerce company. The mission of the David Bohnett Foundation is to improve society through social activism.