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Summer Fellowships Awarded for 2021
Each year Woodberry students are able to pursue unique experiences over the summer thanks to the generosity of alumni and parents who have established fellowships. Though each fellowship has different criteria, all are designed to help boys do something they cannot pursue during the school year. We’re excited to announce this year’s fellowship winners, as well as several 2020 recipients who will complete projects that were disrupted last summer by COVID-19. Thanks to everyone who applied, and congratulations to our winners!
Noland Fellowship
The Noland Fellowship, established in 1997 by Bud Noland ’62, allows students to pursue unique and profound enrichment experiences over the summer that are beyond the scope of Woodberry Forest’s curriculum.
Peter Moore ’21 will complete a fellowship that was awarded last year but delayed by COVID-19. Peter will study how climate change affects aquatic life on the Chesapeake Bay through a plankton growth experiment he designed. He will travel to the environmentally diverse areas of the Bay in both Maryland and Virginia to conduct his experiment. The second aspect of his project will entail a study of glacial formation in Greenland through the Greenland Outdoors program.
Grills Fellowship
Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Marge Grills established the fellowship to support student work at any level of local, state, or national government, as well as work in museums or other public history venues.
Aiden Moon ’23 will do an internship with the Busan Democratic Movement Memorial Association and the Busan Democracy Park in Busan, South Korea.
Andrew Weber ’23 will do an internship as part of the Explainers Program at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Smithsonian Institution museum at the Udvar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia.
Class of 2008 Community Service Fellowship
The Class of 2008 Community Service Fellowship was established by parents and grandparents of the class of 2008 as a gift to Woodberry Forest. The program enhances Woodberry’s commitment to service learning by providing resources for students who wish to spearhead a service project during the school year or the summer.
Robert Caskey ’22 will participate in a thirty-day Rocky Mountain Service expedition in Wyoming to build or repair bridges, replace trail signs, shore up eroded trails, clear brush, and clean up impacted campsites. Robert will then utilize the skills and experiences he gains to lead similar service projects at Woodberry and the surrounding community.
Rhys Anderson ’24 will design and build an archery range at his local fish and game club in East Thetford, Vermont. Rhys then plans to apply the skills he learns here at Woodberry to create a range for the Woodberry community.
Harold Perry ’22 plans to participate in a bicycle institute that teaches participants about the fundamentals of bike maintenance and shop operations. Harold then plans to bring such skills back to the newly-created bike room in the Walker Building, conducting bike maintenance and training sessions for the Woodberry and broader local community.
Sebastian Antoine-Pompey ‘22 will interview various African American leaders from across sectors and industries, including Woodberry alumni, to gain a deeper understanding of the black experience and history. The knowledge Sebastian gains will be used to inform and advance Woodberry’s ongoing efforts to be a more inclusive community.
Drew Lytle ’22 will be fulfilling a service project that he was unable to complete in the summer of 2020. Working with the nonprofit D-UP in High Point, North Carolina, Drew will donate twenty bicycles to children and lead bike safety workshops and rides.
Sarah Graham Kenan Arts Fellowship
Tom Kenan ’55 established this endowment to support summer artistic studies for Woodberry students. Mr. Kenan was inspired to establish this fund in honor of his great-aunt, Sarah Graham Kenan, a musician and passionate lifelong supporter of the arts. Mr. Kenan has
the same passion and interest.
Isaac James ’23 plans to participate in a three-week intensive advanced drawing program at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp in Michigan. His work will focus on a Renaissance-inspired approach to studying and drawing sacred iconography.
Jordan Manor ’22 will participate in the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s summer music camp, specifically playing violin in the program’s senior orchestra.
Summer Expedition Program
The Summer Expedition Program is available to students interested in making a positive leadership contribution to the outdoor education program at Woodberry Forest.
Michael Witt ’23 will be participating in a three-week intensive wilderness expedition through the Wind River Range in Wyoming with the National Outdoor Leadership School. He will be traveling on horseback and will be supplementing the expedition food with the fly fishing the group will be able to pursue throughout the trip. Michael will use this experience to grow as a leader in the outdoor program and at Woodberry overall.
Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.
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