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Kameelah
Rasheed '06 lands two big scholarships after whirlwind
trip.
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Studying abroad in South Africa, Kameelah Rasheed '06 flew
from Cape Town to New York for an interview for a
Rockefeller Brothers Fellowship. Then, after spending a
night in the Big Apple, she got on a plane for England to
meet the deadline to interview for the prestigious Truman
Scholarship.
All this jet-setting exhausted Rasheed, but her passion and
dedication must have come through nonetheless. Rasheed wound
up winning both scholarships.
"She very energetic," says Paula Goldsmid, the graduate
fellowships coordinator who helped arrange the travel.
"She's very lively ... She's just very passionate about what
she wants to do with her life."
Rasheed, who grew up in the Bay Area, plans to use the
scholarships to pursue a masters degree in education with a
teaching credential so she can teach in underserved schools
and youth prisons. Later she plans to pursue her doctoral
degree, preparing her for non-profit work focused on
"prioritizing community-based crime deterrence methods in
our juvenile justice system."
She is majoring in public policy analysis with a
concentration in Africa/African
Diaspora. In South Africa, she is taking courses in
sociology/diversity studies, African
studies, Arabic and criminology. She is involved with the
University of Cape Town’s Treatment Action Committee, which
tries to encourage the South African government to roll out
antiretroviral AIDS treatment and works to create awareness
about HIV prevention. She is training to conduct workshops
in prisons about AIDS, HIV and treatment.
Rasheed was selected as one of 75 Truman Scholars from among
602 candidates nominated by 299 colleges and universities.
Truman Scholarships provide $30,000 for graduate study.
Scholars also receive priority admission and supplemental
financial aid at some premier graduate institutions,
leadership training, career and graduate school counseling,
and special internship opportunities within the federal
government.
She is one of 25 winners of Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Fellowships for Students of Color Entering the Teaching
Professions. Fellows receive $12,000 for one year or $16,000
for two years of full-time study in master’s level programs
in teacher education or a related field.
Rasheed found out about winning the two scholarships after
waiting in a long line to check her e-mail at the University
of Cape Town’s upper campus. When she finally logged on, she
noticed an e-mail from Pomona College President David Oxtoby
with the subject line “Congratulations.” Confused as to why
President Oxtoby would send such an e-mail, she held off on
opening it. Then she noticed another e-mail that said
"Welcome, Truman 2005." "I closed the e-mail and reopened
the e-mail to make sure I wasn’t imagining this,'' writes
Rasheed. "Then I opened the e-mail from President Oxtoby and
everything made sense.''
She scrolled down to see the rest of her e-mail and
discovered more good news. She'd won the Rockefeller
Brothers Fund award as well.
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