Ed Walters Headed to the University of Oxford
HARTFORD, CT — Ed J. Walters, a member of Trinity College’s class of 2008, has been awarded a Clarendon Scholarship by the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Walters, of Concord, Mass., will use the scholarship to earn a M. Sc. (Masters of Science degree) in comparative social policy at Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world and a leader in learning, teaching and research. He spent the 2006-07 academic year at Worcester College at the University of Oxford.
Walters is expected to graduate from Trinity on May 18 with a B.A. in English literature and a GPA of 3.9 out of 4.0. Among the other honors that Walters has received is induction into Phi Beta Kappa, the Ruel Compton Tuttle Prize (given annually to the top two juniors in Trinity’s English Department), and the Erasmus Prize in the Humanities.
He also has participated in many clubs and activities at Trinity, among them the Long-Term Planning Group; the Curriculum Committee; the Academic Affairs Committee; and Habitat for Humanity. He was a senior class senator; a first-year mentor for a Western Philosophy course; a member of the rugby team; and a site captain for Latino Community Services, an HIV/AIDS nonprofit organization in Hartford.
In addition, Walters was a staff writer, opinion editor and senior editor for The Trinity Tripod. He has worked for the William J. Clinton Foundation in Quincy, Mass., for Partners in Health in Boston and for National Public Radio in Boston.
The Clarendon Scholarship is based solely on academic merit and is available to students who live outside the United Kingdom. Most students come from the United States, Australia, Canada and China, although 43 nationalities are represented.
The Clarendon Fund is sponsored by the Oxford University Press, with the first awards being made in 2001. The award covers tuition and fees. Some scholars also receive a grant to cover their living costs. Approximately 100 Clarendon Scholarships are given each year.
There are about 20,000 students at the University of Oxford, of which slightly more than 7,000 are engaged in graduate studies.