The Rhodes Trust has moved to a worldwide online application process this year. Applicants from the United States should refer to the guidance provided herein and on The Rhodes Trust website, www.rhodestrust.org, including the United States Memorandum of Regulations and Notes of Guidance for U. S. applicants. A more detailed Notes of Guidance document, with screenshots and instructional narrative for use by U.S. applicants and campus representatives, may also be found at the link below. Both sites include links to the online application.
The United States Memorandum of Regulations contains a list of the U.S. district secretaries for the 2009 competition, their contact information, and their respective jurisdictions. There has been some redistricting this year, including a split in California due to the increasing number of applications received in recent years. Please take special note. Applicants applying from California-North in District 15 or California-South in District 16 will still be recognized as having applied from the state of California for purposes of the Rhodes Scholarship.
For those for whom Oxford University requires fees in a fourth year for the completion of a doctorate, and when no other external funding is available, the Trustees, at their discretion and when progress is deemed satisfactory, will provide University and college fees for that fourth year, but not a maintenance stipend. However, the Trustees will not provide fourth-year fees in either the Division of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences or the Division of Medical Sciences as Scholars may enter directly to work for a doctorate in these divisions in three years. Scholars applying for a master's degree in one of these two science divisions should not, therefore, expect to be able to use the scholarship to go on to a doctorate. The Oxford MBA and Master in Financial Economics (MFE) remain available to Rhodes Scholars in their second year only.
The application deadline for U.S. applicants is Monday, October 5, 2009. It is expected that all applications will be submitted online, and any application received after October 5 will not be accepted. Institutional endorsements and letters of reference should be received no later than Tuesday, October 13, 2009, also through the online process.
Elections will be held on Friday and Saturday, November 20 and 21, 2009, in cities representative of the 16 United States districts. Candidates will be notified as early as possible regarding invitations to interviews, and in no case less than one week prior to the competition, and must pay their own expenses in appearing before Committees of Selection. Thirty-two U.S. winners will be announced at the conclusion of the interviews on November 21.
A brochure, Oxford and the Rhodes Scholarships, and a document of frequently asked questions is also available at this site. For questions not addressed herein, or for specific concerns, please direct your inquiry to admin@rhodesscholar.org. Campus representatives may also use this email address to advise the American Secretary's office of updates in contact information.
The Rhodes Trustees reserve the right to make changes in degree eligibility, funding, and other aspects of the Scholarship program at any time.
| University | Name | Address |
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Biola University | Edward Klink | 13800 Biola Ave. |
Caifornia State University, East Bay | 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard | |
Cal. State Univ., Los Angeles |
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California Inst. of the Arts | Wilhelmine Schaefer |
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California Institute of Technology | Lauren Stolper | Mail Code 319-87 |
California Lutheran University |
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California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo | 1 Grand Avenue | |
California State Polytechnic University | Suketu Bhavsar | 3801 West Temple Avenue |
California State University | Ron Radney | 9001 Stockdale Highway |
California State University | James R. Mettler | Office of the President |
California State University | Monica Freeman | Global Education |
California State University | Chuck Radke | 5241 N. Maple Avenue, TA 51 |
California State University | Vicki Golich |
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California State University | Larry Gray |
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California State University, Hayward | Ray Wallace | Center for International Education (SSH 1325) |
California State University, Long Beach | Linda Olson-Levy |
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Chapman University | Barbara Gooden Mulch | 333 North Glassell St |
Claremont McKenna College | Lisa Forman Cody |
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Dominican College |
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Harvey Mudd College | Thomas Helliwell | 301 Platt Boulevard |
Humboldt State University | 1 Harpst Street | |
Institute of International Education | West Coast Region | |
La Verne University | John Gingrich |
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Loyola Marymount University | Theresia de Vroom | Foley Room 312 |
Menlo College | R. Eugene Bales |
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Mills College | Mary-Ann Milford | Art History Department |
Mount St. Mary's College | Frederick Simonelli |
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Occidental College | Morgan Pitelka | Swan S115 |
Pacific Union College | One Angwin Avenue | |
Pepperdine University | Rick Marrs | 24255 Pacific Coast Highway |
Pitzer College | Nigel Boyle |
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Point Loma Nazarene College |
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Pomona College | Paula L. Goldsmid | 170 E. Sixth Street, #148 |
Saint Mary's College of CA | Brendan Madden | PO Box 3421 |
San Diego State University | Patti Scott | 5500 Campanile Drive |
San Francisco State University | Joy Viveros | ADMIN 227 |
San Jose State University | Robert Carolin | Admininstration Bldg., Room 223 |
Santa Clara University | William S. Greenwalt | 500 El Camino Real |
Scripps College | Thierry Boucquey | 1030 Columbia Avenue |
Stanford University | John Pearson | 450 Serra Mall |
U.S. International University | 10455 Pomerado Rd. | |
University of California, Berkeley | Alicia Hayes | Scholarship Connection |
University of California, Davis | Mark Foncannon | 585 Kerr Hall |
University of California, Irvine | Rebecca Harris | 1200 Student Services II |
University of California, Los Angeles | G. Jennifer Wilson | A311 Murphy Hall |
University of California, Riverside | Christopher Chase-Dunn | Distinguished Professor ofScoiology |
University of California, San Diego | Ross Frank | 9500 Gilman Drive |
University of California, Santa Barbara | Allan Stewart-Oaten | College of Letters and Science |
University of California, Santa Cruz | Peter Young | 1156 High Street |
University of Judaism |
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University of Redlands | Jack Osborn | PO Box 3080 |
University of San Diego |
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University of San Francisco | Stanley Nel | Lone Mountain Main, Room 242 |
University of Southern California | Bryce Nelson | Annenberg School of Journalism |
University of the Pacific | Gregg Camfield | 3601 Pacific Avenue |
Whittier College | Joseph Warren Dmohowski | Wardman Library |
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