THE FELLOWS - Jefferson Scholars Foundation

the fellowsAlex DouglasForrestDarden Foundation FellowDarden School of BusinessMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology (B.S.)Stanardsville, VirginiaAlex is an active member of theFinance Club and the HispanicAmerican Network at Darden.This past year, he and another Darden student successfully launcheda “High School Interview and Career Counseling Workshop” that broughtapproximately 40 local high school students to Darden for a day of mockinterviews and career-related discussions. They hope to make this into anannual event. After completing the first year of business school, Alex willspend his summer in New York City, interning at Rothschild, a privatelyowned investment bank.Jack ClarkHerndon IIIJohn L. Colley Jr. FellowDarden School of BusinessUniversity of Virginia (B.S.)Nashville, TennesseeClark and his wife Becca welcomed anew addition to the family, IsabelleGrace Herndon, born 1-1-10. Clarkjust finished his first year at Darden asa Jefferson Fellow, and is interning over the summer with Friend’s Life (www.friendslife.org), a small non-profit in Nashville, Tennessee. During his secondyear at Darden, Clark will serve as the President of the Raven Society, and as asecond year partner for the Community Consultants of Darden. He will returnto Bain & Company in Atlanta full-time in the fall of 2011.GabrielleKathryn LeeMillerD.N. BattenFoundation FellowDepartment of SpanishUniversity of Notre Dame (B.A.)Vienna, VirginiaGaby continues to prepare for hermasters comps, which will take placein spring 2011. After tutoring student athletes throughout the 2009-10academic year, she now looks forward to teaching Spanish classes toundergraduates in the fall. Gaby will spend the summer in Valencia, Spain, inorder to receive a Celta certification to teach English as a foreign language.Sarah AnneO’HalloranEdgar Shannon FellowDepartment of MusicUniversity College Cork (B.A.)(M.Phil.)Queens University (M.A.)Tralee, IrelandSarah O’Halloran is a composer,currently concentrating on integratingdramatic and theatrical elements with her musical practice. Her main teacherthis year was Matthew Burtner. Before joining U.Va., Sarah was a residentartist at Atlantic Centre for the Arts, Florida, in a residency led by composerMark Applebaum. Last fall, she studied creative writing and performancewith playwright Heather Woodbury in New York. Sarah is the adjudicationpanel chair for the installation category of International Computer MusicConference. Her piece Cat House was selected for the conference and wasperformed by the composer at the Miller Theatre, Columbia University, inJune 2010. Sarah was also involved in collaboration with Justin Paxton, anundergraduate choreographer, for the Spring Dance Concert. The Departmentof Music’s Digitalis concert included her first piece for laptop ensemble,which was played by more than 200 performers. Sarah is also a memberof the 2010-11 Music Arts Board. She will spend part of the summer in hernative Ireland working on a dramatic musical piece based on the Selkiemyths of Ireland and Scotland. She will also be filming interviews for a musicand video piece on St Finan’s Hospital.131