Romeo Dallaire Award Fund

The Romeo Dallaire Award Fund provides full tuition, books and living expenses for qualified sub-Saharan African students wishing to study the English language at Lewis & Clark College for one academic year. Students will enroll in classes with students from around the world at the Academic English Studies program.

Clarisse Mukamukiza is the fourth Romeo Dallaire Scholarship recipient. She was born in Kigali, Rwanda and is a Genocide survivor.  In 2000, she received a degree in Nursing from the School of Nursing Sciences in Rwamagana. In 2006, she received her Bachelor's degree in Sociology at Kigali Independent University.  As an active member of the Student Genocide Survivor Association, she counseled others suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.  Prior to beginning her year of study at Lewis & Clark College, Clarisse worked as a nurse involved in public health education for HIV/AIDS prevention.  Because Rwanda is now an active member of the East African Community (EAC), Clarisse has had the opportunity to participate in many conferences and symposia. One of her goals includes learning English in order to better understand representatives from member countries and communities, as well as to be able to offer her own contributions. Clarisse hopes to complete her Master's in Public Health at the National University of Rwanda, School of Public Health when she returns to Rwanda and to continue her work with genocide survivors.

How You Can Help

Many students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends are committed to the Romeo Dallaire Award Fund. The primary goal is to permanently endow a scholarship that will provide for one African student to study English at Lewis & Clark for one academic year; an endowment of $200,000 will accomplish this.

Since tuition and residence hall accomodations will be waived by Lewis & Clark and Bon Appetit food services has generously offered a meal plan -- 100% of donations to this scholarship will be used to cover transportation, books and supplies for the student.

To make a gift, please give online or contact:

Rebecca Holt '01
Senior Development Officer
503-768-7943
rebeccah@lclark.edu

Advisory Committee:

Mark Duntley
Michael Ford
Joann Geddes
Karena Norton '09
Rich Peck, Chair
Dell Smith
Hailey Parsons '09
John Krussel

Ex Officio Members:

Alina Dumitrasc '06
Michael Graham '06
Leah Hazard '07
Ashley Smith '06