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Hart Feuer ’05 (Portland, Ore.), a double major in economics & business and German, will spend three months conducting research in Siem Reap-Angkor, Cambodia, this summer as one of just five students in the nation chosen as a Center for Khmer Studies Junior Fellow.
The learning experience will include six hours of weekly instruction in the Khmer language, seminars on Khmer history and civilization, field trips in the vicinity of Siem Reap, a study trip in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, and interaction with French and Cambodian Junior Fellows.
A member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, the Center for Khmer Studies introduces undergraduate students to Cambodia and Khmer civilization. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, Junior Fellowships cover round trip airfare from the United States to Cambodia, lodging, tuition, and field trip expenses. Junior fellows also receive allowances for food, local transportation, and books, as well as free access to the Angkor temple historical complex, Internet service, and lecture/presentation facilities.
Feuer intends to spend four years working to address environmental problems in Cambodia directly following graduation from Lafayette, then pursue a master’s degree in international affairs focusing on Southeast Asia and Cambodia. He hopes eventually to coordinate development research and programs in a Southeast Asian country.
Last year, Feuer was one of 80 students nationally to receive a Morris K. Udall Scholarship. Authorized by Congress in 1992 to honor Congressman Morris Udall and his legacy of public service, the Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation awards scholarships of up to $5,000 to juniors and seniors in fields related to the environment, and to Native American and Alaska natives in fields related to health care or tribal policy.
He also was one of two Lafayette finalists in the 2004 Harry S. Truman Scholarship competition.
“What personally inspires me about the academic environment at Lafayette is the availability of potential,” he says. “Incredible research facilities, faculty support, student organizations, and everything else come together to create a campus where you, as a student, can succeed whatever way you want.”
The recipient of Lafayette’s Rexroth Prize for achievement in the study of the German language, Feuer studied last spring in Bonn, Germany, at the Academy for International Education. In extra-curricular involvement with the international environmental movement Attac, he attended bi-weekly discussions, assisted with translation of numerous texts, and helped consult for many programs designated for English-speaking countries.
Feuer is president of Lafayette Environmental Awareness and Protection and treasurer of Hillel Society. He is a member of German Club and Investment Club and a participant in the McKelvy House Scholars Program, which brings together students of high academic achievement and promise to reside in a historic off-campus house and share in intellectual and social activities.
“The outstanding actions of individual members within the faculty is what sets Lafayette apart,” Feuer says. “Faculty who can recognize students who want to do more in and out of the class, allow a trusting and personal relationship to develop between them, and encourage the student through personal involvement and sacrifice boost the success of the school and reap more personal satisfaction from their work.”