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Master's
candidate wins 2005 Gates Cambridge Scholarship
By Maureen McKew
In October 2005 the fifth annual contingent of new
Gates Scholars, selected from countries around the world, will begin their
graduate studies at the University of Cambridge, England. The 38 successful
candidates from the U.S. who have been offered Gates Cambridge Scholarships
include Daniel DiCenso, from Philadelphia, a master’s candidate in
Villanova’s classical studies department, who will study for a doctorate in
music at Cambridge. He is the second Villanovan to win this award since the
start of the scholarship program in 2001. He anticipates receiving his
master’s degree from the University this summer. In addition to studying for
his degree, DiCenso teaches English and Latin at Lenape Regional High School
District, Shamong, N.J.
After completing an undergraduate degree in music from
the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., DiCenso earned two
master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania: the first in education
(2001) and the second in music (2002).
At Cambridge, he plans to study for a doctorate in
music, continuing his exploration of chant, focusing on the Carolingian era,
when efforts to impart a sense of imperial unity impacted indigenous local
cultural practices such as chant.
In October
2000, the
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation of Seattle, Washington, USA announced a donation to
the University of Cambridge of $210 million to establish the Gates Cambridge
Trust. According to the foundation, this benefaction creates in perpetuity
an international scholarship program to enable outstanding graduate students
from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. The
trustees are required to award scholarships on the basis of a person's
intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge
to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their
communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of
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