When Jenny was in college, she did not apply for any of the nationally competitive awards. In fact she didn’t even know of their existence.

It so happened that Jenny discovered Fellowship Advising, after she graduated with her PhD. She really liked working with college students, helping them with their writing, and helping develop their goals.

In this podcast, Jenny Hyest shares her background, her role as Director, the various Awards, The Importance of Awards, How they help students apply, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with her:

• Jenny Hyest’s Background
• Nationally Competitive Awards’ Office
• How to Apply?
• Advice for High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Director Jenny Hyest, University of Cincinnati [0:46]
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [2:00]
• Professional Background [4:48]
• Coming to U of Cincinnati [8:48]
• Awards Office Role [13:17]
• Why is the Awards Office Important? [15:50]
• Types of Awards [18:05]
• Fulbright Scholarship [22:56]
• Goldwater Scholarship [25:25]
• Applying for Truman Scholarship [26:27]
• Helping Students Apply [29:32]
• Awards Office Student Outreach [33:19]
• How Students Apply? [35:26]
• Application Trends [38:52]
• Advice for High Schoolers [40:36]

Our Guest: Jenny Hyest is the Director of the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards at the University of Cincinnati. Director Hyest earned her PhD in English from Lehigh University.

Memorable Quote: “...the last piece of advice that I would give is to embrace the fellowship, the world of fellowships, as an important part of your college experience, and not just something that is kind of tangentially related to it. Because I think I mentioned this before, but I think a great way to use these scholarships is, they can make things that hadn't even been imaginable before, put them in the realm of possibility.” Jenny Hyest.

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