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Jeanelle Wheeler
PRESS
Boston Globe
Providence, RI
2025
Rhode Island Current
Providence, RI
2025
The Providence Eye
Providence, RI
2025
Warwick, RI
2025
Pax Christi Massachusetts
Dedham, Massachusetts
2024
Agape Community
Hardwick, MA
2024
Montclair State University
Montclair, New Jersey
2024
Massachusetts Peace Action
Agape Community
Hardwick, Massachusetts
2020
For third year running, Brown is nation's top Fulbright-producing university
Brown University
Providence, RI
2018
TEDx Auburn Middle School
Auburn, MA
2013
ACTV Auburn
Auburn, MA
2013
Worcester Telegram and Gazette
Worcester, MA
2012
AWARDS
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Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Recognized for twenty-three different writing submissions in various genres at the state and national level, including works in journalism, short story, flash fiction, humor, poetry, persuasive essay, and personal essay/memoir.) The national awards ceremony takes place each year at Carnegie Hall in New York City, followed by a series of writing workshops with writers and artists from around the country
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Girl Scout Gold Award Recognized with highest award in Girl Scouts for my community work of reading my children's book to local schools and libraries while facilitating discussions on prejudice and discrimination
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National Peace Essay Contest First place state winner for essay on gender and peacebuilding. Received $1,000 scholarship and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington D.C. to participate in a five-day international diplomacy program
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Phi Beta Kappa Elected to membership in the oldest and most prestigious academic honors organization in the nation
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Alfred H Joslin Award for Student Leadership "The Joslin Awards recognize a small group of seniors who have contributed in a very significant way to the quality of student life at Brown. Award winners generally demonstrate a wide breadth of involvement during their campus years as well as substantial depth in one or more areas. ... [giving] opportunities for involvement to their peers, thus enhancing the learning environment for all students"
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1st Place National Winner: "Change Our World Essay Contest" Received $1,500 and all-expense-paid trip to Denver, CO to Amnesty’s Annual General Meeting and Youth Training to participate in human rights workshops with activists from across the nation
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Youth Peacemaker Award Received recognition for peace activism from the Worcester Center for Nonviolent Solutions and Pax Christi Massachusetts
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Irving Lysander Foster Prize in French
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Greenberg Prize in French Recognized by Brown’s Department of French and Francophone Studies for excelling in French
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Kapstein Interfaith Leadership Award Chosen to receive an award that recognizes, "the energy, insight, imagination, and service of a student in the realm of inter-religious community building and programming."
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Alfred H Joslin Award for Student Leadership Selected to lead the Commencement Procession and serve as a Senior Class Marshall for the Class of 2018​
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Fulbright Grantee Awarded a Fulbright grant to teach English in Vénissieux France​
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Fulbright EU-NATO Grantee Selected to represent Fulbright France in 2019 EU-NATO Seminar in Luxembourg and Brussels​
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