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Inaugural Givens Fellows Elizabeth Kovar and Martina Hanulova (middle left and right) met Dr. Chris (left) and Ellen Dalton, founders of the fellowship, at a recent luncheon.

Elizabeth Kovar and Martina Hanulova are BGSU students with a passion for peace.

Kovar believes in the inner mental and spiritual, as well as physical, benefits of yoga, and would like to teach it to others. Hanulova’s interest in peace is evident in her plans beyond BGSU: “My highest goal is to work for the United Nations.”

Both students have a new avenue to follow their dreams as the first recipients of a Stuart R. Givens Memorial Fellowship. Chosen from among eight applicants, Kovar and Hanulova will each receive $6,000, with which Kovar will train in India to become an Ashtanga yoga instructor and Hanulova will travel to Ghana to work in a Liberian refugee camp.

Dr. Chris and Ellen Dalton created the fellowship, named for the longtime BGSU history professor and University historian. Each year, the program will allow one or two undergraduates to pursue an intense interest in a self-designed experience not possible in a traditional classroom or even study abroad.
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