Wren Elhai was recently awarded the prestigious Watson Fellowship after being one of four students nominated by Swarthmore for the prize. With the fellowship, he plans to spend a year traveling throughout the world studying vocal traditions that use the voice as an imitative instrument. Elhai sat down with the Gazette to discuss the fellowship, his project, and what he plans to do next.
Daily Gazette: What is the Watson Fellowship?
Wren Elhai: The Watson Fellowship is a $25,000 travel grant that is given to 50 graduating seniors at a certain number of schools. It's designed to let people who have some potential for leadership and do interesting things go out and see the world, see what's out there. Generally, you pick a project that isn't related to something you would end up making into a career. So for example, I'm a poli-sci major, and I'm doing a music related project.
