Cordelia Van der Veer was one of 20 rising seniors across the country to be awarded the Beinecke Scholarship. The Beinecke Scholarship program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of their graduate course of study. To meet its mission, the scholarship provides up to $35,000 toward graduate funding for students intending to pursue a terminal degree in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.