Five 内布拉斯加州卫斯理大学 students have each been awarded the Benjamin A. 吉尔曼国际奖学金. The award will send each student overseas during the 2012-2013 academic year.
Tram Kieu of Lincoln, Morgan McKinley of Omaha, Carol Ready of Scribner, Leron West of St. 路易斯,莫., 还有埃尔帕索的贝拉斯克斯, 德州, were each awarded the highly competitive national scholarship. The award assists with study abroad expenses.
Kieu is a senior global studies major. She will spend the fall semester at Thammasat University in Thailand where she will study Thai language, 国际政治, 以及对外关系. 在泰国的时候, Kieu plans to establish a pen pal program between Thammasat University students and a Lincoln Buddhist youth group. She hopes to one day be a Foreign Service officer specializing in the Southeast Asia region.
Ready is a junior Spanish and communication major who will spend the 2012-2013 academic year in Spain. While there she will study translation, interpretation, linguistics and history. Ready spent six weeks last summer in Alicante, Spain, for an intensive Spanish language program. She hopes to become a Spanish professor.
West is a senior anthropology/sociology major. He will spend the fall semester at the University of Botswana studying anthropology, 历史与刑事司法. 在博茨瓦纳, West plans to volunteer at orphanages and become involved in the university’s dance troop.
Velazquez will spend a year Morocco. The junior French and global studies major will study French and Arabic, 中东历史, 欧洲经济, 和电影. He chose to study in Morocco for the opportunity to study two languages. Velazquez hopes to one day work for an American embassy abroad.
McKinley is a junior sociology/anthropology and Spanish major. She has been awarded a Gilman Scholarship to Argentina. McKinley is interested in Latin American cultures and plan to pursue a career as a cultural anthropologist.
Gilman scholars are required to carry out a service project that promotes international education and the Gilman Scholarship Program.
内布拉斯加州卫斯理大学 students have won a total of 25 Gilman 奖学金 since the award was created in 2001.