STUDY ABROAD NEWS

Meet USC’s 2007-2008 National Security Education Program Boren Scholarship Honorees

The National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Scholarships are highly competitive, merit-based scholarships designed to support U.S. undergraduates who will pursue the study of languages and cultures currently underrepresented in study abroad and critical to U.S. national security. 

Matthew Cox, a sophomore International Studies major and Russian and Linguistics minor, has been awarded an NSEP scholarship to study Georgian language and culture for the 2007-08 academic year. He will be studying in Tbilisi, Georgia on the Eurasian Regional Language program sponsored by the American Councils for International Education. Cox is active as the Vice President of the Professional Society of International Studies, a member of the Russian Table and Students Defending Democracy. Cox is preparing for a career in the Foreign Service.

Ashley Palm, a senior double majoring in international studies and French, has received an NSEP award to study at the American University in Cairo for the 2007-2008 academic year. She will be enrolling for the intensive Arabic language program at the American University in Cairo. Palm has previously studied abroad in Paris, France for an academic year and was able to travel to Morocco during that time. Ultimately, Palm would like to apply to the Peace Corps in an Arabic-speaking country in northern Africa and then pursue a career in International Development.

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships and Freeman-ASIA Awards

These two scholarships are sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. These highly competitive, need- and merit-based scholarships provide awards for U.S. undergraduate students to participate in study abroad programs. Students study all over the world through the benefit of the Gilman scholarship, though preference is given to unique locations. Freeman-ASIA awards are limited to study abroad in the Far East and South East Asia and awarded in the interest of supporting and fostering greater cultural exchange between US students and the citizens of those nations.

Spring 2008 Freeman-ASIA Award

Sarah Day, China

Jennika McClean, Japan

Fall 2007 Freeman-ASIA Award

Stephen Wright, China

Academic Year 2007-2008 Freeman-ASIA Award

Chris Adcock, Japan

Jeremy May, Japan (alternate)

Spring 2008 Gilman Award

Amy Dienger, Uganda

Bridging Scholarships

The Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ) awards competitive, merit-based scholarships to assist students with the travel and living expenses they will incur while studying abroad in Japan. Undergraduate students of all majors are eligible to apply. Applicants are not required to have any prior knowledge of the Japanese language. 

Bede Obasi-Japan, Fall 2007

Affiliate Program Provider Scholarships

Every semester USC, in conjunction with affiliated study abroad program providers, offer dozens of study abroad scholarships to qualified USC students. Below are the awards issued during the 2007-2008 academic year.

   Academic Programs International (API)
   Kathryn Hamilton-France, Spring 2008

   Laura Lamb-France, Spring 2008

   Charles Scogna-Italy, Spring 2008

   Academic Studies Abroad (ASA)
   Tara Meisner – Spain, Fall 07

   Brittany Prioleau – Spain, Fall 07

   Julia Canter-Spain, Spring 2008

   Lauren Miranda-France, Spring 2008

 

   American Intercontinental University

   Kathleen Gardner-England, Spring 2008

   Arcadia University
   Allison Bowman-England, Spring 2008

   AustraLearn
   Amy Anderson – Australia, Fall 07

   Bethany Adams-Australia, Spring 2008

   Emily Kasl-Australia, Spring 2008

   Center for International Studies
   Casey Carter-Italy, Spring 2008

   Study Abroad Italy
   Alyson Murphy-Italy, Spring 2008

   Kaitlyn Simonetti-Italy, Spring 2008

Program Provider Scholarships

Along with affiliate scholarships, many program providers also offer scholarships directly to qualified students. Below are the awards issued during the 2008 spring semester.

AustraLearn

Jennifer Bishop-Australia, Spring 2008

Ashley Hartman-Australia, Spring 2008

Christine Lavery-Australia, Spring 2008

Cultural Experiences Abroad

Jameison Hardee-France, Spring 2008

International Studies Abroad

Andrea Solorzano-Italy, Spring 2008

USC Awarded Study Abroad Scholarships

Every year USC awards scholarships to select groups of students who have shown outstanding academic achievement and promise.  Passport Travel Grants are competitive scholarships for which Capstone Scholars and a subset of honors students are eligible to apply.

Summer 2008 Travel Grant Recipients

USC Student Karina Amin-Salehi Chosen for Internship with the Online Newsmagazine Cafe Abroad

Karina Amin-Salehi, a University of South Carolina student majoring in English, has been chosen for an internship with Cafe Abroad magazine while she studies at the Sciences Po University in Poitiers, France this Spring 2008. Karina is no stranger to international experience, having completed another USC exchange program in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the University of Palermo this past fall. Karina will have the opportunity to write about her experiences for a quarterly column in the magazine. We hope to hear from you soon Karina!

Cafe Abroad is a student-driven enterprise that comprises a weekly online newsmagazine, a quarterly print publication distributed to more than 300 study abroad offices, and a global community of thousands of study abroad students. Currently, the web site features hundreds of articles, photographs, reviews and events written by and for study abroad students living in 400 cites, worldwide. Each day, the resource grows as more students explore their cities and share what they learn on www.cafeabroad.com

The Study Abroad Office Wants You to Hop on the V.A.N.!

More than 100 USC students who have studied abroad are participating in the new Virtual Advising Network (V.A.N.) program which helps prospective study abroad participants get in contact with fellow gamecocks who have recently returned from studying overseas.

These study abroad returnees have volunteered to act as guides, sharing what life studying and living abroad is like for an American student. V.A.N. Guides have surfed off the coast of Australia, ridden camels across the desert, sat atop the Great Wall, walked through the world’s imperial palaces and embarked on countless other adventures. Contact them to ask them about the favorite places that they visited, tips on adjusting to life overseas, and how they successfully transitioned from attending courses at USC to taking classes overseas.

Click here to hop on the V.A.N. and ask a guide questions about studying, traveling, living and having fun overseas.