(AGENPARL) – HAMMOND ven 28 aprile 2023

Maddie Clarkson, a third-year Integrative Human Health major, remembers when she first received notice she was awarded a competitive Gilman scholarship.

“I was in class, I was sweating, and I was making audible noises and classmates were looking at me,” she said. “I was trying to screenshot it and send it to my family.”

The scholarship will help fund her summer study abroad plans to attend Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, where she will take interdisciplinary courses June through August.

Benjamin A. Gilman scholarships are offered by the U.S. Department of State to provide study abroad opportunities for select undergraduate students. According to the program’s mission, it develops American leaders representing the U.S.’ diversity to build networks and skills internationally, expand the U.S. student population that studies and interns abroad, and broadens the destinations where U.S. students study or intern abroad. Awards help defray costs of program tuition, room and board, books, local transportation, airfare and more.

Gilman scholarship awards are highly competitive, with a 1 in 4 chance of being selected, according to the program’s website.

“The Gilman Scholarship is a highly prestigious national award,” said Meg Rincker, professor of Political Science, who worked with Clarkson on her application during her appointment as interim associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs in fall 2022.

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