Hong Kong, China, skyline.

三个太阳城网赌平台的学生正沉浸在中文的学习中, Russian, and Arabic abroad this summer, through U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships.

获奖者包括莫里西艺术与科学学院2021届的两名成员. Reginald Anadio of Gloversville, NY, an economics major with a Chinese minor, is studying Chinese in Dalian, China; Suzanna Diehl of Watervliet, NY, a chemistry major, is studying Russian in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Megan Richards of Boxford, Mass., 你今年5月毕业于不列颠哥伦比亚省,主修国际太阳城官网,辅修政治学和阿拉伯太阳城官网, is studying Arabic in Meknes, Morocco.

The trio is among approximately 550 competitively selected U.S. college and university students who received CLS awards in 2019. 自2006年以来,总共有23名BC省学生获得了这些奖学金.

Nick Gozik

Nick Gozik (Lee Pellegrini)

Part of a U.S. 政府努力扩大美国人学习和掌握重要外语的人数, 该计划为CLS学者提供了获得关键语言和文化技能的机会,使他们能够为美国社会做出贡献.S. economic competitiveness and national security.

“这些奖学金对于认可和奖励太阳城网赌平台学生的才能至关重要, who will gain so much from their overseas experiences, 以及帮助大学实现其既定目标,即在国外推广不那么传统的语言和地点,” Gozik said. “We are very grateful to the U.S. 感谢国务院,特别是CLS项目,感谢他们对我们学生的持续支持.”

该计划包括强化语言教学和结构化的文化丰富体验,旨在促进快速语言学习. 参与者与寄宿家庭住在一起,并且是CLS项目选择的在国外地点上课的小班的一部分. 在获得奖学金后,学生将继续学习语言,并在未来的职业生涯中运用他们的关键语言技能.

 “CLS项目为学生提供了一个独特的机会,让他们掌握不太常用的语言,但在全球化的世界中,这些语言对美国的国家安全和文化能力至关重要。,政治学实践教授凯瑟琳·贝利说, 他是加贝利总统学者项目的共同主管,也是伊斯兰文明与社会项目的副主任.

 “除了在使用这些语言的国家获得身临其境的体验之外, 学生接触到不同的观念和观点, 通过扩展他们的视野对他们的生活产生持久的影响,” added Bailey, 谁与OIP合作,为学生申请CLS做准备.

“CLS is a highly competitive, first-rate program; BC students who have been selected to participate are outstanding in every way, 并带着进一步了解和了解该地区的新承诺返回.”

今年夏天,还有一些学生在一些项目的支持下出国留学,从著名的国家奖项到太阳城网赌平台奖学金和助学金.

  • Through a David L. Boren Scholarship, rising senior Oliver Mai of Flushing, NY, a mathematics major and ROTC cadet, is studying with CET Academic Programs in Osaka, Japan. The Institute of International Education, on behalf of the National Security Education Program, 向从851名申请者中选出的244名本科生颁发了博仁奖学金. NSEP是一项联邦倡议,其目标是建立一个更广泛、更合格的美国人才库.S. citizens with foreign language and international skills.

    莫里西学院即将升学的大三学生尼古拉斯·罗科兹被选为博伦奖学金候补生.

  • Janasia Little '22 of New Haven, ct是莫里西学院生物学专业的学生,辅修非洲太阳城官网。她通过一个名叫本杰明的学生,在法国参加了由不列颠哥伦比亚省教师领导的暑期项目“黑色巴黎:从感恩到嘻哈”. Gilman International Scholarship. 该奖学金为经济条件有限的学生提供出国学习或实习的机会, 并获得对美国国家安全和经济竞争力至关重要的技能.

  • McGillycuddy-Logue旅游补助金今年夏天将资助40名本科生出国留学. 由OIP的McGillycuddy-Logue本科全球太阳城官网中心颁发, 夏季旅游资助计划为学业优秀的BC省本科生提供太阳城网赌平台经验,否则这些经验将无法获得. 今年秋季,该资助项目将为42名学生提供出国留学的机会.

  • 四名学生通过BC的冯氏学者计划参加了在香港的暑期实习计划, which supports study in Asia, 并根据学术成就、领导才能和潜力来选择受助人, with preference to candidates who focus on language study.今年秋天,六名冯氏学者将参加不列颠哥伦比亚省在亚洲的学习项目.

  • Morrissey College rising senior Kyle Costa of Cincinnati, OH, 正在学习伊斯兰文明与社会和政治学, 正在参加在贝鲁特举行的Al-Jusoor暑期义工及服务计划, Lebanon, through a Mizna Fellowship. Administered jointly by OIP and ICS. the fellowships fund research, language study, internships, and service-learning initiatives throughout the Islamic world.

  • 两名莫里西学院的学生也通过bbc的Omar A. Aggad Travel and Research Fellowships, 旨在扩大对阿拉伯世界以及阿拉伯社会与西方之间关系的理解. Rising junior Czar Sepe, a political science and history major from Parsippany, NJ, has focused his project on the politics and culture of Christianity in Lebanon; rising senior Matthew Aboukhater, 主修国际太阳城官网和经济学,辅修法语和金融 whose family came to the U.S. from Syria, has centered his project on "finding Syria in Lebanon." The fellowships are administered by ICS.

 

Rosanne Pellegrini | University Communications | July 2019