BOONE, N.C. —
The Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships (NCS), a division of University College at Appalachian State University, pronounces 4 Appalachian seniors have been offered the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to look overseas at some stage in the 2019–20 educational year.
Scholarship recipients Raine Lo, from the College of Arts and Sciences, Javon Nathaniel, a student within the Walker College of Business, and Kevin Garcia Bautista and Sara Sallam, college students within the College of Fine and Applied Arts, are amongst 912 undergraduate students from 345 schools to receive the prestigious Gilman Scholarship.
The Gilman International Scholarship Program — funded with the aid of the U.S. Department of State in honor of the late Benjamin A. Gilman, a former U.S. Rep. From New York — will increase the wide variety of students who examine or intern overseas by way of providing a financial guide to undergraduates who could not otherwise afford to tour across the world. The scholarship makes it possible for recipients to revel in worldwide cultures and to learn languages in their preference.
Each Gilman Scholar receives up to $5,000 in funding to take a look at or intern abroad. Applicants who intend to examine a vital need language whilst overseas can follow for a supplemental Gilman Critical Need Language Award of as much as $3,000, for a blended scholarship overall of up to $8,000.
Since its inception in 2001, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship has supplied investment for 28,000 award recipients from 1,324 U.S. Establishments to have a look at or intern in 149 nations.
Gilman encourages programs from first-technology university students, college students in technological know-how, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, ethnic minorities, college students with disabilities, the ones inside the military, college students attending community colleges, and minority-serving institutions, and any scholar interested by touring overseas.
About Nationally Competitive Scholarships
Nationally Competitive Scholarships (NCS) works with the Appalachian community to recruit and assist college students for nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships, along with those who guide studies, teaching, and essential language gaining knowledge. This is done with outreach, mentorship, and advising at some stage in the entire application and choice process. NCS is committed to helping undergraduate and graduates college students locate methods to attach their Appalachian training to their destiny endeavors through scholarship opportunities.
About University College
Formed in 2007, University College includes the university’s wellknown schooling software, college and pupil assist, and co-curricular programming and support – all designed to support students’ work each inside and outside the study room. All college students at Appalachian begin their training in University College and advantage from its packages till they graduate.
About the College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences is home to sixteen academic departments, one stand-by myself educational software, two centers, and one residential college. These gadgets span the humanities and the social, mathematical, and herbal sciences. The College of Arts and Sciences objectives to develop a exceptional identity built upon our college’s strengths, traditions, and particular region. The college’s values lie not handiest in service to the university and neighborhood network, however thru inspiring, training, teaching, and maintaining the improvement of its college students as international citizens. There are approximately 6 hundred pupil majors inside the college. As the university is also in large part liable for imposing Appalachian’s widespread schooling curriculum, it is closely worried about the training of all students at the college, inclusive of those pursuing majors in other schools.
About the College of Fine and Applied Arts
Appalachian State University’s College of Fine and Applied Arts is a dynamic and progressive organization of seven academic departments, bringing together a spread of views, reviews, and real-international schooling to provide precise opportunities for scholar success. The university has more than three,000 undergraduate and graduate majors. Its departments are Applied Design, Art, Communication, Military Science and Leadership, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, and Theatre and Dance.
