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Congratulations to our Spring 2013 Selected Recipients!

The Gilman Scholarship Program is proud to announce the Spring 2013 awards offered. All applicants were notified via email of their status on 11/29/12. If you have any questions regarding your status, please contact us.

Gilman Spring 2013 Awards Offered (131 KB, PDF)
Resources for Current Recipients 

Gilman Celebrates 10th Anniversary!

The Gilman Scholarship Program recently celebrated ten years of helping 10,000 undergraduate students from all 50 U.S. states to study abroad.

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Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary 
     (source: Institute of International Education)
Gilman International Scholarship Program Marks First Decade 
     (source: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)

NWC's First Gilman Scholarship Recipients
2012 

Juniors Mai Kia Thao and Yana Lenta, and senior Miriam Navamanie are Northwestern’s first recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a $3,000 grant allowing them to join 16 other students on Wednesday for a two-month internship tour of Southeast Asia.

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Source Northwestern College


15 Students Awarded Gilman Scholarships for Study Abroad
October 3, 2012

Fifteen students are studying abroad this fall with Gilman Scholarships in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. These results place UMass Amherst fourth in the U.S. behind the University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco State and University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Source University of Massachusetts Amherst


Zoology Student Awarded Prestigious Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad in Tanzania
September 12, 2012

Observing baboons in their West African habitat, participating in game drives in the Serengeti National Park and abiding by a 6 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew due to hyena sightings were all in a summer's work for Western Illinois University student Kelsey Coltrane-Reeb. The senior zoology major from Woodstock (IL) spent part of her time away from Western this summer learning at a study abroad program camp in Tanzania, Africa.

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Source Western Illinois University


Tips for Financing Study Abroad
August 15, 2012

Spending a semester in Paris, London or Milan provides learning adventures and experience living in a different culture, but studying abroad comes at a hefty cost and often delays graduating on time if not planned carefully. A fall 2011 online survey conducted by the Institute of International Education in cooperation with the Forum on Education Abroad showed that more than 53% of responding campuses said they had seen an increase in the number of students studying abroad in the 2010-2011 school year compared to the previous year.

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Source Fox Business


Gilman Scholarship Gives CSU Dominguez Hills Students Chance to Study Abroad
July 17, 2012

This year, Kristina (Kris) Hale and Carlos Giron are expanding their world view, literally. The juniors from California State University, Dominguez Hills have been named 2012-13 recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a competitive grant program through the U.S. State Department that aims to make it financially easier for undergraduates to afford the opportunity to study abroad either for a summer, semester, or year. 

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Source California State University - Dominguez Hills


Miners Earn Opportunity for International Study
July 3, 2012

An inherent interest in how things work and a willingness to seek out academic opportunities has earned a UTEP student a ticket to study engineering and culture in a foreign land during the fall 2012 semester. Jesus Trillo, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, was one of three students from The University of Texas at El Paso selected by the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program to study abroad. The others are Paola Lujan, a junior double majoring in philosophy and British and American literature; and Dafne Elizondo, a junior communication major.

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Source University of Texas at El Paso


Gilman Scholars Will Travel to Italy, Japan, China, England and Argentina This Fall 2012
2012

Five UTSA students are among the fall 2012 scholarship awardees of the nationally competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program. "We're thrilled that our students will be able to study abroad this fall with the help of the Gilman program," said Kim Diehl de Yanes, director of Education Abroad Services in the UTSA Office of International Programs. "These students understand the value of gaining experience studying in a foreign country, and they worked hard to make it happen."

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Source UTSA International Gateway


Four Claflin University Students Selected for Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad
June 12, 2012

A quartet of Claflin University students will literally be going places this summer because they were selected as Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipients. Krystal Bowser, Audriana Whiteside, Elisha Owens and Dania Childress all received Gilman Scholarships ranging from $3,500 to $4,500 to study abroad this year.

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Source Claflin University


CI Student Wins National Scholarship to Study in South Korea
May 15, 2012

CSU Channel Islands (CI) junior Gardy Borromeo will head to South Korea’s Yonsei University this summer on a competitive $4,500 scholarship awarded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. 

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Source Ventura County Star

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