Fall 2007/Academic Year 2007-2008 Application Now Available Online

The Gilman International Scholarship is now accepting applications from students participating in study abroad programs during Fall 2007/ Academic Year 2006-2007. The Gilman Scholarship is open to all U.S. undergraduates, in good academic standing, who meet the criteria listed below:

• The applicant must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application or provide proof that he/she will be receiving a Pell Grant during the term of study abroad. 
• The applicant is applying to or has been accepted into a study abroad program eligible for credit by the student's institution of higher education in the U.S.
• The applicant is studying abroad for at least four weeks in one country.
• The applicant is studying abroad in a country not currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba.
• The applicant is studying on a program that begins between July 15, 2007 and October 15, 2007. The Fall cycle encompasses fall semester, quarter, and academic year programs. January term applicants should apply during the Spring 2008 cycle.

There has never been a better time to apply. More than 800 scholarship will be awarded to students during the 2007-2008 academic year. Award recipients will receive up to $5,000.

New! Gilman Scholarship Promotional Materials

The Gilman Program has a new informational CD with lots of great information, including a PowerPoint presentation, tips for advising, and FAQs, to help you promote the Gilman Scholarship on your campus. Included in the CD is a PowerPoint presentation with prerecorded information on eligibility and how to apply for the Gilman Scholarship. Simply press play on the slideshow and Gilman staff will describe the program requirements and application process to your students and staff. All you have to do is press play and we will do the rest!

Don't forget to restock your office in time for the study abroad fair season with Gilman Brochures and Posters.

To request the new CD, brochures and posters, please send an email to gilman_scholars@iie.org with your mailing address.

Visit the Publicity Page (http://www.iie.org/programs/gilman/advisors/publicity.html) of the Gilman website to download a Gilman flyer. Advisors often utilize this flyer for campus fairs and events where large quantities of handouts may be needed. Some campuses also provide copies of this flyer in application packets or distribute them via email to all Pell grant recipients on campus.

Critical Need Language Supplement

During the 2007-2008 academic year 25 recipients will be eligible to receive a $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement for a total possible award of up to $8,000. Critical Need Languages include:

• Arabic (all dialects)
• Chinese (all dialects)
• Turkic (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgz, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek)
• Persian (Farsi, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajiki)
• Indic (Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Sindhi)
• Korean
• Russian

For more information on the Critical Need Language Supplement click here or visit the Gilman website at www.iie.org/gilman.

The Gilman Scholarship Program encourages advisors to share information about this program with students and faculty at your institution.

Congratulations to the Top 20 Recipient Institutions!

For the 2006-2007 Academic Year the Gilman Program received applications from students at 552 institutions across the country. We would like to thank the all the advisors that certified applications via the online application last cycle.

Congratulations to all of the following institutions for receiving the highest number of Gilman Scholarships during the 2006-2007 Academic Year. The list below includes the institution name and the number of awards made to students from their campus. The Gilman Program would like to thank these institutions for their hard work in promoting the Gilman Scholarship.

• University of California, Berkeley - 16
• The Evergreen State College - 15
• University of California, Los Angeles - 14
• Spelman College - 13
• New York University - 13
• University of California, San Diego - 10
• University of Oregon - 10
• University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras - 10
• University of Texas, Austin - 9
• Barnard College - 9
• St. Edwards University - 8
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - 8
• University of California, Riverside - 8
• University of South Carolina, Columbia - 8
• University of Wisconsin, Madison - 8
• Macalester College - 8
• University of Georgia - 7
• Central Michigan University - 7
• Temple University - 7
• Boise State University - 7
• Cornell University - 7

The Gilman Advisor Newsletter is designed in HTML format. If you are unable to view the newsletter in HTML format, please go to http://www.iie.org/programs/gilman/advisors/publicity.html to view the newsletter on the Gilman website.

Gilman Representatives Will Be in Your Area!

If you are interested in meeting Gilman Representatives at one of the events below, please contact us to arrange a meeting at gilman_scholars@iie.org.

Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) - San Antonio, TX - February 17-20, 2007

Forum on Education Abroad - Austin, TX - March 1-3, 2007

National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) - Washington, DC - March 14-17, 2007

National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) – Madison, WI – April 26-29, 2007

NAFSA National Conference - Minneapolis, MN - May 27-June 1, 2007

National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) - San Francisco, CA - May 29-June 2, 2007

Are You Registered in the Gilman Application System to Certify Applications?

All advisors are asked to login to the application system now to ensure their account information is up to date. Click here to login to the Gilman Application or go to gilmanapplication.iie.org.

Once you have logged into the application, please be sure to view the list of other certifying advisors at your institution at the bottom of the page to make sure that list is accurate. Applicant's will be able to select any advisor listed under the other certifying advisors list for your institution. If the information on that list is not accurate, please notify the Gilman Program at gilman_scholars@iie.org. All advisors who will be certifying applications for the Gilman Scholarship must have a registered account in the Gilman application system. Applicants will not be able to select you as their advisor or submit an application until you have created an account. Advisors only need to create an account once. Once you have created an account in the application, you will continue to be able to use the same login and password every cycle. If you have forgotten your password from last cycle, you can have your password sent to you. Simply click on the lost password link at the top left of the login page.

Instructions for creating an account and certifying applications can be found on the Gilman website. Click here to download the instructions now.

Meet the Spring 2007 Recipients!

The Gilman International Scholarship Program awarded 777 scholarships for the Academic Year 2006-2007. The Gilman Program is excited to have been able to offer more awards than ever before.

This newest group of Gilman Alumni for the Spring 2007 cycle represent undergraduate students from over 225 colleges and universities in 46 states and Puerto Rico. Recipients will be studying in 63 different countries including Zambia, Mongolia, Oman, and Uruguay. The list of Spring Gilman Scholars (including students’ home states and universities) is available at www.iie.org/gilman.

Donalyn Allen, a Critical Need Language Supplement recipient from Xavier University of Louisiana, will be studying in Egypt.

Desiree Vea, from Wells College, will be studying in South Korea.

Patrick Day, from the University of California – Davis, will be studying in New Zealand.

Rahkeem Morris, from Hudson Valley Community College, will be studying in the Dominican Republic.