December 18, 2003

Boise State Students Win Scholarships to Study Abroad

Three Boise State University students have been awarded $5,000 scholarships to study abroad for spring semester 2004. Lisa Burns has received a $5,000 Benjamin A. Gilman award. She is sophomore political science major and will study in Heredia, Costa Rica, with the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC). This award is funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The award allows students with demonstrated financial need to study abroad. Stephanie Hiller (sophomore) and Yasmine Romero (junior), both linguistics majors, were each awarded the $5,000 Freeman-Asia Scholarship to study at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. They are the first Boise State students to receive the scholarship. The primary goal of the privately funded Freeman-Asia Program is to increase the number of American undergraduates who study in East and Southeast Asia by providing students with the information and financial assistance they need. Awardees are expected to share their experiences with their home campus to encourage study abroad by others, and to spread understanding of Asia in their home communities. Boise State offers a wide variety of choices for students to study abroad. Students remain enrolled at Boise State, receive Boise State credit for courses taken abroad (with pre-departure planning and course approvals), and can apply their financial aid awards to the cost of their program. Programs are designed to meet a broad range of academic majors, interests and levels of affordability. Scholarship funding is available. Call the International Programs office at 426-3652 for more information, or visit www.boisestate.edu/international. -30- Contact Corrine M. Henke Studies Abroad/National Student Exchange Boise State International Programs office 426-4045 chenke@boisestate.edu Media Contact Sherry Squires Boise State communications and marketing 426-1563 ssquires@boisestate.edu