Susan Sharp, assistant director of the Boren Awards for International Study program, will discuss its scholarships, fellowships, initiatives, and application processes from 12:10 – 1 p.m. Wed., Nov. 16, in the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) 407 at Washington State University.
Pizza will be served at this event, which is free and open to the public. It is hosted by the WSU Distinguished Scholarships Program.
Boren Awards of up to $20,000 provide undergraduate and graduate students with unique opportunities to pursue long-term, study abroad experiences to learn any of nearly 60 less-commonly-taught languages that are used in world regions considered critical to U.S. interests. Those regions include countries in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
The Boren offers a special initiatives for:
- ROTC participants
- Military veterans
- STEM majors for summer study programs
- Students who have studied a languages, especially those listed on the Boren website
- Minority students
Boren awards also help to launch careers in international affairs and national security with the federal government; award winners commit to work for the government for at least one year following college graduation.
These scholarships and fellowships—which are considered distinguished scholarships—are named after David L. Boren, principal author of legislation that created the National Security Education Program (NSEP). Sharp works for the Boren program at its main office in Washington, D.C.
Seventeen WSU undergraduate and graduate students have received Boren Awards since 2000, and pursued language studies in China, Taiwan, Russia, Thailand, and Tanzania.
For more information on the Boren, other awards, and the more than 145 total WSU awardees, visit the WSU Distinguished Scholarships Program website at https://distinguishedscholarships.wsu.edu/awards/boren/.
