Indiana University is home to six of 844 American undergraduate students from 335 colleges and universities across the United States selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarshipto study or intern abroad during the spring of 2019. The complete list of students who have been selected to receive Gilman Scholarships this term, including students’ home state, university and host country, is available on the website: gilmanscholarship.org.
The Congressionally funded Gilman Program broadens the U.S. student population studying and interning abroad by providing scholarships to outstanding undergraduate Pell Grant recipients who, due to financial constraints, might not otherwise study abroad. Since the program’s establishment in 2001, over 1,300 U.S. institutions have sent more than 28,000 Gilman scholars who represent the rich diversity of the United States to 145 countries around the globe.
The following IU students received a Gilman scholarship:
Serena Alway
$2500
Political Science and International Studies double major
CIEE Seoul
Justuss Boice
$2500
Biology major and LAMP certificate
CIEE Cape Town
Khaila King
$3000
Jounalism major, French and African American and Africa Diaspora Studies minors
Paris IES
Olivia Shoemaker
$3500
International Studies major, LAMP certificate, and German minor
Berlin CIEE
Laura Oleson
$5000
Policy Analysis major and Political and Civic Engagement certificate
Rome IES
William Power
$4000
Informatics major
Florence CAPA
“The Gilman Program aims to make study abroad, and its career advantages, more accessible and inclusive for American students. These diverse American students gain critical skills overseas that expand their career options and ability to make an impact in their home communities,” said Heidi Manley, the Chief of USA Study Abroad at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. She notes that the program particularly focuses on supporting first-generation college students, students in the STEM fields, ethnic and racial minority students, students with disabilities, students who are veterans, students attending community colleges and minority serving institutions, and other populations underrepresented in study abroad, as well as broadening the destinations where scholars study or intern.
The Gilman Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is supported in its implementation by the Institute of International Education (IIE).