Posted on December 20, 2022 by Andrew Chapman
Seventeen UTSA students have been named recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The award is designed to promote study abroad amongst Americans, allowing students of underrepresented groups to pursue international experiences to study, intern, or do service learning projects abroad.
Seventeen UTSA students have been named recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The award is designed to promote study abroad amongst Americans, allowing students of underrepresented groups to pursue international experiences to study, intern, or do service learning projects abroad. The US Department of State makes awards of up $5,000 with an extra $3000 for students who are studying a critical need language, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Russian. In total, the seventeen students were awarded $68,000, an average of $4,000 each.
“Another highlight of this achievement came from the UTSA Honors College, which had eight students win. The Honors College started this year a study abroad initiative, which encouraged students to submit applications for the Gilman Scholarship. The Honors College provided $60,000 in funding for students to plan ahead in applying for study abroad programs and provided extra funding for students to apply to the Gilman award.”
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Roger Grande, attending STEM Courses with Locals Program in Madrid, Spain |
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Ian Caldwell, attending UTSA Honors College Abroad program in Kyoto, Japan |
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Ana Erbskorn, attending UTSA Semester in Urbino, Italy (Architecture program) |
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Jordan Finnie, attending UTSA Semester in Urbino, Italy (Architecture program) |
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Rosa Ibarra, attending UTSA Semester in Urbino, Italy (COLFA program) |
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Katy Marroquin, attending University of Liverpool Summer Program |
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Paulina Martinez, attending AIFS Abroad in Athens, Greece |
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Tommy Nguyen, pursuing Japanese summer language classes in Kyoto, Japan |
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Macario Patten, attending UTSA Semester in Urbino, Italy (Architecture program) |
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Abigail Perea, pursuing Japanese summer language classes in Kyoto, Japan |
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Saba Rajput, attending UTSA Semester in Urbino, Italy (COLFA program) |
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Christopher Rosenbaum, attending UTSA Semester in Urbino, Italy (Architecture program) |
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Amy Salazar-Molina, attending UTSA Semester in Urbino, Italy (COLFA program) |
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Miriam Smith, attending CIEE Summer program in Tokyo, Japan |
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Anel Tejeda, attending CIEE contemporary studies in the United Kingdom and Netherlands |
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Kayla Trujillo, attending UTSA Semester in Urbino, Italy (COLFA program) |
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Andrea Valero, pursuing research in Germany |
Previously, UTSA received an institutional record of seventeen students who received the award during the 2019-2020 academic year. This year, UTSA students equaled that number in only the first of two Gilman cycles in the 2023 year. eight of the students will travel to Urbino, Italy on both COLFA and Architecture programs. In total, nine of the students are on UTSA faculty-led programs.
Another highlight of this achievement came from the UTSA Honors College, which had eight students win (Caldwell, Ebrskorn, Nguyen, Rajput, Salazar-Molina, Smith, Trujillio, and Valero). The Honors College started this year a study abroad initiative, which encouraged students to submit applications for the Gilman Scholarship. The Honors College provided $60,000 in funding for students to plan ahead in applying for study abroad programs and provided extra funding for students to apply to the Gilman award.
The Gilman Scholarship will offer one more cycle of applications this year. The deadline, on March 9, will be for programs that take place in the Summer 2023, Fall 2023, and Spring 2024 semesters. Students are able to apply two semesters in advance of their travel semester. The UTSA Office of Nationally Competitive Awards advises students toward successful application submissions and works in partnership with UTSA Study Abroad to certify applications. Students must be US Citizens and Pell-Grant recipients to apply to the award.
— Andrew Chapman
