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[PAST EVENT] Gilman Scholarship Information Session
February 13, 2012
6pm
Come to this information session to learn all about the Gilman Scholarship with special guest: Gilman Scholar Catherine Kang.
The info session is Monday February 13, 6 p.m. Charles Center Conference Room (Blow Hall Suite 254).
The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards for undergraduate study abroad and was established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000. This scholarship provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study abroad programs worldwide.
Over 2,300 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded this academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being approximately $4,000.
Students who apply for and receive the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad are then eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Scholarship Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000. During the 2011-2012 academic year, 50 Critical Need Language Supplements were offered to Gilman Scholarship recipients.
Are you interested in applying but can't make the info session? Contact Peer Scholarship Advisor Libby Hennemuth (eihennemuth@email.wm.edu) for details or see this webpage: http://www.iie.org/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program
The info session is Monday February 13, 6 p.m. Charles Center Conference Room (Blow Hall Suite 254).
The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards for undergraduate study abroad and was established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000. This scholarship provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study abroad programs worldwide.
Over 2,300 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded this academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being approximately $4,000.
Students who apply for and receive the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad are then eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Scholarship Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000. During the 2011-2012 academic year, 50 Critical Need Language Supplements were offered to Gilman Scholarship recipients.
Are you interested in applying but can't make the info session? Contact Peer Scholarship Advisor Libby Hennemuth (eihennemuth@email.wm.edu) for details or see this webpage: http://www.iie.org/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program
Contact
Peer Scholarship Advisor Libby Hennemuth (eihennemuth@email.wm.edu)