We are proud to congratulate 22 IES Abroad students who have received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for the Spring 2014 semester. The Gilman scholarship is an award offered to U.S. undergraduate students who are studying or interning abroad, and who receive Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university. Gilman Scholars receive up to $5,000. Congratulations to the following students:
| Student | IES Abroad Program | Home University |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Buckingham | Beijing - Language Intensive | University of Puget Sound |
| Michael Cooke III | Rio de Janeiro - Study Brazil | Knox College |
| Crystol DeJohnette | Rabat | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Diana Dinh | Tokyo - Language Intensive | Austin College |
| Jasre' Ellis | Tokyo - Society & Culture | University of Rochester |
| Ian Giancursio | Buenos Aires - Latin American Societies & Cultures | Bentley University |
| Delise Hampton | Cape Town - University of Cape Town | Howard University |
| Charles Higgs | Beijing - Language Intensive | Penn State University |
| Amal Hulwe | Rabat | University of South Carolina |
| Savon Jackson | Delhi | DePauw University |
| Breanna Madrazo | Milan - Business Studies | University of Rochester |
| Daisy Marquez | Paris - French Studies | Loyola University of Chicago |
| Christine Matt | Nagoya - Nanzan University | University of Pittsburgh |
| Jenny Quintero | Sydney - University of Sydney | University of Rochester |
| Jesus Isabel Ruelas | San Jose - Social & Environmental Change | Macalester College |
| Kayla Seaforth | San Jose - Social & Environmental Change | Washington State University |
| Janiece Smith | Shanghai - China in the 21st Century | Howard University |
| Johnson Truong | Dublin - Dublin City University | University of Rochester |
| Isaiah Tyree | Cape Town - University of Cape Town | Grinnell College |
| Raven Wells | Tokyo - Society & Culture | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Kaitlyn Wright | Berlin - Language & Area Studies | The George Washington University |
| Kaitlyn Zieman | Galapagos Islands | Illinois Wesleyan University |
The full list of students who have been selected to receive Gilman Scholarships, including students’ home state, university and country of study, is available on the IIE (Institute of International Education) website: www.iie.org/gilman.
