David L. Boren Awards for International Study

Kailey Kluge, a Drexel University student passionate about the Russian language, has received a Boren Scholarship to study abroad in Russia. She will spend the 2013-2014 academic year in St. Petersburg, and hopes to live with a Russian family while overseas. Committed to intercultural understanding, Kailey has already developed correspondences with Russian pen-pals and is eager to build relationships while in country. To read m...
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Two University of Georgia (UGA) students will study Arabic abroad next year as Boren Scholars. Alice Naghshineh, a sophomore, will study in the United Arab Emirates with a focus on finance. Cal Thomas, a junior, will study politics in Jordan. Both students are enrolled in UGA’s honors program. To learn more about Alice and Cal, click here .
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Molly Wood, a student of global affairs at the University of Rhode Island , will spend next year as a Boren Scholar in Tanzania. Molly is passionate about understanding global immigration, diaspora movements and the experiences and needs of refugees. After a summer at the University of Florida studying Swahili through the Boren program’s African Language Institute, she will spend a year in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam studying the ...
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Omolayo Ojo has won a Boren Scholarship to fund her study abroad in Senegal. A double major in international studies and strategic communications, Omolayo is the first student at Elon University to receive the award. As a recipient of funding from Boren’s African Language Initiative, she will spend the summer at the University of Florida studying Wolof, followed by a fall semester in Dakar. To learn more about Omolayo, click...
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Sociology major Caitlin Denton will study abroad in Ghana next year as a Boren Scholar. A sophomore at the University of the Pacific , Caitlin will focus her studies on the Twi language and looks forward to an internship with a local NGO. Caitlin’s study of Twi will begin this summer at the University of Washington, as a part of the Boren Program’s African Language Initiative.   To learn more about Caitlin, click here . ...
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