David L. Boren Awards for International Study

Winn Davis and Logan Krusac, both University of Georgia Honors students, have been selected to receive Boren Scholarships.  Winn, an international affairs major, will be studying in Almaty, Kazakhstan for one year.  Logan, who is pursuing degrees in political science and Mandarin Chinese, will be studying at the Yunnan Normal University in Kunming and at the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin.  He will also be cond...
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Amanda-Cristina "Cris" Gonzalez, a junior at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, has received a Boren Scholarship.  Cris is a government major and law and society minor.  Cris started her Boren Scholarship application early, giving her time to submit multiple drafts to the NSEP on-campus committee.  The committee challenged her to focus her proposal, articulate her interest in U.S.-Vietnam security, and set clea...
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Helen Zincavage, a student at the Universtiy of Connecticut, has received a Boren Scholarship to return to Russia.  Last summer, Helen spent five weeks at Moscow State University as part of a program sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh.  This year, she will continue her study of Russian language and culture by using the Boren Scholarship to attend Smolney College in St. Petersburg. Helen was recently profiled in UConn...
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McMINNVILLE, Ore. — Linfield College sophomore Leah Sedy has been selected for a Boren Scholarship to study in Kyoto, Japan.  Sedy has long been drawn to the “simple, pure sounds of Japanese, coupled with its beautiful but complicated writing system.”  She’s also been attracted to the Japanese culture and language. At Linfield she made many Japanese friends, including roommates, and got a chance to p...
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Fordham University had two Boren Scholarship recipients and one Boren Fellowship recipient this year.  Heather Joerger, an international political economy major, received a Boren Scholarship to study in China.  Brian Quinlan, a double major in international political economy and development and economics, will be using his Boren Scholarship to study in Cambodia.  Ryan Sylvester, the recipient of the Boren Fellowship, is ...
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