News Students 25 at UNC win scholarships for summer in Southeast Asia
| 25 at UNC win scholarships for summer in Southeast Asia |
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| Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | |
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Twenty-five rising sophomores at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded full scholarships for an innovative seven-week study abroad program in Southeast Asia this summer. The Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, now under way, is designed especially for students at the end of their first year. The program, now in its sixth year, is made possible through a gift from the Twelve Labours Foundation in Carbondale, Colo., which provides scholarships valued at about $8,000 per student, covering all program costs. This year, the program is led by UNC political scientists Layna Mosley, Ph.D., and Andrew Reynolds, Ph.D. Mosley, an associate professor of political science, is a scholar of international relations and comparative political economies. Reynolds, an associate professor of political science, is an expert on emerging democracies, constitutional design and electoral politics. The students are taking two courses focusing on political and economic transformation in Asia and the history of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The group will spend six weeks at the National University of Singapore, four days in Malaysia and a week in Thailand. The students were selected from a pool of more than 150 applicants. The program is designed to inspire undergraduates to pursue additional international study, research, service or employment opportunities by engaging them in study abroad early in their college careers, said Daniel Gold, assistant director of study abroad for Asia and lecturer in Asian studies at UNC. An additional student, Caroline Fisher of Charlotte, is with the group as a program alumna research fellow. She participated in the program last summer and is returning to undertake an independent research project and help guide the new program participants. For more information on the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program, visit the program website at http://studyabroad.unc.edu/Singapore or call the study abroad office at (919) 962-7002. Participants are listed below, alphabetically by N.C. county and by state. North Carolina participants: Ashe Olivia Bowler, Todd Burke Carolina Lindell, Morganton Guilford Jazmine Carter, High Point Waylian Forgay, Greensboro Elliot Montpellier, Greensboro Nisha Verma, Greensboro Mecklenburg Catherine Bruce, Charlotte Caroline Fisher, Charlotte (alumna research fellow) Monique Hardin, Charlotte Jared Lowe, Davidson New Hanover Alexandra Loizias, Wilmington Orange Daniel Acker, Chapel Hill Katherine Byerly, Chapel Hill Colleen Murphy, Chapel Hill Patrick Toomey, Chapel Hill William White, Carrboro Beth Wollman, Chapel Hill Richmond Nawsheen Khan, Rockingham Surry Megan Carriker, Mount Airy Wake Lisa Pepin, Raleigh Out-of-state participants: Florida Catherine Coley, Winter Park Illinois Alyzza Dill, Flossmoor Iowa Anita Rao, North Liberty New York Elaina Giolando, Williamsville Ohio Angela Dixon, Cincinnati Virginia Margaret McDowell, Roanoke Study abroad contact: Robert Miles, (919) 962-7002, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it College of Arts and Sciences contact: Dee Reid, (919) 843-6339, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it News Services contact: L.J. Toler, (919) 962-8589 |