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6 WKU students recognized in 2019-20 Fulbright competition
May 6th, 2019
Five WKU students have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Grants for the 2019-20 academic year and one has been designated as an alternate.
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5 WKU students awarded Boren Scholarships
May 1st, 2019
Five WKU students have earned Boren Scholarships of up to $20,000 to fund up to a year of critical language-focused study abroad.
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9 WKU students awarded Critical Language Scholarships
Apr 30th, 2019
Nine WKU students were awarded Critical Language Scholarships that fully fund summer study in intensive language programs abroad. Six others were named alternates and may be upgraded as additional funding becomes available.
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WKU student selected as Fund for Education Abroad Scholar
Apr 29th, 2019
Andrea Day, a junior international affairs and Arabic major, has been awarded a Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) scholarship to study in Jordan in summer 2019.
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3 WKU students awarded Gilman International Scholarships
Jun 26th, 2018
WKU students Katie Daniels of Glasgow, Kate Hart of Princeton and Tristan Shaw of Louisville were selected as Gilman Scholars and will receive up to $8,000 to fund their study abroad programs during fall 2018 and academic year 2018-19.
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4 WKU students awarded Freeman-ASIA scholarships
May 23rd, 2018
Andrew Lambdin, Nathaniel Lambdin and Reuben Tang will study abroad in Taiwan and Robert Myers of Louisville will study abroad in China this summer through support from the Freeman Awards for Study in Asia scholarship program.
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13 WKU students recognized by Gilman International Scholarship Program
May 16th, 2018
WKU students Riana Berry, Sheila Butler, Elizabeth Chagnon, Lillian Golden, Elisabeth Hernandez-Torres, Michael King, Jeremy McFarland, Robert Myers, Antonio McManis, Aaliyah Neblett and Nyla Rogers were selected as Gilman Scholars.
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2 WKU students selected for Fulbright UK Summer Institutes
May 14th, 2018
Rachel Hunter of Owensboro and Isaac Keller of Kansas City, Missouri are the seventh and eighth WKU students to be selected for the prestigious program since 2012. This is the second year in a row that two WKU students were selected.
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4 WKU students recognized in Boren Scholarship competition
May 10th, 2018
Kate Hart of Princeton, Nathan Read of Belleveville, Illinois and Tristan Shaw of Glasgow will use Boren Scholarships to fund their Chinese Flagship capstone year in China. Michael Dimeo of Bowling Green was selected as an alternate.
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Record 11 WKU students awarded Critical Language Scholarships
May 4th, 2018
Eleven WKU students will study languages intensively abroad this summer through support from the Critical Language Scholarship. Two other students were named alternates. This year's performance nearly doubles the previous record of 6 awardees in 2014.
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WKU student selected as Fund for Education Abroad Scholar
May 3rd, 2018
Reuben Tang, a second-year architectural science and Asian religions and cultures major and Chinese Flagship participant from Glasgow, will study in Taiwan this summer through support from a Fund for Education Abroad scholarship.
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WKU recognized among Gilman Scholarship top producers
Apr 24th, 2018
WKU has been named a 2016-17 top producer of Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. WKU is tied for 26th among more than 100 institutions nationwide.
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WKU student awarded Freeman-ASIA scholarship
Feb 1st, 2018
Keeley Rather, a third-year Asian religions and cultures major from Owensboro, was awarded a Freeman-ASIA scholarship of up to $5,000 to study in Japan during the spring 2018 semester.
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WKU students recognized by Gilman International Scholarship Program
Dec 13th, 2017
Isaac Barnes of Frankfort, Anais Compton of Bowling Green and Jada Jefferson of Louisville were selected as Gilman Scholars and will receive up to $8,000 to fund their study abroad programs during the spring 2018 semester.
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3 WKU students selected as Gilman Scholars
Aug 14th, 2017
Whitley Gregory of Nicholasville, Kelsy Leppo of Lexington, and Bradley Orr of Guston will receive scholarships of up to $8,000 to study abroad during the fall 2017 semester or academic year.
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2 WKU students recognized by Freeman-ASIA Program
Jul 5th, 2017
Bradley Orr of Guston was awarded a scholarship of up to $7,000 to study abroad during the 2017-18 academic year. Rheanna Bostick of Cadiz was selected as an alternate.
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3 WKU students received Boren Scholarships
May 12th, 2017
Ellen Linder of Louisville and Brandon Pruitt of Bowling Green are members of the Chinese Flagship Program and will complete their Capstone Year in China. Hannah Chaney of Louisville will study in CET’s Intensive Language Summer Program in Jordan.
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8 WKU students recognized by Gilman International Scholarship Program
May 8th, 2017
Sierra Bailey of Lexington, Austin Barnes of Hodgenville, Kate Hart of Princeton, Jade Haywood of Charlotte, North Carolina, Monica Wallace of Princeton, and Gracen Williams of Bowling Green were awarded for up to $5,000 for summer study abroad.
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6 Gatton Academy students win Department of State scholarships
May 3rd, 2017
Six students at The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU have received nationally-competitive scholarships for immersive, critical language study this summer. They will travel to China, Estonia and Morocco.
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2 WKU students selected to participate in Fulbright Summer Institute
May 3rd, 2017
Hayden Grace of Hopkinsville and Madeline Marita of Florence are the fifth and sixth WKU students to be selected for the prestigious nationally-competitive program since 2012.
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