Six awarded study abroad scholarships

Six Cornell undergraduates have won $5,000 scholarships to support their study abroad in spring 2002 as a result of their success in national competitions. Two Cornell undergraduates have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarships for study abroad during spring 2002, and four students received Freeman Awards for study in East and Southeast Asia.

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, funded by the U.S. Department of State, is open to financially aided undergraduate students who are U.S. citizens and who plan to study abroad. The winners from Cornell are Matthew Kostura of the College of Engineering and Christina Melendez, a student in the College of Human Ecology. Kostura, a mechanical engineering major, will enroll for the semester at the University of New South Wales, Australia; Melendez will spend the spring in the Dominican Republic with the study abroad program sponsored by CIEE (Council for International Educational Exchange).

Four CU students won Freeman Asia awards for undergraduate study in East and Southeast Asia during spring 2002. The students and their colleges are: Katie Calabrese, Human Ecology, who will study at Temple University, Japan; Ajsha Cheung, Arts and Sciences, who will be at the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Kira Moriah, Arts and Sciences, who plans to study in Beijing, China, at the program conducted by Loyola Marymount University; and Michael LaBurt, Arts and Sciences, who will study Chinese in Beijing as part of Cornell's FALCON (Full-Year Asian Language Concentration) program. These awards are funded by the Freeman Foundation and administered by IIE, the Institute of International Education.

CU financial aid may be applied to study abroad approved by a student's college.

Undergraduates planning to study abroad will find information on the Gilman Scholarship Program and the Freeman-Asia Awards on the IIE web site www.iie.org, or by visiting Cornell Abroad at 474 Uris Hall.