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, bob.miles@unc.edu
College of Arts and Sciences contact: Dee Reid, (919) 843-6339, deereid@unc.edu
News Services contact: L.J. Toler, (919) 962-8589