The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has provided approximately $657,500 in scholarships, fellowships and program support to 147 undergraduates for study abroad during 2013 and 2014. The awards, funded by private gifts to the College of Arts and Sciences, enable students to study in other countries for a semester, summer or year.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has provided approximately $657,500 in scholarships, fellowships and program support to 147 undergraduates for study abroad during 2013 and 2014. The awards, funded by private gifts to the College of Arts and Sciences, enable students to study in other countries for a semester, summer or year.
More than one-third of UNC undergraduates study in other countries before they graduate – one of the highest study abroad rates among public universities nationwide. The Study Abroad Office in the College offers more than 320 programs in more than 70 countries.
“We are grateful for the private support that makes these opportunities available to Carolina undergraduates,” said Bob Miles, associate dean for study abroad. “Their support provides life-changing experiences for students, helping them become more globally aware.”
Below are descriptions of study abroad scholarships available through the College and this year’s recipients, listed alphabetically by North Carolina county and other states and countries. Also listed are their study abroad plans and names of the scholarships they received. Students without majors listed have not yet declared majors.
Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Latin America
Alumna Leslie Benning of New York City and her husband, Rafael Bejarano, established this scholarship in 2003, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation matched their gift. The fund supports study abroad in Latin America.
Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Spain/Iberian Peninsula
Alumna Leslie Benning of New York City and her husband, Rafael Bejarano, established this scholarship in 2003 to support semester or yearlong study abroad programs in Spain or Portugal.
Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award
Alumnus Michael Boyatt of Durham established this award in 1996 with his son, alumnus Matthew, of Durham. This merit award funds study abroad by undergraduates majoring in global studies or history.
John Brantley Honors Fund
Established in 2003 by alumnus John Lucier Brantley of Florida, the John Lucier Brantley Honors Fund supports undergraduate students participating in Honors Study Abroad, field research or other Honors-administered off-campus academic programs. Preference is given to in-state students for whose families’ participation would present an economic hardship.
Lucius E. Burch Fellows Program
The Burch Fellowships provide exceptional students with funds to support self-designed, off-campus learning experiences anywhere in the world. Burch Fellows have the opportunity to engage in research, travel, or other activities that will enhance their college experience.
Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program
Funded by a generous gift in 2005 from the Twelve Labours Foundation, the program provides scholarships for 25 rising sophomores to participate in an eight-week academic program in Singapore and Thailand, designed as an introduction to Southeast Asia.
Davis-Barden Honors Study Abroad Scholarship
The scholarship covers participation in the London Honors semester abroad program. Recipients are selected for scholastic merit, intellectual engagement and financial need.
The Will Froelich Honors Fellowships
These fellowships are awarded to prospective Honors Carolina students who share Will Froelich’s adventuresome spirit, his lively intellect, his interest in civic engagement and his compassionate humanity. The fellowships are utilized by students who wish to study abroad, participate in a program or internship related to public policy, pursue civic engagement or work with a faculty mentor on independent Honors research.
Fry Study Abroad Scholarship
This need-based scholarship is intended for students wishing to study abroad in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2006 by Lee Stevens Gravely of Rocky Mount and her four children, all of whom are UNC alumni: Frances Gravely and Susan Gravely of Chapel Hill, Steve Gravely of Pittsboro and Page Gravely of Middleburg, Va. The award honors Lee Gravely’s late husband, alumnus Lloyd Lee Gravely, a World War II veteran and president of a family-owned export-import company, China American Tobacco Co. The fund provides annual study abroad scholarships, with a preference for North Carolinians.
Anthony and Hope Harrington Study Abroad Scholarship
Alumnus and former U.S. ambassador to Brazil Anthony Harrington of Easton, Md., created this award in 2004 with his wife, Hope. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation matched their gift. The Harringtons established the scholarship to honor former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, who taught at UNC in 1974 and 1975 and who received an honorary degree from UNC in 2001. The fund provides scholarships for study abroad in Latin America.
Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship Program
This scholarship was established in 2004 by gifts from Harris Teeter and the Dickson Foundation, Inc. Harris Teeter, the Charlotte-based supermarket chain, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ruddick Corp., whose former chairman was the late Alan Dickson of Charlotte, a Dickson Foundation trustee. The fund provides scholarships for students from North Carolina, with a preference for Harris Teeter associates and their children.
Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Award Fund
Alumnus Leonard Herring of North Wilkesboro and his wife, Rozelia, established this scholarship in 2005 for students with financial need and academic merit to participate in semester or year-long study abroad programs.
Hong Kong Alumni Club Scholarship Fund
Established in 2012, the Hong Kong Alumni Club Scholarship Fund provides full funding for a five-week program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. This scholarship is annually awarded to two students who have not previously traveled to Asia and who are currently in the Carolina Covenant Scholars program, which provides eligible high-performing, low-income students the opportunity to graduate debt-free.
Honors International Experience Fund
This fund supports scholarships for students participating in Honors Study Abroad programs.
Honors Study Abroad Scholarship Fund
This fund supports scholarships for students participating in Honors Study Abroad programs.
Jacques Family Honors Study Abroad Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2001 by John and Jane Jacques of Nashville, Tenn., whose daughter Lindsay, a UNC alumna, participated in the Honors Summer in London and Oxford program. The fund provides scholarships for students participating in Honors Study Abroad programs.
Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarships
Carolina alumnae Mary Anne Johnson Dickson and Neal Johnson of Charlotte established the fund supporting these awards in 2004 to honor their late father, a banker and community leader in Elkin. The fund offers need- and merit-based scholarships to North Carolina undergraduates, with a preference for students from Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties.
Sarah Quinn Laney Memorial Fund
This fund supports scholarships for students participating in Honors-administered study abroad programs. Scholarship recipients must be residents of North Carolina. Preference is given to students who plan to study in France. If no students meet that qualification, the scholarship is awarded to female students studying in Europe.
Grey Lineweaver Study Abroad Scholarship
Alumna Grey Lineweaver of Greensboro established this scholarship in 2005, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation matched her gift. The fund provides scholarships for study abroad in Latin America.
Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education
Established in 2000, this fund provides scholarships for undergraduate students participating in Honors Study Abroad, field research, or other Honors-administered off-campus academic programs.
Phillips Ambassadors
The Phillips Ambassadors program was established in 2006 with a generous gift from alumnus Earl N. “Phil” Phillips Jr. of Chapel Hill, a business executive and former U.S. Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean, and his family. This scholarship given annually to 25 to 50 students combines a financial award for a study abroad program in Asia with an academic course that puts the experience in a greater global context.
Richards S. Reynolds Honors Study Abroad Scholarship
This fund provides merit study abroad scholarships for two to three Honors Carolina students each year. The scholarships provide a means of further stimulating the intellectual experience of Honors Carolina students through international travel.
Frances and E.T. Rollins Jr. Study Abroad Scholarship
Frances Rollins of Durham established this fund in 2008 in honor of her late husband, a UNC graduate and a former owner, board chairman and publisher of The Herald-Sun in Durham. The fund provides scholarships for students with financial need and academic merit.
Study Abroad Awards
The Study Abroad Office awards scholarships to some students from an awards fund supported by donor gifts. The awards are based primarily, but not exclusively, on financial need.
William D. Weir Fund for Honors Fellowships in Asian Studies
This fund provides fellowships for students to develop language skills and gain practical, independent work experience in China. Recipients spend the spring semester in Beijing for intensive language study and course work on contemporary China, and then spend the summer in internships in Beijing or Shanghai.
NORTH CAROLINA RECIPIENTS:
Alamance
Becca Conary, a rising junior from Gibsonville, will study this fall at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands. A communication studies major, Conary received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.
Elisa Crutchfield, a rising junior from Graham, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A global studies and Romance languages double major, Cructhfield received a Davis-Barden Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.
Ethan Robertson, a rising senior from Burlington, received an award from the William D. Weir Fund for Honors Fellowships in Asian Studies for study in Beijing, China, this spring and summer. Robertson is a journalism and mass communication major.
Ashe
Linden Wait, a rising senior from West Jefferson, studied this spring through the CIEE (Council on International Education and Exchange) Arabic Language program in Amman, Jordan. A global studies and political science double major, Wait received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.
Buncombe
Christopher Krolak, a rising junior from Asheville, studied this spring at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. A global studies and political science double major, Krolak received a Grey Lineweaver Study Abroad Scholarship.
Kevin Mensah-Biney, a rising senior from Asheville, is studying this summer in England in the Burch Field Research Science Seminar in London. A nutrition major, Mensah-Biney received a Jacques Family Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.
Lydia Potts, a rising senior from Asheville, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Human Rights and International Law in Rwanda and The Hague. A global studies and political science double major, Potts received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.
Otis Skipper, a rising sophomore from Asheville, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Skipper is a mathematics major.
Caldwell
Patrick Livingston, a rising junior from Granite Falls, is studying this summer in the Honors London and Oxford program in England. A peace, war and defense major, Livingston received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.
Catawba
Ratchany Vang, a rising sophomore from Hickory, studied this spring at Mahidol University International College in Salaya, Thailand. A communication studies major, Vang received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.
Chatham
Larisa Bennett, a rising sophomore from Pittsboro, is studying this summer on the UNC Art and Music in London program in England. A communication studies major, Bennett received a Frances and E. T. Rollins Jr. Study Abroad Scholarship.
Cherokee
David Kelly, a rising senior from Brasstown, studied this spring at the University of Manchester in England. A physics and astronomy major, Kelly received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Clay
Shimeng Xiao, a rising senior from Hayesville, is studying this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. An economics major, Xiao received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.
Cumberland
Samantha Bender, a rising junior from Fayetteville, is studying this summer at John Cabot University’s Institute in International Communication in Rome, Italy. A communication studies and psychology double major, Bender received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.
Susan Gleaves, a rising sophomore from Fayetteville, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Gleaves is a nutrition major.
Lindsey Rietkerk, a rising senior from Fayetteville, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Human Rights and International Law in Rwanda and The Hague. A political science and peace, war and defense double major, Rietkerk received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.
Dare
Meredith Fish, a rising junior from Kitty Hawk, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Sustainability and Environmental Planning in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. A double major in mathematics and environmental sciences, Fish received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.
Davidson
Jashawnna Gladney, a rising sophomore from Thomasville, is studying this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A psychology major, Gladney received a Hong Kong Alumni Club Scholarship.
Karla Ontiveros, a rising senior from Thomasville, studied this spring at Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A global studies and political science double major, Ontiveros received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.
Durham
Joshua Aristy, a rising junior from Durham, is studying this summer in the Honors London and Oxford program in England. A peace, war and defense and biology double major, Aristy received a Jacques Family Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.
Paul Ashton, a rising junior from Durham, received an award from the William D. Weir Fund for Honors Fellowships in Asian Studies for study in Beijing, China, this spring and summer. Ashton is an Asian studies major.
Rachel Atkinson, a rising junior from Durham, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Sustainability and Environmental Planning in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. A psychology and studio art double major, Atkinson received a Richard S. Reynolds Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.
Lucas Edmund, a rising senior from Durham, is interning this summer in Japan and assisting in a college English department while working on his senior honors thesis. Lucas, a biology and Asian studies double major, is a Froelich Fellow.
Kathryn Harper, a rising senior from Durham, studied this spring at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. A history and peace, war and defense double major, Harper received a received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.
Madeleine Kainz, a rising senior from Durham, is studying in the UNC-Peking University Entrepreneurship Summer Program in Beijing, China. A journalism and mass communication major, Kainz was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Emily Palmer, a rising senior from Durham, studied this spring in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A journalism and mass communication and global studies double major, Palmer received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.
Abraham Sterling, a rising senior from Durham, is studying in the National University of Singapore Science Summer Lab Exchange. A biology major, Sterling was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Forsyth
Alexis Brown, a rising senior from Lewisville, is studying this summer at Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico. A global studies major, Brown received a received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.
George Cleland, a rising junior from Winston-Salem, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Sustainability and Environmental Planning in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. An English major, Cleland received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.
Stefanie Schwemlein, a rising senior from Kernersville, will study this fall at the National University of Singapore on the Honors-University Scholars Exchange. An environmental health science major, Schwemlein was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Carly Wolberg, a rising junior from Winston-Salem, studied this spring in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. A business administration and Romance languages double major, Wolberg received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.
Gaston
Clayton Hackney, a rising junior from Gastonia, studied this spring in Beijing, China through CET Academic Programs. An economics and Asian studies double major, Hackney was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Demetrios Harakas, a rising junior from Gastonia, is studying this summer at the Lorenzo de Medici Institute in Florence, Italy. An economics major, Harakas received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.
Hannah Jessen, a rising junior from Mount Holly, will study this fall in Santiago, Chile through IES Abroad. A journalism and mass communication and global studies double major, Jessen received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.
Guilford
Paris Alston, a rising sophomore from Greensboro, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Alston is a journalism and mass communication and sociology double major.
Ayat Hamza, a 2013 graduate from Greensboro, studied this spring at Université Joseph Fourier, a unit of the Université de Grenoble consortium, in France in the Science in Grenoble Exchange. An anthropology and psychology double major, Hamza received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Tal Havivi, a rising senior from Greensboro, studied this spring at the Chinese University of Hong Kong through Kenan-Flagler Business School. A business administration major, Havivi was chosen as a Philips Ambassador.
Hallie Kirkman, a rising junior from Greensboro, is studying this summer in Harbin, China through CET Academic Programs. An Asian studies and global studies double major, Kirkman was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Sierra Lloyd, a rising senior from Greensboro, studied this spring at Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. A global studies major, Lloyd received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.
Anthony Rotunda, a rising senior from Greensboro, is studying in the UNC-Peking University Entrepreneurship Summer Program in Beijing, China. An economics and history double major, Rotunda was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Jorge Vargas, a rising junior from Greensboro, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in London program. A public policy major, Vargas received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.
Jonathan White, a rising junior from Greensboro, will study this fall in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. A global studies major, White received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.
Henderson
Brandi King, a rising senior from Hendersonville, studied this spring in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. A Romance languages and women’s and gender studies double major, King received a Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Spain/Iberian Peninsula.
Iredell
Blayne Telling, a rising junior from Mooresville, is studying this summer in the Honors London and Oxford program in England. An English major, Telling received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.
Johnston
Cassandra Pezza, a rising junior from Clayton, is studying this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong through Kenan-Flagler Business School. A business administration major, Pezza was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Lenoir
Amanda Smith, a rising junior from La Grange, will study this fall at the International Christian University in Mitaka City, Japan. A biology major, Smith received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.
Lincoln
Shelby Sugierski, a rising senior from Denver, studied this spring at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima. A Romance languages and public policy double major, Sugieski received a Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Latin America.
Macon
Alexandra Armor, a rising senior from Highlands, studied this spring at the Lorenzo de Medici Institute in Florence, Italy. A psychology major, Armor received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.
Madison Swofford, a 2013 graduate from Franklin, studied this spring at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. A double major in public policy and English, Swofford received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.
Mecklenburg
Mark Baumgarten, a rising sophomore from Charlotte, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Baumgarten is a philosophy major.
Christopher Bradfield, a rising senior from Davidson, studied this spring at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. A physics and astronomy major, Bradfield received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.
Neelesh Dewan, a rising senior from Mint Hill, is studying in the UNC Summer in India program in New Delhi. A biology major, Dewan was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Ulugbek Ergashev, a rising senior from Matthews, studied this spring at the Chinese University of Hong Kong through Kenan-Flagler Business School. A business administration major, Ergashev was chosen as a Philips Ambassador.
Kirsten Grieser, a rising junior from Charlotte, will study for the 2013-2014 academic year at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in Germany. A philosophy major, Grieser received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.
Bliss Green-Morehead, a rising junior from Charlotte, received an award from the William D. Weir Fund for Honors Fellowships in Asian Studies for study in Beijing, China, this spring and summer. Green-Morehead is an Asian studies and Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures double major.
Hannah Heidenreich, a rising senior from Charlotte, will study and have an internship this fall in South Africa through the Honors Semester in Cape Town program. A communication studies major, Heidenreich received a Jacques Family Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.
Adrienne Laniak, a rising sophomore from Matthews, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Laniak is an English major.
Melody Lee, a rising junior from Charlotte, is studying this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. An anthropology major, Lee received a Hong Kong Alumni Club Scholarship.
Shauna Rust, a rising sophomore from Charlotte, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
Lauren Salvia, a rising senior from Charlotte, studied this spring in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A political science and communication studies double major, Salvia received a Richard S. Reynolds Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.
Cecilia Smetana, a rising sophomore from Charlotte, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Smetana is a psychology major.
Atar Stav, a rising senior from Charlotte, studied this spring in the UNC in Montpellier program in France. A history and peace, war and defense double major, Stav received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.
Maggie Umberger, a rising senior from Charlotte, studied this spring in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. A journalism and mass communication major, Umberger received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Rachel Weir, a rising senior from Charlotte, studied this spring at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A peace, war and defense and political science double major, Weir received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.
Maddison Wood, a rising junior from Charlotte, is studying this summer at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. A journalism and mass communication major, Wood received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.
Anne Zhou, a rising sophomore from Charlotte, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Zhou is a biology and English double major.
Moore
Landon Sherwood, a rising junior from West End, is studying this summer in Hong Kong through the Kenan-Flagler Business School’s international internship program. A business major, Sherwood was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
New Hanover
Meredith Burns, a rising senior from Wilmington, is studying in the UNC Summer in India program in New Delhi. A journalism and mass communication and American studies double major, Burns was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Nicole Simonsen, a rising senior from Wilmington, studied this spring at the UNC Institute for the Environment Thailand Field Site in Energy and Environment in Bangkok. A geography and global studies double major, Simonsen received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Andrew Stowe, a rising sophomore from Wilmington, is studying this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A business administration and mathematics double major, Stowe received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.
Jessica Trexler, a rising junior from Carolina Beach, studied this spring at the Lorenzo de Medici Institute in Florence, Italy. A biology major, Trexler received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.
Onslow
Sutton Alford, a rising junior from Jacksonville, is studying this summer at the London School of Economics. A business administration major, Alford is a Froelich Fellow.
Orange
Emma Badia, a rising senior from Chapel Hill, is studying this summer in Shanghai, China, through CIEE (Council on International Education and Exchange). An art major, Badia was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Katherine Mulligan, a rising sophomore from Hillsborough, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Mulligan is a biology major.
Stephanie O’Daly, a rising senior from Carrboro, studied this spring in the UNC Research in the Galapagos program in Ecuador. An environmental sciences major, O’Daly received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.
Rose Peifer, a rising junior from Chapel Hill, will study for the 2013-2014 academic year at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima. A women’s and gender studies and global studies double major, Peifer received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.
Amelia Riely, a rising sophomore from Chapel Hill, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Riely is an economics and global studies double major.
Mack Shih, a rising senior from Chapel Hill, is studying this summer in England in the Burch Field Research Science Seminar in London. A chemistry major, Shih received a Davis-Barden Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.
Kou Xu, a rising senior from Chapel Hill, is studying this summer in Kunming, China through SIT (School for International Training) Study Abroad’s Community Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine program. A biology and Asian studies double major, Xu was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Li Zhang, a rising sophomore from Chapel Hill, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Zhang is an English major.
Pitt
Amanda Drake, a rising senior from Farmville, studied this spring at the UNC Institute for the Environment Thailand Field Site in Energy and Environment in Bangkok. An environmental sciences major, Drake was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Olivia Frere, a rising junior from Greenville, is studying this summer in Hong Kong through the Kenan-Flagler Business School’s international internship program. Frere was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Polk
Allison Clayton, a rising sophomore from Columbus, will study for the 2013-2014 academic year at the Universidad de Oviedo in Spain. Clayton received a Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Spain/Iberian Peninsula.
Randolph
Ryan O’Hara, a rising sophomore from Asheboro, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in London program in England. O’Hara received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.
Ashley Stearns, a rising senior from Asheboro, studied this spring at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna School of Economics and Business) in Austria. An economics and public policy double major, Stearns received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Rutherford
Shakeia Burgin, a rising junior from Union Mills, will study and have an internship this fall in South Africa through the Honors Semester in Cape Town program. A psychology major, Burgin received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.
Stanly
Kaleb Medlin, a rising senior from New London, studied this spring in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. A Romance languages major, Medlin received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Surry
Whitlee Angel, a rising junior from Mount Airy, is studying this summer in the Honors Rome program in Italy. A biology major, Whitlee received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.
Chloe Imus, a rising junior from Westfield, studied this spring in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. A global studies major, Imus received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.
Transylvania
Rodrigo Martinez, a rising junior from Brevard, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Sustainability and Environmental Planning in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. An environmental health science major, Rodrigo received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.
Union
Kathryn Gutt, a rising junior from Monroe, will study this fall at Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A Romance languages and Latin American studies double major, Gutt received a Fry Study Abroad Scholarship.
Hunter Motte, a rising senior from Monroe, is studying in the UNC-Peking University Entrepreneurship Summer Program in Beijing, China. An exercise and sport science major, Motte received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.
Mark Russell, a rising junior from Monroe, will study this fall at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. A psychology major, Russell received an Anthony and Hope Harrington Study Abroad Scholarship.
Ashley Simpson, a rising sophomore from Indian Trail, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Simpson is a business administration major.
Lauren Toppin, a rising junior from Waxhaw, will study this fall at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan. A biology major, Toppin was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Wake
Risikat Ademola, a rising junior from Rolesville, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A journalism and mass communication major, Ademola received awards from the Honors International Experience Fund and the Sarah Quinn Laney Memorial Fund.
Sherifat Ademola, a rising senior from Rolesville will study and have an internship in South Africa this fall through the Honors Semester in Cape Town program. A psychology major, Ademola received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.
Hannah Brown, a rising senior from Raleigh, is studying this fall at the National University of Singapore. A music and interdisciplinary studies double major, Brown was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Scott Cutler, a rising senior from Raleigh, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Sustainability and Environmental Planning in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. A geography major, Cutler received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.
Anna Grace FitzGerald, a rising senior from Raleigh, is studying this summer at Freie Universität Berlin International Summer University in Germany. An anthropology major, FitzGerald received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.
Amy Gallagher, a rising senior from Cary, studied this spring at the National University of Singapore. An anthropology major, Gallagher received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.
Elizabeth Hawryluk, a rising senior from Raleigh, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Human Rights and International Law in Rwanda and The Hague. Hawryluk also studied this spring in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A political science major, Hawryluk received awards from the Davis-Barden Honors Study Abroad Scholarship, the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education and the Honors International Experience Fund.
Kevin Jang, a rising sophomore from Cary, is studying in the UNC-Peking University Entrepreneurship Summer Program in Beijing, China. A computer science major, Jang was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Atiyasha Kaur, a rising junior from Cary, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar in Vienna, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. An economics and history double major, Kaur received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.
Joseph Kleinhenz, a rising junior from Cary, will study this fall in Harbin, China through CET Academic Programs. An Asian studies major, Kleinhenz received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.
Joseph Lucido, a rising sophomore from Raleigh, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Lucido is a business administration major.
Evonne McArthur, a rising senior from Raleigh, will study this fall in Delhi, India, through SIT (School for International Training) Study Abroad’s Health and Human Rights program. A biology major, McArthur was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Brendan McBennett, a rising sophomore from Raleigh, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
Claire McLaughlin, a rising junior from Raleigh, studied this spring at the National University of Singapore on the Honors-University Scholars Exchange. A public policy and economics double major, McLaughlin was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Amber Pace, a 2013 graduate from Raleigh, studied this spring in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Domestic Policy and International Affairs in Washington, D.C. A public policy and political science double major, Pace received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.
Maitreyee Singh, a rising sophomore from Cary, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Singh is a global studies and public policy double major.
Mahati Sridhar, a rising junior from Morrisville, will study this fall at the National University of Singapore through Kenan-Flagler Business School. A business administration major, Sridhar was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
William Stelpflug, a rising sophomore from Raleigh, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Stelpflug is a peace, war and defense and economics double major.
Emily Thompson, a rising senior from Cary, studied this spring at the National University of Singapore through Kenan-Flagler Business School. A business administration and Germanic and Slavic languages and literature double major, Thompson was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Brenna Yellin, a rising junior from Cary, will study for the 2013-2014 academic year at Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. A history and Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures double major, Yellin received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.
Madison Wolf, a rising senior from Raleigh, will study this fall at the Lorenzo de Medici Institute in Florence, Italy. A communication studies major, Wolf received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Peter Wu, a rising sophomore from Cary, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Wu is an economics major.
Wilkes
William Baldwin, a rising senior from Wilkesboro, is studying this summer in the UNC Art and Music in London program in England. A journalism and mass communication and anthropology double major, Baldwin received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.
OUT-OF-STATE RECIPIENTS:
Colorado
Paige Kinsley, a rising junior from Littleton, is studying this summer in Beijing, China through CET Academic Programs. A chemistry major, Kinsley was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador
Florida
Stephen Bishop, a 2013 graduate from Port St. Lucie, studied this spring in in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Domestic Policy and International Affairs in Washington, D.C. A public policy major, Bishop received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.
Jessica Cabrera, a rising junior from Pembroke Pines, studied this spring in Santiago, Chile through SIT (School for International Training) Study Abroad’s Comparative Education and Social Change program. A sociology and women’s and gender studies double major, Cabrera received an Anthony and Hope Harrington Study Abroad Scholarship.
Adam Danley, a rising junior from Cantonment, is studying this summer in Santiago Chile through IES Abroad’s Chile Health Studies program. A biology and linguistics double major, Danley received a Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Latin America.
Laura Dean, a rising junior from Fernandina Beach, will study this fall at the University of Sussex in England. A psychology and dramatic art double major, Dean received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Maria Godoy, a rising senior from Miami, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A global studies major, Godoy received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.
Elana Hain, a rising senior from Winter Springs, studied this spring in Paris, France through IES Abroad’s French Studies program. An art history and contemporary European studies double major, Hain received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Cyara de Lannoy, a rising sophomore from Weston, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. De Lannoy is a geography and business administration double major.
Markella Patitsas, a rising sophomore from Naples, will study in Greece this fall in the College Year in Athens program. Patitsas received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.
Georgia
Jenese Hornsby, a rising senior from Lilburn, is studying in the UNC Summer in India program in New Delhi. A psychology and religious studies double major, Hornsby received a Study Abroad Award.
Malhar Patel, a rising senior from Snellville, studied this spring at Mahidol University International College in Salaya, Thailand. An environmental health science and chemistry double major, Patel was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Illinois
Kathleen Orndahl, a rising senior from Woodstock, studied this spring in the UNC Research in the Galapagos program in Ecuador. An environmental sciences major, Orndahl received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Iowa
Walker Minot, a rising junior from Iowa City, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in London program. An economics and political science double major, Walker received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.
Kentucky
Timothy Barry, a rising sophomore from Fort Mitchell, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Barry is a chemistry and biology double major.
Nicholas Neuteufel, a rising sophomore from Louisville, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Neuteufel is a political science major.
Maryland
Mary Monastyrsky, a rising senior from Chevy Chase, studied this spring at the National University of Singapore. A management and society major, Monastyrsky was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Julie Neveleff, a rising sophomore from Gaithersburg, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Neveleff is a business administration and mathematical decision sciences double major.
Jeffrey Popkin, a rising junior from Rockville, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Sustainability and Environmental Planning in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. An environmental studies and economics double major, Popkin received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education
Breeze Riley, a rising junior from New Windsor, will study this fall in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s exchange program with City University London in England. A journalism and mass communication and political science double major, Riley received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Keren Tseytlin, a rising junior from Bethesda, studied this spring at the National University of Singapore. An economics major, Tseytlin was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Brandon Wong, a rising sophomore from Poolesville, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
Minnesota
Dana Mansfield, a rising sophomore from Saint Paul, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
New York
Elke Esmeralde Dikoume, a rising senior from New York, is studying this summer in the Burch Field Research Seminar on Human Rights and International Law in Rwanda and The Hague. A global studies and peace, war and defense double major, Dikoume received a Brantley Honors scholarship.
Aisha Rajput, a rising junior from Bronx, will study this fall at International Christian University in Mitaka City, Japan. A political science major, Rajput was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Pennsylvania
Ellen Murray, a rising junior from Gibsonia, is studying this summer in Kunming, China, through CET Academic Programs. A global studies and mathematics double major, Murray was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.
Tennessee
Emily Buzhardt, a rising junior from Nashville, is studying this summer in the Honors London and Oxford program in England. A biology major, Buzhardt received a Richard S. Reynolds Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.
Virginia
Anna Simon, a rising sophomore from Montpelier, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Simon is a business administration major.
Natalie Warner, a rising junior from Harrisonburg, will study this fall at the Lorenzo de Medici Institute in Florence, Italy. A communication studies major, Warner received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.
Wisconsin
Sarah Heywood, a rising sophomore from Neenah, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Heywood is a chemistry major.
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