On October 23 at 5PM in A&S 2-40, The National Scholarships Office will be holding an information session on scholarships for students who intend to pursue careers in areas of sustainability. Any interested student is encouraged to attend!
Nadya Gutierrez, ’22, was one of 10 U.S. citizens and 50 people worldwide to earn a Quad Fellowship this year.The fellowship, worth $40,000, is an initiative by the governments of Australia, India, Japan and the United States to build ties between scientists. The fellowship sponsors “master's and doctoral students to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the United States.”The Quad Fellowship is managed by a non-governmental task force with leaders from each...
Are you interested in going abroad to study a language for free? Come, learn more about how scholarships like the Boren Scholarship and the Critical Language Scholarship can help you learn less commonly taught critical needs languages like Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, Korean and more.Join us at 5 p.m. on Sept. 24 in room A&S 243 to find out how you can apply for these opportunities. If you are interested but cannot attend, please reach out to Anna Whiteside (anna.whiteside@gcsu.edu).
Are you interested in going abroad to study a language for free? Come, learn more about how scholarships like the Boren Scholarship and the Critical Language Scholarship can help you learn less commonly taught critical needs languages like Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, Korean and more.Join us at 5 p.m. on Sept. 24 in room A&S 243 to find out how you can apply for these opportunities. If you are interested but cannot attend, please reach out to Anna Whiteside (anna.whiteside@gcsu.edu).
Junior nursing major Ama Kpoyizoun and sophomore management major Matthew Malena were two students of 500 from across the country to land a spot in the U.S. Department of States’ Critical Language Scholarship.Chosen from a pool of 5,000 students nationwide, Kpoyizoun and Malena are now part of a government initiative to “expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages,” according to the Department of State.“It was unbelievable that I got accepted, but I was...
By: University Communications Intern, Sicilia ReedThree Georgia College & State University students have been awarded the Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Scholarship. Kassie Arps, a rising junior majoring in mass communication, Paige Blakemore, a rising senior majoring in mass communication and Tommy Creekmore, a rising junior majoring in English, were among 125 students nationwide selected for this award. All of them uitilized the scholarship to participate in GCSU’s Intercultural Leadership...
Axel Hawkins, a history major from McDonough, Georgia, is Georgia College & State University's second Truman Scholar in as many years. Established in 1975, the Truman Scholarship serves as a living memorial to Harry S. Truman. The foundation awards scholarships to exceptional college juniors who demonstrate outstanding leadership potential, a commitment to public service and academic excellence. Hawkins’ receipt of the scholarship makes back-to-back winners and four Truman finalists...
It’s an age-old question: Are leaders born or made? While certain characteristics and natural affinity are necessary, it’s also true great leaders are made—through multiple opportunities to practice the skill and the resources to get there. That’s why, every summer, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation immediately invites its selection of new Truman Scholars to Truman Scholars Leadership Week. Georgia College & State University’s first Truman Scholar, Colin Hall, was at this...
Two Georgia College & State University honors students were chosen to participate in the prestigious 2023 Fulbright UK Summer Institute. Sophomores Alexis Keeney of Athens and Peyton Rodgers of Marietta are the first Georgia College students to receive this highly-selective scholarship. This year, more than 700 students applied for less than 50 spots. Keeney, a sociology major with a minor in public health, will study at Queen’s University Belfast for the “Understanding Northern Ireland”...
Georgia College & State University alumna Anagha Ramakrishnan, ’22, is set to engage in a yearlong cultural exchange in Greece as a finalist for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. As a journalist with bylines in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and who fact-checks stories for CNN, Ramakrishnan will travel to the cradle of Western Civilization to explore the underpinnings of communication, research the roots of democracy and teach local students. “Greece is the starting point for theatre,...
