[Nfbkabs] FW:For college-bound students interested in study abroad

[slerythema]

I strongly urge everyone to try study abroad at some point in their academic
career.  It is the best way to truly understand diversity and it will give
you insights to how others learn in the different educational systems across
the world.  If you are interested in any language, it is an invaluable tool
in learning to truly speak and understand the language of that particular
country.  Whether you meet the criteria for this opportunity or not, I urge
you to check into some type of program of any length.

Cindy

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> [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 8:22 PM
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> Subject: [nobe-l] Fw: [AERNet] For college-bound students 
> interested in study abroad
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> 
> Hello:
> 
>      I thought the following might be of interest.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert Jaquiss
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Judi Piscitello" <JPISCITE at MAIL.NYSED.GOV>
> To: <aernet at lists.aerbvi.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 1:53 PM
> Subject: [AERNet] For college-bound students interested in 
> study abroad
> 
> 
> >I have heard that this scholarship program hasn't had as 
> many students
> > with disabilities apply as they would like.
> > 
> > Gilman International Scholarship Program
> > 
> > Awards of up to $8,000 for U.S. undergraduate students to 
> study abroad
> > for up to one academic year are awarded through the Gilman
> > International
> > Scholarship Program.  Application Deadline is September 26, 2006 for
> > those intending to start studying abroad in Spring 2007.
> > 
> > The Gilman Program aims to diversify the kinds of students who study
> > abroad and the countries and regions where they go.  The 
> program serves
> > students who have been underrepresented in study abroad, 
> including but
> > not limited to: students with high financial need, community college
> > students, students in underrepresented fields such as the 
> sciences and
> > engineering, students from diverse ethnic backgrounds, students
> > attending minority-serving
> > institutions, and students with disabilities.  The program seeks to
> > assist students from a diverse range and type of two-year 
> and four-year
> > public and
> > private institutions from all 50 states.
> > 
> > Eligibility: Students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the
> > time of application and cannot be studying abroad in a 
> country currently
> > under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba.
> > 
> > The Gilman International Scholarship Program is sponsored by the
> > U.S.Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
> Affairs and
> > administered by the Institute of International Education.  
> > 
> > "The Gilman award provided the extra funding I needed to help with
> > travel, books and food while in the United Kingdom. The 
> University of
> > Swansea, Wales proved perfect for me, both in size-a campus I could
> > easily walk in spite of cerebral palsy-and in the academic classes
> > offered. The upper-level literature courses covered topics 
> in my main
> > interest, British literature, and I was delighted at the 
> chance to take
> > beginning-level Welsh, one of the 
> > most beautiful, and oldest, languages in Europe." - Mary Trickel,
> > graduate of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (excerpt from
> > article)
> > 
> > For more information, full eligibility criteria, and the online
> > application, visit the Gilman website <http://www.iie.org/gilman> or
> > contact Lindsay
> > Calvert at gilman at iie.org  or (713) 621-6300, ext 25.
> > 
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