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Congratulations to undergraduate International Business major and Entrepreneurship minor, Elii Skeans for being one of the Spring 2013 Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship recipients! Elii was awarded a $4,000 scholarship for his planned study abroad at UA's exchange partner, Yonsei University in Wonju, South Korea next spring. This congressionally funded program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural affairs at the U.S. Department of State and is administered by the Institute of International Education through its office in Houston, Texas. To find out more about this study abroad scholarship and others like it, check out the "Scholarship, Grant, and Fellowship Information" section of the UA Education Abroad website or visit the Office of International Programs in the Polsky Building, room 483.

Not sure how to pick the right program for you?  We have just released the New Education Abroad Starter Kit.  Learn about your options for Education Abroad programs through The University of Akron and outside program providers.  Additionally, the Starter Kit is a great resource for financial aid questions as well as scholarship opportunities.

The University of Akron and Office of International Programs welcomes Steven Cook as the new Assistant Director, Education Abroad.  Steven comes to us from Kennesaw State University in Georgia.  He has lived, studied and worked abroad in three countries and traveled in countless others.  As an undergraduate, he studied for a full academic year at Johannes Kepler Universität in Linz, Austria.  After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science and Secondary Education, Steven taught English for six months in Harbin, China.  He earned a Master of Arts in European Studies from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, and went on to work there as an International Programmes Coordinator.  Steve will begin at UA in mid June.  We look forward to his arrival!

The Office of International Programs congratulates Sara Auclair, a double major in History and Spanish, for being selected by The University of Akron Women’s Committee as the 2013-2014 International College Ambassador. Sara will represent UA as she studies abroad next fall at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in Argentina. The International College Ambassador Scholarship is only awarded to one UA student every year. The scholarship of $2,500 will help finance her semester long study abroad. During the 2013-2014 school year, Sara will be available to speak to on-campus and off-campus groups about her experiences abroad. Click here for more information about the International College Ambassador Scholarship.