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Boren Awards Representative on WIU Campus Nov. 21

November 18, 2019

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MACOMB, IL – Graduate and undergraduate students interested in overseas language study and careers in the federal government are invited to attend an information session on the Boren Awards at Western Illinois University from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 in Morgan Hall, room 101A.

Jeff Cary, the outreach and recruitment manager for the Boren Awards, will be on the Macomb campus that day to meet with students, faculty, advisors, administrators and a group of community college presidents.

The Boren Scholarships and Fellowships offer undergraduate and graduate students funding for longer-term, language-focused study overseas in world regions underrepresented in traditional study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Boren Awards alumni are committed to public service, working in positions critical to U.S. national security throughout the U.S. federal government, including the departments of State, Defense and Homeland Security, USAID and the Intelligence Community. The Boren Awards provide scholarships for up to $24,000 for graduate students and $20,000 for undergraduate students.

WIU had its first Boren Scholar in 2018, when John Nichols, of Oneida, who is now a graduate student, was awarded a $10,000 Boren Scholarship to study at Prague's Charles University, during the Spring 2019 semester.

For more information on the Boren Scholarship, visit borenawards.org or contact WIU's Boren Representative Centennial Honors College Director Paul Schlag at P-Schlag@wiu.edu.

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