UConn graduate Sarah Marze ’23 (SFA) recently returned to Connecticut after spending the past two years at the Royal Academy of Music in London as a Marshall Scholar.

“I am grateful to have spent my two years collaborating with some of the best classical musicians in the world,” says Marze. “Now that I am back home, I am eager to share what I’ve learned and put into practice the new philosophies, aesthetics, and dreams I’ve encountered during my Marshall Scholarship.”

Marze, an honors scholar who was UConn’s sixth Marshall Scholar in its history and fifth since 2008, earned a master’s degree from the Royal Academy and was completely immersed in her studies and the various projects assigned to her. Read More…

Hope Chokshi ’28 (CLAS) spent two months this summer studying in Turkey as part of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program through the U.S. Department of State. Chokshi is a native of Avon and is pursuing a dual degree in classics and molecular and cell biology. She studied at the Turkish and Foreign Languages Research and Application Center (TOMER) of Ankara University, in Turkey’s capital city. “I learned a lot about the culture of Turkey and actually did pick up a lot of the language,” says Chokshi. You can read all about it in UConn Today.

Julian Cote-Dorado ’24 (CLAS) has been accepted into the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals for the 2025-26 academic year. The fellowship annually provides 65 American and 65 German young professionals the opportunity to spend one year in each other’s countries, studying, interning, and living with hosts as part of a cultural immersion program. You can read all about it in UConn Today.

 

The Gilman Scholarship, a prestigious academic award congressionally funded through the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs at the State Department, has been awarded to seven UConn students for the most recent (fall 2023) application cycle. The funding supports broadening student participation in study abroad programs and encourages travel to diverse locations around the globe, along with intensive language study and internship experiences. 

“We are very excited to see STEM students being represented with Gilman Scholarships this award cycle,” says Valerie Jenkelunas, Experiential Global Learning (EGL) advisor and community liaison specialist. “We also appreciate that four students will be studying abroad in East Asia, an underrepresented region in study abroad nationally.”

In addition to EGL, students applying for Gilman Scholarships also work with advisors in UConn’s Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF).  Michael Cunningham, Assistant Director of ONSF and UConn’s Fulbright Program Advisor, is one of two Gilman certifying advisors at UConn along with Jenkelunas.

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