Virtual Gilman Writing Workshop - Putting the Finishing Touches on your Gilman Essays!
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
在线
Faculty, Staff, Students
Gilman Program Application Is Now Open!
的 Gilman October deadline is approaching! You'll have thoughtful, engaging essay drafts developing at this point - Now is the time to reflect, revise, consider voice and audience! This is a check-in workshop, a time for you to receive feedback on what will be very close to your final drafts. Best wishes! 的 IIE Gilman is a distinguished, competitive fellowship, a State Department program that is intended to help prepare students for future leadership in international engagement and for successful applications to fellowships such as Fulbright and Peace Corps and more.
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What is the IIE Gilman International Scholarship? It is a US State Department fellowship for US students who are Pell 收件人s to help defray the cost of undergraduate study abroad. Here is the Gilman blurb:
美国.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program enables students of limited financial means (Pell 收件人s) to study or intern abroad, providing awards of up to $5,000 for study-abroad programs. 的 program aims to encourage students to study and intern in a diverse array of countries or areas and world regions. 的 program also encourages students to study languages, especially critical need languages (those deemed important to national security by adding a supplement of up to $3,000 for intensive language study of designated critical need languages). 是 you planning to study abroad? 是 you eligible for the IIE Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship? Join us to learn more about the application process!
AM I ELIGIBLE?
- 我是美国人.S. 公民.
- I am a GVSU undergraduate in good standing (not on probation; with no conduct violations). Spring/Summer Applicants can walk at April graduation but their degree cannot be conferred until after they complete their study abroad program.
- I am eligible for the Pell Grant . 不确定? 问 GVSU Financial Aid Office .
OR — dependent child of an active-duty military member(s) during the time of application. Parent/guardian must serve in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, or Coast Guard. Applicant must currently receive any type of Title IV federal financial aid. Study abroad program must meet all other Gilman eligibility. 的 Gilman-McCain Scholarship uses the same application as the Gilman Scholarship.
Thinking about study abroad? Receive up to $5,000 to go abroad as a college student if you’re a U.S. 公民 and Federal Pell Grant 收件人! 如果你 studying a critical need language in a country in which the language is predominantly spoken, you can apply for the supplemental Critical Need Language Award of up to $3,000. 如果你 interested in conducting STEM-related research while studying or interning abroad, you could receive an additional $1,000 by applying for the STEM Supplemental Award.
的 application closes October 10! Learn more at Gilman Scholarship Program - Study Abroad with a Gilman Scholarship. 看看 Application Overview - Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (gilmanscholarship.org) for an overview of the application process!
And this is ONLY ONE of MANY fellowship opportunities that help with the costs of study abroad - others include IIE Freeman-Asia, Phi Kappa Phi, Bridging (for study in Japan), Watanabe (for year-long study in Japan), Boren (for intensive language study of a critical need language) and more.
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位置 Information
的 information session will take place via Zoom. Once registered you will receive a link to the session.
Contact Information
For information about this and other fellowships, email [email protected].
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This event was added to the calendar by Brenda Tooley (tooleyb@dentaldenture.net) on Thursday, August 22, 2024 and was last updated on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 9:11 a.m.
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