Events
Virtual Gilman Writing Workshop - Workshopping your Essay Drafts - Approaching the Finish Line!
Date and Time
Thursday, September 26, 2024 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
RSVP
This event is free to attend.
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Location
The information session will take place via Zoom. Once registered you will receive a link to the session.
Description
Gilman Program Application Is Now Open!
You'll have thoughtful, engaging essay drafts developing at this point - Now is the time to reflect, revise, consider voice and audience! This workshop is an opportunity for you to share ideas, troubleshoot paragraphs, review essay prompts to be sure you are answering the questions the Gilman reviewers will use as they review the applications, and further develop opening paragraphs and closing paragraphs.
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What is the IIE Gilman International Scholarship? It is a US State Department fellowship for US students who are Pell recipients to help defray the cost of undergraduate study abroad. Here is the Gilman blurb:
The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program enables students of limited financial means (Pell recipients) to study or intern abroad, providing awards of up to $5,000 for study-abroad programs. The program aims to encourage students to study and intern in a diverse array of countries or areas and world regions. The 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). Are you planning to study abroad? Are you eligible for the IIE Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship? Join us to learn more about the application process!
AM I ELIGIBLE?
- I am a U.S. citizen.
- 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 . Not sure? Ask 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. The 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. citizen and Federal Pell Grant recipient! If you’re 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. If you’re 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.
The application closes October 10! Learn more at Gilman Scholarship Program - Study Abroad with a Gilman Scholarship. And see 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.
This event also appears on the main events calendar tagged as academic, careercenter, cuse, fellowships, international, and studyabroad.
Information
For more information, please visit: https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/
Contact
For information about this and other fellowships, email [email protected].