Grand Valley student earns competitive study abroad scholarship

Rosemary “Rosie” Dutfield Willis, a French linguistics major from Northville has earned a nationally competitive scholarship to study abroad in France through the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program this winter 2015 semester.

To be eligible for a Gilman scholarship, students must be a U.S. citizen, study in a country that is not Cuba or on the State Department’s travel warning list for at least four weeks, and meet other financial need criteria.

Complete eligibility requirements and details about the Gilman program are online at www.iie.org/en/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program.

Students interested in applying for this scholarship are encouraged to contact Amanda Cuevas, director, or Marina Okopnaia, graduate assistant, Frederik Meijer Office of Fellowships, in 230 Mary Idema Pew Library, (616) 331-2699, or [email protected]. The next Gilman campus deadline is February 15, 2015 for Summer 2015, Fall 2015, or academic year 15-16 study abroad.