Boren Awards for International Study

Boren Spotlight!

Ebba Turi wais a 2023 Boren Scholar from Texas A&M University who participated in Boren’s African Flagship Language Initiative. Through the AFLI program, Ebba studied Swahili first at the University of Florida during the summer and then in the Republic of Tanzania during the fall.

“I had the privilege of engaging with diverse communities across Africa and the Middle East while exploring the continent through travel. Moreover, my linguistic abilities extend beyond Swahili, as I’m also proficient in Oromo, my native language.

What I loved most during my time in Tanzania was the sense of community I felt there. The friendly and welcoming nature of the people in Tanzania – led by my host family in Arusha and later my landlord in Zanzibar Island – who took me in and made me feel at home throughout my Boren experience. Most importantly, Tanzania’s passive, tolerant, and loving community taught me how to live patiently and easily.

I’m also grateful for a community of incredibly talented and curious cohorts that he met through Boren. I am preparing to embark on graduate studies at the Bush School of Government and Public Service this fall where I hope to delve into National Security and Diplomacy. To me, being a Boren Scholar means being inspired and inspiring others to connect with people across language and cultures in order to make a positive impact in this dynamic world that we live in today.”

Way to go Mississippi State University!

https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2024/06/msus-phillips-adds-national-international-accolades-boren-scholarship

Last week we welcomed our 2024 cohort of Boren Awardees to Washington, DC for two days of pre-departure programming where awardees heard from guest speakers and met representatives from DLNSEO, the Boren Awards federal sponsor, IIE, Boren alumni, and fellow awardees.

We had a great time meeting all of the new Scholars and Fellows before they embark on their overseas journeys. Swipe to see some memories from this year’s Convocation!

Interested in funding your language study abroad? Click the link in our bio to learn more!

https://urnow.richmond.edu/features/article/-/24526/spiders-head-to-asia-to-study-critical-languages.html?utm_source=news&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=features-story

SEAFLI is one of our newest initiatives, and University of Richmond students took advantage in 2024! Congratulations on your awards and we hope you like the summers in Wisconsin and the autumn in Southeast Asia!

Spiders head to Asia to study critical languages Boren Awards will fund study of Vietnamese and Indonesian, underrepresented languages deemed crucial to U.S. interests.

- University of North Georgia has a long tradition of Boren Awardees. Go Nighthawks!

Boren awardees head overseas to Asia, Europe The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has freshly reverberated on college campuses across America, igniting debates and discussions surrounding the fundamental principles of the First Amendment, particularly the rights of free speech and assembly.

https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/news/students-awarded-funding-language-study-and-research-ghana-and-taiwan

"He didn’t initially think that he could win this award." ⬅️

Students Awarded Funding for Language Study and Research in Ghana and Taiwan Gabe Albright MAEPM ’24 and Alex Christodoulou MAEPM ’24 recently completed fellowships in Taiwan and Ghana, respectively, funded by the Boren Awards program for graduate students pursuing intensive language study overseas.

https://www.uri.edu/news/2024/05/cranstons-juliana-nguyen-awarded-prestigious-boren-award-to-study-abroad/

University of Rhode Island

Cranston’s Juliana Nguyen awarded prestigious Boren Award to study abroad KINGSTON, R.I.—May 13, 2024—Juliana Nguyen, of Cranston, is one of four University of Rhode Island students who will travel abroad this summer as a David L. Boren Award recipient. The Boren Awards are a highly selective federal government scholarship program that supports foreign language and cu...

https://news.richmond.edu/releases/article/-/24442/two-university-of-richmond-students-receive-boren-scholarships-to-study-critical-languages-abroad.html?utm_source=news&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=releases-story

Two University of Richmond Students Receive Boren Scholarships to Study Critical Languages Abroad Two University of Richmond students have received prestigious Boren Scholarships to study language in Indonesia and Vietnam.

https://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-ranks-second-in-the-nation-for-2024-boren-scholars/article_fecde580-0ee6-11ef-9214-b3bd91b1e6a0.html

UGA ranks second in the nation for 2024 Boren Scholars The University of Georgia had 11 undergraduates selected as Boren Scholars in the spring of 2024, ranking them second in the nation as a top-performing institution for Boren Scholarships, according

https://news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2024/baylor-students-win-boren-scholarship-nsf-graduate-research-fellowships-gem

Baylor Students Win Boren Scholarship, NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, GEM Fellowship (Center) Laura Kusumo, B.S. ’23, Ph.D. candidate in psychology, is among the latest Baylor students who have won major fellowships and awards. Kusumo and Heavenlei Thomas, B.A. '23, earned the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. (Robert Rogers/Baylor University)

Award notifications for the 2024 cycle have been released! Congratulations to all Boren recipients, we look forward to meeting you soon. Next stop ➡️ Convocation!

15:00 Eastern Time!

Come meet the Boren Alumni Ambassadors! 🌍

We are so excited to announce the launch of a new webinar series where you get to meet and learn more about the Boren Alumni Ambassadors' experiences while on their Boren program, fulfilling their service, and into what they do present day.

The first webinar is on Wednesday, December 13 at 6 PM ET. Two Boren Alumni Ambassadors, Chris Crews and Douglas Winter, will be there to answer any questions you may have – so you don’t want to miss it!

Interested? The link to register can be found in our Linktree in our bio.

Happy to be talking to NCSC LI participants at the Washington Hilton. NCSC LI is staffed by over 200 Georgetown students enrolled in one of the most respected international relations programs in the world.

Boren visited West campus to promote the Boren Awards at the Taking the Pentagon to the People conference. If you got to the table fast enough, you got a Voodoo donut. We will be in Tempe today at the Student Pavilion, outside in the heat. Maybe we will have donuts?

We are pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of State and the Department Of Defense are offering an exciting new webinar series on careers in areas and regions outlined in President Biden's National Security Strategy, featuring Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program and Boren Alumni. Throughout this fall and winter, you are invited to join four sessions to learn more about career pathways in areas and regions relevant to the National Security Strategy, the CLS and Boren programs, and engage with program alumni. 

The first session, Working in Diplomacy and Defense, will kick off Wednesday, September 13 at 18:00 ET on Zoom.

The virtual event will include the following:
• Introductory remarks from U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Defense officials
• Brief overview of the National Security Strategy 
• Alumni panel featuring CLS and Boren program alumni working in diplomacy and defense
• Open question and answer session with the audience

Advanced registration is required. While we hope to accommodate everyone who is interested in attending this webinar, registration will be limited to the first 500 registrants.

- Boren Awards

Another Boren Convocation in the books. Thank you to the over 300 Boren Awardees who came to D.C. from near and far. We hope you made strong connections and look forward to seeing what you accomplish in the next year!

Our Scholars and Fellows have flocked to DC for two days of orientation, networking, and fun in preparation for their time abroad. Welcome to Washington D.C. and sorry about the heat.

Bored will be at at the IIE booth 723, near the Japan area of the DC Convention Center. We are at the expo all day today and tomorrow.

The Boren Scholarship deadline is now official! To all you undergrads and those graduating high school seniors who will be an undergrad this fall, the deadline will be JANUARY 31, 2024! The 2024/25 application will open this fall but save the date! You can click on the link in our bio to join the mailing list so you know exactly when the application goes live!

The Boren Fellowship deadline is now official! If you are or will be a graduate student next year, the deadline to apply will be January 24, 2024. The application will open this fall but you can sign up for our newsletter if you click the link in our bio.

Boren is happy to be exhibiting at the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages Conference!
Come say hello!

We are having a blast at and ran into old friends and made new ones.

Happy to finally get to University of Texas, El Paso! Thank you to both and for hosting us. Boren will be presenting at the Union room 313 at 10:00.

Boren applicants who are vets, don’t forget to mention your prior commitment to public service! 🇺🇸

Wonderful visit to talking to students interested in and providers to help pay for it. Thank you for the tour of your lovely campus. My feet are sore but it was worth it!

Big thanks to who invited Boren Awards to talk to this week. Beautiful campus, energetic students. We 💜 LA!

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Boren Awards is proud to be a part and you can find us at table 96, on the second floor of the ballroom.

Had a fantastic visit to .edu and visiting the Office of Prestigious Awards and the office. Big shoutout to everyone at the who kept me very busy visiting classrooms and talking to over 100 students.