Princeton Students Receive Prestigious Boren Award

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Posted Sep 14, 2010By Martina S. Anderson

A Princeton student is headed to China to begin a year studying abroad as a Boren Scholar as three students return to campus having studied abroad as Boren Scholars in 2009-10.

Abigail Stuth '11, a 2010-11 Boren Scholar and East Asian Studies concentrator, will study at the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies in Beijing, China
Pinchas Raphael Balsam ’11, a 2009-10 Boren Scholar and Near Eastern Studies concentrator studied at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo, Egypt
Abigail Bowman ’11, a 2009-10 Boren Scholar and Near Eastern Studies concentrator, studied at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey
Sarah Gershkon ’11, a 2009-10 Boren Scholar and Operations Research and Financial Engineering concentrator, studied at the Russian Flagship Program in St. Petersburg, Russia

Boren Scholarships allow U.S. undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests but underrepresented in study abroad. In return, scholarship recipients commit a year of service in the federal government.

For the second consecutive year, the Institute of International Education, which administers the awards on behalf of NSEP, received a record number of applications for the undergraduate Boren Scholarship. This year, 925 undergraduate students applied for the Boren Scholarship and 138 were awarded.

Since 1994, nearly 4,300 students have received Boren Awards. Boren Scholars and Fellows represent a vital pool of highly motivated individuals who wish to work in the federal national security arena, and program alumni are contributing to the critical missions of agencies throughout the federal government. An independent not-for-profit founded in 1919, IIE is among the world's largest and most experienced international education and exchange organizations.

If you are interested in applying for a Boren Scholarship for 2011-12, contact Giorgio DiMauro, associate director of the Study Abroad Program, the Boren Scholarship Campus Representative. He can provide you with information, help in completing the application, and will forward your application for review. Applications must be submitted to the Office of International Programs by January 10, 2011.