Language flagship programs catapult 2024 Boren Scholars

A record number of 11 UGA undergraduates were selected for Boren Scholarships this spring. The award is designed to add important international and language components to students’ educations by giving them the opportunity to study overseas in world regions critical to U.S. interests. Boren Award recipients commit to working in the federal government for at least one year after graduation in exchange for up to $25,000 in funding. The national initiative is administered by the Institute of International Education on behalf of the National Security Education Program:

Six of UGA’s recipients are Boren Flagship Scholars in UGA’s Portuguese Flagship Program; two are Boren Flagship Scholars in UGA’s Russian Flagship Program; and nine recipients are either majoring or minoring in international affairs.

UGA has had 105 Boren Scholarship and Fellowship offers since the program was established in 1991, with 63 in the last 10 years. This marks the fourth year in a row that the university has been named a top-performing institution for Boren Scholarships.

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Students applying for a Boren Award at UGA go through a unique campus review process. It includes an interview with a panel of faculty members and administrators from the Office of Global Engagement and the School of Public and International Affairs, during which panelists and students discuss how to structure their applications within Boren’s national security focus.

The following six recipients were awarded a Boren Scholarship to support their participation in a capstone-year program to study Portuguese and complete an internship in Brazil. The Language Flagship provides undergraduates with the opportunity to pursue professional-level language proficiency in one of seven critical languages. UGA hosts Language Flagship programs in both Portuguese and Russian.

• Dalma Arteaga Rosales of Madrid, Spain, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is a third-year student majoring in international affairs, supply chain and operations management and Portuguese.
• Nicole Cortes of Locust Grove is a second-year Honors student majoring in international affairs, minoring in Portuguese and pursuing a certificate in sustainability.
• Bridget Goodman of Decatur is a second-year Honors student majoring in journalism, comparative literature and Portuguese.
• Emily Hinckley of Alpharetta is a first-year student majoring in international affairs and minoring in Portuguese and Latin American & Caribbean studies.
• Connor Mason of Auburn is a third-year student majoring in biological engineering and minoring in Portuguese.
• Davis Potts of Watkinsville is a third-year Honors student majoring in international affairs and Portuguese.

The following two recipients were awarded a Boren Scholarship to support their participation in a capstone-year program to study Russian and complete an internship in Kazakhstan.

• Madi Fulton of Kennesaw is a fourth-year Honors student majoring in Russian and Spanish and minoring in international affairs.
• Emily Medlock of Suwanee is a third-year student majoring in international affairs and Russian.

 

Congratulations to these outstanding students, making the most out of their UGA experience. Note the extraordinary combinations of majors and minors – truly a testament to the robust opportunities of a liberal arts learning environment that propels a great university.

Image: Dalma Arteaga Rosales, center, an undergraduate in UGA’s Portuguese Flagship Program, holds a Brazilian flag. With her are Portuguese Flagship students Emily Hinckley, Nicole Cortes, Davis Potts and Bridget Goodman. (Photo by Stephanie Schupska)