2014-2015 Boren Scholarship Recipients

12 Maryland undergraduates won Boren Scholarships, which provide up to $20,000 for long-term language-focused study abroad.

 

The Boren Scholarship, a Department of Defense award, provides up to $20,000 for long-term (two semester or longer), language-focused study abroad. The program targets applicants with a strong interest in using their skills and knowledge in government service. Nationally, around 1,000 students compete for approximately 160 Boren Scholarships annually. Maryland currently ranks #1 in Boren awardees nationwide for the second consecutive year.

Among the 12 Boren recipients for the 2014-2015 season, four awardees are members of the Arabic Flagship Program in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; eight are earning degrees from the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences; and ten are majoring, minoring, or have a second major in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures within the College of Arts and Humanities.

2014-2015 Boren Scholarships

Joanne Angbazo (award to study Portuguese in Mozambique)

Angbazo is a senior in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences majoring in Government and Politics and minoring in International Development and Conflict Management, as well as French Studies. Last summer Angbazo completed an internship at the Nasarawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency in Nasarawa, Nigeria. In spring 2013 she studied at London Metropolitan University while interning at Solace Women’s Aid. Angbazo has also been doing advocacy work in the areas of HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, and community development. 

Margaret Bailey (award to study Arabic in Morocco)

Bailey is a senior in the College of Arts and Humanities School of Languages, Literatures majoring in Arabic Studies and minoring in Russian Studies. Last summer, as a member of the Arabic Flagship Program, she studied Arabic in Meknes, Morocco. In summer 2012 she studied Arabic in Tangier, Morocco with a Critical Languages Scholarship. Bailey earned a citation in International Studies from the College Park Scholars program. For the past two years she has been a member of the Arabic Cluster in the Language House.

Molly Bernstein (award to study Arabic in Morocco)

Bernstein is a senior in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the College of Arts and Humanities majoring in Government and Politics and Arabic Studies, and minoring in Global Terrorism Studies as well as International Development and Conflict Management.  She is a member of the Arabic Flagship Program. In spring 2013 she studied abroad in Amman, Jordan. Bernstein participated in the U.S. Foreign Policy concentration of the Federal Semester Program and completed an internship with the Center for American Progress. Bernstein earned a citation in International Studies from the College Park Scholars program.

William Flinter (award to study Portuguese in Brazil)

Flinter is a senior in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the College of Arts and Humanities majoring in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Spanish Language, Literatures, and Cultures. He is a participant in the Homeland Security concentration of the Federal Semester Program. He is currently interning with the U.S. Marshals Service as part of the program. Previously Flinter interned with the UMD Student Legal Aid Office. In summer 2013 he studied abroad in Salamanca and Barcelona, Spain.

Carrie Hildebrandt (award to study Arabic in Morocco)

Hildebrandt is a senior in the in the College of Arts and Humanities School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures majoring in Arabic Studies and is a member of the Arabic Flagship Program. She is also minoring in International Development and Conflict Management and French Studies. In summer 2011 Hildebrandt studied Moroccan Colloquial Arabic in Fez, Morocco. In spring 2013 she studied in Israel at the University of Haifa while completing two internships. Last summer she was a research intern with the Center for Democracy and Community Development. 

Nadav Karasov (award to study Urdu in India)

Karasov is a senior in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences majoring in Economics and minoring in International Development and Conflict Management. Last summer he studied Urdu in Lucknow, India with a Critical Languages Scholarship and continued his Urdu study through the FOLA program of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Currently he is an intern with Namati in Washington, D.C., where he is researching legal empowerment among Urdu-speaking refugees in Bangladesh. Karasov is a member of the University Honors Program.

Patrick Niceforo (award to study Korean in South Korea)

Niceforo is a senior in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences majoring in Government and Politics and minoring in Global Terrorism as well as Korean Studies. Last spring he studied abroad at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Niceforo is a participant in the Global Semester program through which is currently interning at the American Foreign Service Association’s Executive Office. Previously he was a Special Projects Division Intern with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Reponses to Terrorism. Niceforo earned a citation from the living-learning program CIVICUS.

Lea Patch (award to study Korean in South Korea)

Patch is a senior in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences majoring in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Psychology. She is also minoring in Global Terrorism and Korean Studies. Last spring Patch studied at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Patch participated in the Homeland Security Policy concentration of the Federal Semester Program and is now interning with the Office of Policy and Strategy at the Department of Homeland Security. Previous internships include the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. She earned a citation from the living-learning program CIVICUS.

Esther Robinson (award to study Chinese in China)

Robinson is a senior in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the College of Arts and Humanities majoring in Government and Politics and Chinese. Robinson was a participant in the Homeland Security Policy concentration of the Federal Semester Program and completed an internship with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She also held internships with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. In August 2012 Robinson studied Chinese at National Central University in Taiwan. She is a member of the “Chinese Cluster” at Language House. Robinson is also a participant in the Honors Humanities program in the Honors College.

Kelsey Tremble (award to study French and Wolof in Senegal)

Tremble is a senior in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences majoring in Government and Politics and minoring in Global Terrorism Studies and French Studies. Currently Tremble is interning with the Naval Research Laboratory, Office of Adversarial Modeling and Exploitation. Previously she was a special projects intern with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. Tremble is a participant in the Honors Humanities program in the Honors College.

Amy Waterhouse (award to study Arabic in Morocco)

Waterhouse is a senior in the College of Arts and Humanities School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, majoring in Arabic Studies and French Language and Literature, and minoring in Global Terrorism Studies. She is a member of the Arabic Flagship Program. Last fall she was a project intern with the Naval Research Laboratory and last summer she was an open source intelligence intern with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. In fall 2012 Waterhouse studied in France at the University of Nice. She participated in the living-learning program Beyond the Classroom and is a member of the University Honors Program.

Mohammad Zia (award to study Arabic in Jordan)

Zia is a senior majoring in Global Diplomacy and Development through the Individual Studies Program in Undergraduate Studies. He is also minoring in Global Poverty. Zia participated in the U.S. Foreign Policy concentration of the Federal Semester and interned with the U.S. Department of Justice, International Unit. In fall 2012 he studied in France at the University of Nice and in the following spring he interned with the U.S. Embassy in Paris. He also completed internships with the U.S. Department of State, Office of Afghanistan Affairs and USAID, Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs. At Maryland Zia completed two semesters of Urdu through the FOLA program of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, participated in the Hinman CEOs Program, and is a member of the University Honors Program.