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Five from SGV to study abroad through CSU program
Cal State L.A.’s Gonzalez, Nguyen both received
$5,000 Gilman International Scholarships
Los Angeles, CA – Baldwin Park resident Joe Robert Gonzalez and Rosemead resident Christina Nguyen have both headed to Korea this fall to study history at Yonsei University. Along with Gonzalez and Nguyen, six other Cal State L.A. students have traveled out of the country to further their studies during this academic year, under the auspices of the California State University (CSU) International Programs.
Among other CSULA students studying abroad, three are also from the San Gabriel Valley:
- Alhambra resident Melissa Almanza, Japanese major, Waseda University, Japan;
- Pico Rivera resident Tania Alvarado, psychology major, University of Aix-Marseille, France;
- Duarte resident Daniela Avola, history major, Florence Study Center, Italy;
- Los Angeles resident Laura Desiderio, child development/early childhood education major, Instituto Techológico de Monterrey, Mexico;
- Arcadia resident Justo Galeana, economics major, Universität Heidelberg, Germany;
- Los Angeles resident Raquel Valencia, French major, University of Paris, France
Additionally, Gonzalez and Nguyen each received a $5,000 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, and Alvarado received a $700 Study Abroad Travel Grant from the CSULA International Programs and Services.
The CSU systemwide study abroad program, accommodating a variety of majors, is offered in cooperation with more than 50 distinguished universities and other institutions of higher education in 19 countries around the globe.
Every year, qualified students from each university in the CSU system are offered the opportunity to continue their studies overseas for a full academic year while they remain co-enrolled at their home campus through the International Programs. The students earn resident credit for all academic work completed while abroad, and remain eligible to receive any form of financial aid (other than work-study) for which they can individually qualify.
The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. This congressionally funded program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and is administered by the Institute of International Education-Southern Regional Center in Houston, Texas.
Students interested in studying abroad should contact Cal State L.A.’s International Programs and Services at (323) 343-3170 and visit its website at www.calstatela.edu/univ/intlstu/. The deadline to apply for academic year 2009-2010 is February 1, 2009. For applications or brochures on the program in each country, visit the University’s Study Abroad/Exchange Program Resource Center at Administration 127.
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