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Five
from SGV to study abroad through CSU program
Cal
State L.A.’s Gonzalez, Nguyen both received
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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