UNC awards more than $687,000 in study abroad support to 155 students

Students participating in the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program (SEAS) learn about the history and culture of the Arab Quarter in Singapore. Photo by Katie Bowler Young.
Students participating in the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program (SEAS) learn about the history and culture of the Arab Quarter in Singapore. Photo by Katie Bowler Young.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has provided $687,929 in scholarships, fellowships and program support to 155 undergraduates for study abroad during 2014 and 2015. Funded by private gifts to the College of Arts and Sciences, the awards enable students to study in other countries for a semester, summer or year.

More than one-third of UNC undergraduates study in other countries before they graduate – one of the highest study abroad rates among public universities nationwide. The Study Abroad Office in the College offers more than 325 programs in more than 70 countries.

“Many Carolina students would not have the opportunity to study abroad without the generous support of our alumni and friends,” said Bob Miles, associate dean for study abroad. “International experience sets students apart when they begin searching for work after graduation and benefits them in other academic, cultural, social and personal ways.”

Below are descriptions of study abroad scholarships available through the College and this year’s recipients, listed alphabetically by North Carolina county and other states and countries. Also listed are their study abroad plans and names of the scholarships they received. Students without majors listed have not yet declared majors.

Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Latin America

Alumna Leslie Benning of New York City and her husband, Rafael Bejarano, established this scholarship in 2003, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation matched their gift. The fund supports study abroad in Latin America.

Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Spain/Iberian Peninsula Alumna Leslie Benning of New York City and her husband, Rafael Bejarano, established this scholarship in 2003 to support semester or yearlong study abroad programs in Spain or Portugal.

Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award

Alumnus Michael Boyatt of Durham established this award in 1996 with his son, alumnus Matthew, also of Durham. This merit award funds study abroad by undergraduates majoring in global studies or history.

Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program Funded by a generous gift in 2005 from the Twelve Labours Foundation, the program provides scholarships for 25 rising sophomores to participate in an eight-week academic program in Singapore and Thailand, designed as an introduction to Southeast Asia.

James R. Copland III London Honors Scholars Fund

Established by James R. Copland IV to honor his father, this fund supports students in the London honors semester abroad.

Davis-Barden Honors Study Abroad Scholarship The scholarship covers participation in the London Honors semester abroad program. Recipients are selected for scholastic merit, intellectual engagement and financial need.

Alva Ebersole Award  The award supports students with financial need in the UNC in Sevilla program, established by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

William C. Friday Fund Established to honor University of North Carolina President Emeritus William C. Friday’s visionary and sustaining role in the life of the University, the fund provides scholarships for students from North Carolina to participate in honors study abroad programs.

Fry Study Abroad Scholarship This need-based scholarship is intended for students wishing to study abroad in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.

Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship This scholarship was established in 2006 by Lee Stevens Gravely of Rocky Mount and her four children, all of whom are UNC alumni: Frances Gravely and Susan Gravely of Chapel Hill, Steve Gravely of Pittsboro and Page Gravely of Middleburg, Virginia. The award honors Lee Gravely’s late husband, alumnus Lloyd Lee Gravely, a World War II veteran and president of a family-owned export-import company, China American Tobacco Co. The fund provides annual study abroad scholarships, with a preference for North Carolinians.

Anthony and Hope Harrington Study Abroad Scholarship Alumnus and former U.S. ambassador to Brazil Anthony Harrington of Easton, Maryland created this award in 2004 with his wife, HopeThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation matched their gift. The Harringtons established the scholarship to honor former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, who taught at UNC in 1974 and 1975 and who received an honorary degree from UNC in 2001. The fund provides scholarships for study abroad in Latin America.

Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship Program This scholarship was established in 2004 by gifts from Harris Teeter and the Dickson Foundation, Inc. Harris Teeter, the Charlotte-based supermarket chain, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ruddick Corp., whose former chairman was the late Alan Dickson of Charlotte, a Dickson Foundation trustee. The fund provides scholarships for students from North Carolina, with a preference for Harris Teeter associates and their children.

Haywood Family Study Abroad Scholarship Fund  This fund was established by alumni Emmett and Hubert Haywood of Raleigh in 2007 for students with financial need and academic merit to participate in summer, semester or yearlong study abroad programs.

Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Award Fund  Alumnus Leonard Herring of North Wilkesboro and his wife, Rozelia, established this scholarship in 2005 for students with financial need and academic merit to participate in semester or year-long study abroad programs.

Hong Kong Alumni Club Scholarship Fund Established in 2012, the Hong Kong Alumni Club Scholarship Fund provides full funding for a five-week program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. This scholarship is annually awarded to two students who have not previously traveled to Asia and who are currently in the Carolina Covenant Scholars program, which provides eligible high-performing, low-income students the opportunity to graduate debt-free.

Honors International Experience Fund This fund supports scholarships for students participating in Honors Study Abroad programs.

Suzanne Hynes Memorial Travel Award This award was created in 1986 by former UNC Board of Trustees member and alumnus James Hynes of Charlotte and his wife, Peggy, in memory of their daughter, Suzanne. The fund supports travel for study abroad.

Jacques Family Honors Study Abroad Scholarship This scholarship was established in 2001 by John and Jane Jacques of Nashville, Tennessee, whose daughter Lindsay, a UNC alumna, participated in the Honors Summer in London and Oxford program. The fund provides scholarships for students participating in Honors Study Abroad programs.

Joe Henry and Jenny C. Jenkins Study Abroad Fund

Joe Henry and Jenny Jenkins, longtime residents of Dare County and eastern North Carolina, established this fund in 2004 to support study abroad for undergraduates from eastern North Carolina – with preference for students from Bertie, Dare and Hertford counties.

Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarships Carolina alumnae Mary Anne Johnson Dickson and Neal Johnson of Charlotte established the fund supporting these awards in 2002 to honor their late father, a banker and community leader in Elkin. The fund offers need- and merit-based scholarships to North Carolina undergraduates, with a preference for students from Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties.

Sarah Quinn Laney Memorial Fund This fund supports scholarships for students participating in Honors-administered study abroad programs. Scholarship recipients must be residents of North Carolina. Preference is given to students who plan to study in France. If no students meet that qualification, the scholarship is awarded to female students studying in Europe.

Grey Lineweaver Study Abroad Scholarship Alumna Grey Lineweaver of Greensboro established this scholarship in 2005, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation matched her gift. The fund provides scholarships for study abroad in Latin America.

Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education Established in 2000, this fund provides scholarships for undergraduate students participating in Honors Study Abroad, field research or other Honors-administered off-campus academic programs.

Charles A. McLendon Sr. Study Abroad Scholarship Alumnus Charles A. McLendon Jr. of Charleston, South Carolina, created the fund supporting this scholarship in 2004 to honor his late father of Greensboro, a Burlington Industries executive who traveled extensively overseas. The fund provides scholarships for students with financial need and academic merit.

Mealy Family Study Abroad Scholarship Fund

This fund was established by alumna Posey Mealy and her husband, Mark, of Charlotte in 2010 for students with financial need and academic merit to participate in summer, semester or yearlong study abroad programs. 

Phillips Ambassadors The Phillips Ambassadors program was established in 2005 with a generous gift from alumnus Earl N. “Phil” Phillips Jr. of Chapel Hill, a business executive and former U.S. Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean, and his family. This scholarship, given annually to 25 to 50 students, combines a financial award for a study abroad program in Asia with an academic course that puts the experience in a greater global context.

Richard S. Reynolds Honors Study Abroad Scholarship This fund provides merit study abroad scholarships for two to three Honors Carolina students each year. The scholarships provide a means of further stimulating the intellectual experience of Honors Carolina students through international travel.

Frances and E.T. Rollins Jr. Study Abroad Scholarship Frances Rollins of Durham established this fund in 2008 in honor of her late husband, a UNC graduate and a former owner, board chairman and publisher of The Herald-Sun in Durham. The fund provides scholarships for students with financial need and academic merit.

Horace J. Shumate Memorial Scholarship Carol Shumate of Chapel Hill established the fund supporting this award in 2001 in honor of her late father, who worked in the foreign operations division of Loffland Brothers Drilling Co. for 24 years. A contract negotiator, Shumate traveled to remote locations around the world. The fund provides scholarships for study abroad and targets students who wish to pursue new academic or personal interests through international experiences.

Study Abroad Awards The Study Abroad Office awards scholarships to some students from an award fund supported by donor gifts. The awards are based primarily, but not exclusively, on financial need.

William D. Weir Fund for Honors Fellowships in Asian Studies This fund provides fellowships for students to develop language skills and gain practical, independent work experience in China. Recipients spend the spring semester in Beijing for intensive language study and course work on contemporary China, and then spend the summer in internships in Beijing or Shanghai.

NORTH CAROLINA RECIPIENTS:

Alamance

Courtney Arena, a sophomore from Graham, studied this summer in the University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Arabic languages program in Irbid, Jordan. A peace, war and defense and Asian studies double major, Arena received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.

Dylan McCue, a senior from Saxapahaw, studied this summer in the UNC-Peking University Entrepreneurship program in Beijing, China. A journalism and mass communication major, McCue was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Elizabeth Tish, a junior from Graham, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A public policy major, Tish received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Rebekah Wells, a junior from Mebane, will study for the 2014-2015 academic year at Université de Grenoble in the Science in Grenoble Exchange in France. A chemistry major, Wells received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.

Ashe

Ashley Honeycutt, a senior from West Jefferson, studied this summer in Dublin, Ireland, through Boston University’s internship program. A history and peace, war and defense double major, Honeycutt received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award and a Study Abroad Award.

Bertie

Areale Smith, a recent graduate from Windsor, completed student teaching this spring in Hamburg, Germany, through the UNC School of Education. An education major, Smith received an award from the Joe Henry and Jenny C. Jenkins Study Abroad Fund.

Brunswick

Tori Mitchell, a sophomore from Leland, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Mitchell is an economics major.

Buncombe

Virginia Callison, a junior from Weaverville, received an award from the William D. Weir Fund for Honors Fellowships in Asian Studies for study in Beijing, China, this past spring and summer. Callison is an Asian studies and economics double major.

Mary Everist, a senior from Asheville, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in Cape Town program in South Africa. A public policy major, Everist received a Jacques Family Honors Study Abroad Scholarship and an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Henry Gong, a sophomore from Asheville, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Gong is a biology major.

Oliana Luke, a sophomore from Asheville, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Luke is a political science and global studies double major.

Madison Whalen, a junior from Fairview, studied this summer in the Honors Rome program in Italy. A global studies and anthropology double major, Whalen received a Jacques Family Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.

Cabarrus

Noopur Doshi, a junior from Concord, studied this summer in Santiago, Chile, through the IES Abroad Health Studies program. A biology major, Doshi received a Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Latin America.

Alexis Strang, a sophomore from Concord, will study for the 2014-2015 academic year at the University of Manchester in England. A global studies major, Strang received a Richard S. Reynolds Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.

Catawba

Max Lowman, a sophomore from Newton, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Lowman is a chemistry and psychology double major.

Chatham

Marlena Brokob, a senior from Pittsboro, studied this summer in England in the Burch Field Research Science Seminar in London. A biology major, Brokob received awards from the Sarah Quinn Laney Memorial Fund and the Honors International Experience Fund.

Ashley Gaines, a sophomore from Siler City, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Gaines is an exercise and sport science major.

Spencer Nelson, a senior from Pittsboro, studied this spring at the UNC Institute for the Environment Thailand Field Site in Energy and Environment in Bangkok. An environmental sciences and biology double major, Nelson was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Cleveland

Amma Boakye, a junior from Kings Mountain, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in Cape Town program in South Africa. A public policy major, Boakye received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Craven

Crystal Johnson, a junior from New Bern, will study this fall at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. A history and peace, war and defense double major, Johnson received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award and an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.

Cumberland

Caitlin Prenovost, a senior from Fayetteville, studied this summer in the Honors London and Oxford program in England. A journalism and mass communication major, Prenovost received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Dare

Jennifer Bryson, a senior from Southern Shores, studied this summer in Dublin, Ireland, through Boston University’s internship program. A communication studies major, Bryson received an award from the Joe Henry and Jenny C. Jenkins Study Abroad Fund.

Davidson

Brittany Cole, a junior from Winston-Salem, studied this spring in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A journalism and mass communication major, Cole received a Richard S. Reynolds Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.

Haley Smyser, a senior from Lexington, studied this spring in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A communication studies and English double major, Smyser received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.

Davie

Kacy Yount, a junior from Mocksville, studied this summer in England in the Burch Field Research Science Seminar in London. A biology major, Yount received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Durham

Liliants Escobar, a junior from Durham, studied this spring at the University of Hong Kong. A communication studies major, Escobar received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.

Micah Jones, a junior from Durham, studied this spring in the Burch Seminar on Domestic and International Affairs in Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A public policy major, Jones received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Bridget McDonough, a rising senior from Durham, studied this spring at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. A sociology and English major, McDonough received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

Carlton Rollins, a junior from Durham, studied this spring at the Lorenzo de Medici Institute in Florence, Italy. A psychology major, Rollins received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

Sarah Spencer, a sophomore from Durham, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Spencer is a comparative literature and dramatic arts double major.

Grace Ware, a junior from Durham, will study this fall at International Christian University in Mitaka City, Japan. An English and Asian studies double major, Ware received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Forsyth

Zakary Brown, a junior from Winston-Salem, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in London program in England. Brown received a Jacques Family Honors Study Abroad Scholarship and an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Michael Heubel, a sophomore from Clemmons, studied this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A history and communication studies double major, Heubel received a Hong Kong Alumni Club Scholarship.

Eva Lai, a senior from Winston-Salem, studied this spring at National Taiwan University in Taipei. An exercise and sport science major, Lai received an award from the Suzanne Hynes Memorial Travel Fund.

Mishana Sturdivant, a sophomore from Winston-Salem, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Sturdivant is a journalism and mass communication and communication studies double major.

Kexin Yin, a senior from Winston-Salem, will study this fall at the Chinese University of Hong Kong through Kenan-Flagler Business School. A business administration major, Yin was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Guilford

Kierra Campbell, a junior from Jamestown, studied this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A global studies and political science major, Campbell received a Hong Kong Alumni Club Scholarship.

Matthew Lovejoy, a junior from Greensboro, studied this summer in the UNC-Peking University Entrepreneurship program in Beijing, China. A business administration and economics double major, Lovejoy was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Gabrielle Scott, a senior from Greensboro, studied this spring in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. A Romance languages major, Scott received an award from the Suzanne Hynes Memorial Travel Fund.

Christine Son, a sophomore from Greensboro, studied this summer with the Danish Institute for Study Abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark. A biology and global studies double major, Son received an award from the Suzanne Hynes Memorial Travel Fund.

Henderson

Ailsa Bennett, a senior from Hendersonville, studied this spring at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago. A global studies major, Bennett received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.

Iredell

Ryan Bremen, a junior from Mooresville, studied this summer at King’s College London in England. A mathematics major, Bremen received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

Jackson

Maggie Monsrud, a sophomore from Sylva, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Monsrud is a political science and global studies double major.

Johnston

Joseph Baldock, a senior from Willow Spring, received an award from the William D. Weir Fund for Honors Fellowships in Asian Studies for study in Beijing, China, this past spring and summer. Baldock is a business administration major.

Lee

Marquis Hackett, a junior from Sanford, studied this summer in the Honors London and Oxford program in England. A computer science major, Hackett received an award from the James R. Copland III London Honors Scholars Fund.

Steven Wright, a junior from Sanford, studied this summer in the Honors London and Oxford program in England. An English and journalism and mass communication double major, Wright received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Lenoir

Daniel Irvin, a junior from Kinston, studied this spring in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A public policy and philosophy double major, Irvin received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.

Mecklenburg

Imani Augustus, a senior from Charlotte, studied this spring in the Honors Semester in London program in England. A political science and sociology double major, Augustus received a Davis-Barden Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.

Mijal Bucay, a sophomore from Charlotte, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Bucay is an economics and psychology double major.

Emily Cathey, a senior from Charlotte, studied this spring at King’s College London in England. A history major, Cathey received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.

Matthew Coss, a junior from Huntersville, studied this spring in Beijing, China, through CET Academic Programs. A Romance languages and Asian studies double major, Coss was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Ian Dibble, a junior from Charlotte, studied this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong through Kenan-Flagler Business School. A business administration major, Dibble was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Calvary Diggs, a senior from Charlotte, will study this fall with the Danish Institute for Study Abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark. A psychology major, Diggs received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.

Tanner Fadero, a senior from Charlotte, studied this summer in the UNC Science in Grenoble program in France. A biology major, Fadero received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Radhika Ghodasara, a senior from Pineville, studied this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. An environmental health sciences major, Ghodasara received a Hong Kong Alumni Club Scholarship.

Bliss Green-Morehead, a senior from Charlotte, studied this summer in Seoul National University’s Korean Language and Culture program. An Asian studies and Germanic and Slavic languages double major, Green-Morehead was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Christina Hollenbeck, a junior from Charlotte, will study this fall at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan. A history major, Hollenbeck received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.

Joseph-Emery Kouaho, a junior from Charlotte, studied this summer at King’s College London in England. A political science major, Kouaho received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

Allison Kupsh, a senior from Charlotte, studied this spring at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. A biology major, Kupsh received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.

Michael MacGregor, a junior from Charlotte, studied this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong through Kenan-Flagler Business School. A business administration and global studies double major, MacGregor was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Brett McMillan, a junior from Charlotte, studied this spring at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. A business journalism and English double major, McMillan received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Caroline O’Neill, a senior from Charlotte, studied this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. An Asian studies major, O’Neill received a Hong Kong Alumni Club Scholarship.

Bernadine Pierre, a senior from Charlotte, studied this spring in the UNC in Montpellier program in France. A biology and Romance Languages double major, Pierre received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.

Carly Prevatte, a junior from Charlotte, studied this spring in the UNC in Montpellier program in France. A global studies and economics double major, Prevatte received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Ka Ri, a senior from Charlotte, studied this spring in Beijing, China, through CET Academic Programs. A biology and Asian studies double major, Ri was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Katelyn Robalino, a senior from Charlotte, will study this fall in Italy at Universita degli studi di Bologna through the Bologna Consortial Studies Program. A studio art and Romance languages and literatures double major, Robalino received a Suzanne Hynes Memorial Travel Award.

Kayla Scinta, a sophomore from Charlotte, studied this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A dental hygiene major, Scinta received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

Ashley Simpson, a junior from Charlotte, will study this fall at the University of Cape Town in South Africa through IES Abroad. A business administration major, Simpson received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

Madelyn Usher, a senior from Charlotte, was selected as the SEAS Alumni Fellow for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. A participant of the 2012 program, Usher is a political science major.

Moore

Grant King, a sophomore from Southern Pines, studied in the UNC Summer in Japan program in Tokyo. A business administration and Asian studies double major, King was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Sarah Lewis, a senior from Pinehurst, studied this spring at the University of Bristol in England. A psychology major, Lewis received an award from the Mealy Family Study Abroad Scholarship Fund.

Patrick Morrison, a senior from West End, studied this spring at Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain, through the TransAtlantic Science Student Exchange Program. A biology and Romance languages double major, Morrison received an award from the Haywood Family Study Abroad Scholarship Fund.

Erin Wallace, a recent graduate from Southern Pines, studied this spring in the Burch Seminar on Domestic and International Affairs in Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A public policy major, Wallace received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Nash

Alexandra Whicker, a sophomore from Rocky Mount, studied this summer in the UNC Science in Sevilla program in Spain. A chemistry major, Whicker received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

New Hanover

Alexis Akeyson, a junior from Wilmington, studied this summer in the UNC Science in Grenoble program in France. A chemistry major, Akeyson received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Noah Ponton, a sophomore from Wilmington, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Ponton is a political science major.

Orange

Ranjitha Ananthan, a sophomore from Chapel Hill, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Ananthan is a nutrition major.

Grant Cabell, a sophomore from Chapel Hill, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

Lacy Gerstkemper, a junior from Chapel Hill, studied this spring in the Burch Seminar on Domestic and International Affairs in Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A peace, war and defense and history double major, Gerstkemper received an award from the William C. Friday Fund.

Zachary Gossett, a senior from Chapel Hill, will study this fall at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A music major, Gossett was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Sarah Holstein, a senior from Chapel Hill, studied this summer in Dublin, Ireland, through IES Abroad’s internship program. A journalism and mass communication major, Holstein received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Pu Jing, a junior from Chapel Hill, will study this fall at King’s College London in England. A global studies and anthropology double major, Jing received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.

Chloe Ladd, a sophomore from Chapel Hill, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Ladd is a communication studies and political science double major.

Mary Potts, a junior from Chapel Hill, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in Cape Town program in South Africa. A global studies major, Potts received a Jacques Family Honors Study Abroad Scholarship and an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.

Maitri Punjabi, a junior from Chapel Hill, will study this fall at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. A mathematical decision sciences and economics double major, Punjabi was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Sarah Underwood, a senior from Carrboro, studied in the National University of Singapore Science Summer Lab Exchange. A clinical laboratory science major, Underwood was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Pitt

ShaVonte Mills, a senior from Greenville, studied in the UNC Language and Culture Summer in Senegal program in Dakar. A history major, Mills received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award and a Horace J. Shumate Memorial Scholarship.

Firas Quran, a sophomore from Greenville, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Quran is a political science major.

Randolph

Gabrielle Fernandez, a recent graduate from Seagrove, completed student teaching this spring in Hamburg, Germany, through the UNC School of Education. An education major, Fernandez received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Abbey Jaimes, a sophomore from Asheboro, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Jaimes is an elementary education major.

Emily Smith, a junior from Asheboro, studied this summer in the Honors London and Oxford program in England. An English and communication studies major, Smith received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.

Richmond

Jenna Sedberry, a junior from Ellerbe, studied this summer in Greece through the College Year in Athens program. A nutrition major, Sedberry received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.

Rutherford

Marie O’Leary, a junior from Chimney Rock, will study this fall in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. A political science and English major, O’Leary received a Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Spain/Iberian Peninsula.

Scotland

Quentin Tatum, a sophomore from Laurinburg, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Tatum is an American studies and exercise and sport science double major.

Surry

Panayiota Fertitta-Boutis, a sophomore from Pilot Mountain, studied this summer in the UNC Environmental Studies in the Galapagos program in Ecuador. An environmental studies major, Fertitta-Boutis received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

Catherine Schumak, a junior from Dobson, studied this spring in the UNC Research in the Galapagos program in Ecuador. An environmental sciences major, Schumak received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

Kayla Seiffert, a sophomore from Pilot Mountain, studied this summer at the UNC Institute for the Environment Cambridge Field Site in England. A physics and astronomy major, Seiffert received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship

Union

Emily Morton, a sophomore from Waxhaw, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Morton is a biostatistics major.

Wake

Alissa Alba, a junior from Cary, will study this fall at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago through the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication. A journalism and mass communication and anthropology double major, Alba received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.

Jackson Bloom, a senior from Raleigh, studied this spring at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. A dramatic art and political science double major, Bloom received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Suhas Bonthu, a sophomore from Apex, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Bonthu is a business administration and economics double major.

Alia Capone, a junior from Cary, studied this summer in Santiago, Chile, through the IES Abroad Health Studies program. A biology major, Capone received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Kristen Chung, a sophomore from Cary, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Chung is a business administration and journalism and mass communication double major.

Kelly Duffy, a junior from Apex, will study this fall in the Honors Semester in Cape Town program in South Africa. A psychology and biology double major, Duffy received a Richard S. Reynolds Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.

Melissa Fluke, a senior from Raleigh, studied this spring at Uruguay Universidad Católica in Montevideo through the UNC Exchange Program. A global studies and Romance languages double major, Fluke received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Brianna Gaddy, a junior from Morrisville, will study this fall in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. A global studies major, Gaddy received a Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Spain/Iberian Peninsula.

Kathleen Gildea, a junior from Raleigh, studied this summer in the Honors London and Oxford program in England. A psychology and English double major, Gildea received an award from the Davis-Barden Honors Study Abroad Scholarship Fund.

Larry Han, a junior from Raleigh, studied this spring at the National University of Singapore on the Honors-University Scholars Exchange. A biostatistics major, Han was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Austyn Holleman, a senior from Raleigh, studied this summer at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. A global studies major, Holleman received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.

Emilie Kadhim, a sophomore from Raleigh, studied this summer in the University of Florida’s Arabic Language program in Fez, Morocco. A health policy and management and Romance languages and literatures double major, Kadhim received a Harris Teeter Study Abroad Scholarship.

Everlyn Kahihu, a recent graduate from Raleigh, studied this spring in the Burch Seminar on Domestic and International Affairs in Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A public policy major, Kahihu received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Yasmin Khera, a junior from Cary, studied in the UNC Summer in India program in New Delhi. A geography and Asian studies double major, Khera was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Hannah Kim, a senior from Cary, studied this spring at the University of Sydney in Australia. A mathematics and computer science double major, Kim received a Gravely Family Study Abroad Scholarship.

Joseph Kleinhenz, a senior from Cary, studied this summer in Harbin, China, through CET Academic Programs. An Asian studies and linguistics major, Kleinhenz was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Clara McDonnell, a senior from Apex, studied this spring at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A Romance languages and Latin American studies double major, McDonnell received a Grey Lineweaver Study Abroad Scholarship.

Zachary Padgett, a junior from Rolesville, studied this summer in the University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Arabic languages program in Irbid, Jordan. A peace, war and defense and global studies double major, Padgett received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.

Erin Posas, a junior from Raleigh, received an award from the William D. Weir Fund for Honors Fellowships in Asian Studies for study in Beijing, China, this past spring and summer. Posas is a business administration and Asian studies major.

Navina Venugopal, a sophomore from Cary, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Venugopal is a chemistry major.

Aya Zouhri, a senior from Morrisville, studied this spring in the Burch Seminar on Domestic and International Affairs in Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A global studies and peace, war and defense double major, Zouhri received an award from the Honors International Experience Fund.

Wilkes

Robert Triplett, a junior from Wilkesboro, studied this spring at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. An archaeology and history double major, Triplett received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

Jessica Wingler, a senior from Millers Creek, studied this spring at the National University of Singapore’s School of Computing. An information science and geography double major, Wingler received a Charles Garland Johnson Sr. Scholarship.

Yancey

Hayle Austin, a senior from Burnsville, studied this summer in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. A Romance languages and literatures and global studies double major, Austin received an Alva Ebersole Award.

OUT-OF-STATE RECIPIENTS:

Alabama

Molly Williams, a senior from Birmingham, studied in the UNC Summer in India program in New Delhi. A public policy and sociology double major, Williams was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Arizona

Lauren Hacker, a senior from Tempe, studied this spring in Auckland, New Zealand, through Boston University’s internship program. An exercise and sport science major, Hacker received an award from the Mealy Family Study Abroad Scholarship Fund.

California

Lane Jacobson, a senior from Bishop, studied this summer at the UNC South American Archaeology Field School in Moche Valley, Peru. An anthropology and English double major, Jacobson received a Fry Study Abroad Scholarship.

Colorado

Casey Crow, a senior from Pagosa Springs, studied this spring in Geneva, Switzerland, through SIT (School for International Training) Study Abroad’s International Studies and Multilateral Diplomacy program. A political science and global studies double major, Crow received a Charles A. McLendon Sr. Study Abroad Scholarship.

Sarah Mardovich, a junior from Florissant, studied this summer in England in the Burch Field Research Science Seminar in London. A biology and anthropology major, Mardovich received an award from the Peter G. C. Mallinson Fund for Innovation in International Education.

Florida

Gustavo Armada De Dios, a junior from Miami, studied this summer in Kunming, China, through CET Academic Programs. A business administration major, Armada De Dios was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Lily Broming, a senior from Orlando, studied this spring at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) in Austria. An economics major, Broming received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.

Martin Levy, a senior from Palmetto Bay, studied this spring at the University of Hong Kong. A political science and history double major, Levy was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Boya Wang, a sophomore from Tampa, studied this summer in the UNC Science in Sevilla program in Spain. A chemistry major, Wang received an award from the Haywood Family Study Abroad Scholarship Fund.

Georgia

Deborah Harris, a sophomore from Kingsland, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Harris is a journalism and mass communication and environmental studies double major.

Illinois

John Cordes, a sophomore from Lincolnshire, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Cordes is a geography major.

April Hamer, a sophomore from Palos Heights, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Hamer is a biology major.

Maryland

Brian Bartholomew, a junior from Eldersburg, received an award from the William D. Weir Fund for Honors Fellowships in Asian Studies for study in Beijing, China, this past spring and summer. Bartholomew is an economics and political science double major.

Luis Bowser, a senior from Kensington, studied this spring in Buenos Aires, Argentina, through SIT (School for International Training) Study Abroad’s Regional Integration, Development and Social Change program. A psychology and Romance languages double major, Bowser received an Anthony and Hope Harrington Study Abroad Scholarship.

Jan Michael, a senior from Frederick, studied in the UNC Summer in India program in New Delhi. A history major, Michael was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Massachusetts

James Williams, a junior from North Andover, studied this spring in Harbin, China, through CET Academic Programs. A mathematical decision sciences and Asian studies double major, Williams was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Michigan

Lucy Davis, a junior from Holland, studied this spring in Florianópolis, Brazil, through the University Studies Abroad Consortium. A global studies major, Davis received a Michael L. and Matthew L. Boyatt Award.

Missouri

Daniel Holmgren, a junior from Nixa, will study this fall at the National University of Singapore on the Honors-University Scholars Exchange. A computer science major, Holmgren was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

New York

Michelle Graziosi, a senior from East Northport, will study this fall at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. An environmental sciences major, Graziosi received a Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Scholarship.

Tara O’Connor, a junior from Syosset, studied this summer in the Honors London and Oxford program in England. A journalism and mass communication and English double major, O’Connor received a Davis-Barden Honors Study Abroad Scholarship.

Brian Riefler, a sophomore from Hamburg, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Riefler is a chemistry major.

Ohio

Melissa Serrano Burns, a sophomore from Pataskala, was selected for the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer program in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

Pennsylvania

Julia Demarest, a junior from Washington Crossing, will study this fall in the UNC in Montpellier program in France. A linguistics major, Demarest received a Frances and E.T. Rollins Jr. Study Abroad Scholarship.

David Gallagher, a senior from Springfield, studied this spring in Barcelona, Spain, through IES Abroad. An economics and political science double major, Gallagher received an award from the Leonard G. and Rozelia S. Herring Study Abroad Fund.

South Carolina

Aneeka Malik, a senior from Anderson, studied this summer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. An economics major, Malik received a Charles A. McLendon Sr. Study Abroad Scholarship.

Texas

Alexander Jackson, a senior from Dallas, will study this fall in the UNC in Sevilla program in Spain. An economics and African, African American and Diaspora studies double major, Jackson received a Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Spain/Iberian Peninsula.

Virginia

Gabriel Harris, a sophomore from South Chesterfield, studied this summer at National Taiwan University in Taipei. A business administration major, Harris was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

James Hoopes, a senior from Falls Church, studied this spring at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago. A Latin American Studies and mathematics double major, Hoopes received a Bejarano-Benning Study Abroad Scholarship for Latin America.

Brittani Jones, a senior from Roanoke, studied this summer in Ghana through North Carolina State University’s Culture + Community + Design program. An African, African American and Diaspora studies major, Jones received an award from the Mealy Family Study Abroad Scholarship Fund.

Washington

Benjamin Director, a junior from Bellevue, will study this fall at the National University of Singapore Business School through Kenan-Flagler Business School. A mathematics and economics double major, Director was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

Wisconsin

Sarah Heywood, a junior from Neenah, studied this spring in Beijing, China, through CET Academic Programs. A global studies major, Heywood was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

INTERNATIONAL RECIPIENTS:

Canada

Elise Duskin, a junior from North Vancouver, British Columbia, studied this spring at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. A political science major, Duskin received a Study Abroad Award.

Patrick Lung, a junior from North York, Ontario, will study this fall in Beijing, China, through CET Academic Programs. A computer science major, Lung was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.

China

Yanshuo Wu, a senior from Tianjin, studied this spring at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A global studies and psychology major, Wu was chosen as a Phillips Ambassador.