{"id":29312,"date":"2019-05-06T09:57:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T13:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=29312"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:11:06","slug":"seventeen-undergraduates-selected-as-unc-phillips-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=29312","title":{"rendered":"Seventeen undergraduates selected as UNC Phillips Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventeen undergraduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected as\u00a0Phillips Ambassadors\u00a0for Summer and Fall 2019 study abroad programs in Asia. In addition, one anthropology doctoral student was awarded a Graduate Phillips Ambassador award for research in Thailand this summer.<\/p>\n

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Ambassador and Mrs. Phillips gather with new Phillips Ambassadors at a luncheon at The Carolina Club on April 10 (photo by Jeyhoun Allebaugh\/UNC-Chapel Hill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Undergraduate scholarship recipients will study in Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea.<\/p>\n

The Phillips Ambassadors Program<\/a> is a program of UNC\u2019s\u00a0Carolina Asia Center<\/a>, in association with the\u00a0Study Abroad Office<\/a>. Phillips Ambassadors are selected twice a year and receive $5,000 each. Ambassadors attending the inaugural UNC Phillips Summer in Shanghai program at NYU Shanghai this summer will receive $7,000. Selection is based on strong communication skills, intellectual curiosity and engagement, academic achievement, evidence of generous service to the campus and wider community, and a previous record of leadership.<\/p>\n

Twenty-five percent of the scholarships are reserved for qualified undergraduate business majors and minors at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Up to two scholarships each year are available to qualified Duke University undergraduates.<\/p>\n

Phillips Ambassadors choose from more than 70 academic programs in Asia that are approved by the College of Arts & Sciences and Kenan-Flagler Business School. Scholarship recipients enroll in a three-credit hour global studies course designed uniquely for them. Led by UNC\u2019s Earl N. Phillips Jr. Distinguished Professor of International Studies, Dr. Michael Tsin, the course challenges students to explore their study abroad locale in significant detail and seek understanding of the region in a global context.<\/p>\n

A distinguishing feature of the program is an emphasis on what is called a \u201cGive Back,\u201d or sharing of one\u2019s study abroad experience in Asia with the Carolina community and the student\u2019s hometown. In accepting the scholarship, students agree to fulfill a Give Back related to their study abroad experience. Give Backs include endeavors such as published articles, classroom presentations at a student\u2019s hometown high school, photo and art exhibitions, musical performances and group projects focused on Asia.<\/p>\n

The Phillips Ambassadors Program is made possible through a gift from Carolina alumnus Earl N. \u201cPhil\u201d Phillips Jr., an entrepreneur and former U.S. ambassador, and his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal with this gift has been to encourage more students to spend their study abroad experiences focused on Asia \u2014 an increasingly vital region of the future,\u201d said Phillips, who splits his time between High Point and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

The first group of Phillips Ambassadors studied abroad in Asia in the summer of 2007. By the end of 2019, 337 Carolina undergraduates will have studied abroad in Asia as Phillips Ambassadors.<\/p>\n

Read more on the newly selected UNC Phillips Ambassadors at\u00a0https:\/\/phillips.unc.edu\/news-item\/new-ambassadors\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seventeen undergraduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected as\u00a0Phillips Ambassadors\u00a0for Summer and Fall 2019 study abroad programs in Asia. 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