{"id":3271,"date":"2012-05-18T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.web.unc.edu\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:29:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:29:30","slug":"phillipsambassadorssummerfall12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=3271","title":{"rendered":"Phillips Ambassadors to study in Asia for summer\/fall 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The summer and fall '12 Phillips Ambassadors are pictured with (far left) Phil Phillips. (photo by Steve Exum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sixteen undergraduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected as Phillips Ambassadors for summer, fall, and year-long 2012 study abroad programs in Asia. The Summer\/Fall Phillips Ambassadors will study in greater China, including Hong Kong; India, Thailand, Japan, and Singapore.<\/p>\n

One graduate student has been selected as a Phillips Ambassador to conduct independent research in India.<\/p>\n

Phillips Ambassadors are selected twice a year and receive up to $7,500 each for a semester or year-long program and up to $5,000 each for a summer program. Recipients are selected for academic achievement and commitment to activities, service and leadership roles in the classroom and community.<\/p>\n

UNC\u2019s Phillips Ambassadors program includes a three-credit academic course that puts the overseas experience in global context and challenges students to share their experiences of Asia upon their return.<\/p>\n

Since the Phillips Ambassadors program began in 2007, it has sent 162 undergraduates to Asia, including this cohort. Recipients are chosen twice each year, with 25 percent of the scholarships reserved for qualified undergraduate business majors and minors from Kenan-Flagler Business School. The Ambassadors choose from more than 50 UNC-approved academic programs in Asia that are offered by the College of Arts and Sciences and Kenan-Flagler.<\/p>\n

The program emphasizes what is called \u201cGive Back,\u201d having the Ambassadors share their study abroad experiences with the Carolina community and their hometowns. In accepting the scholarship, a student agrees to submit an article about his or her studies in Asia to a campus or hometown publication. Students also give outreach presentations about their experiences at a school in their hometown and North Carolina schools.<\/p>\n

Earl N. \u201cPhil\u201d Phillips Jr., who graduated from UNC with a business administration degree in 1962, established an endowment, along with his family, to create the Phillips Ambassadors. The program is intended to generate greater interest in Asia among UNC students. Phillips has worked and traveled in Asia for more than 20 years and is a former U.S. Ambassador to the eastern Caribbean.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal with this gift has been to encourage more students to spend their study abroad experiences focused on Asia \u2013 an increasingly vital region of the future,\u201d said Phillips, an entrepreneur who splits his time between High Point and Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n

The new Phillips Ambassadors are listed below alphabetically.<\/p>\n

Jamie Berger
\n<\/strong>UNC Summer in India
\nMajor: Romance languages
\nFrom: Cary, NC<\/p>\n

Wilton Burns
\n<\/strong>UNCIE Thailand Field Site in Energy and Environment
\nMajor: Environmental Science
\nFrom: Chapel Hill, NC<\/p>\n

Brendan Cooley
\n<\/strong>CET Beijing
\nDouble major: Peace, War, and Defense \/ Economics
\nFrom: Severna Park, MD<\/p>\n

H.K. Hallett<\/strong> III <\/strong>
\nChinese University of Hong Kong
\nMajor: Business
\nFrom: Charlotte, NC<\/p>\n

Aseem Hasnain
\n<\/strong>Graduate Student Ambassador
\nresearch in India
\nFrom: India<\/p>\n

Michelle Mariko Ikoma
\n<\/strong>Chinese University of Hong Kong
\nDouble major: Business and Exercise and Sports Science
\nFrom: Naperville, IL<\/p>\n

Hannah Margaret Lindquist
\n<\/strong>CET Beijing
\nMajor: Public Policy
\nFrom: Raleigh, NC<\/p>\n

Amaya Madden
\n<\/strong>UNC Summer in Japan
\nMajor: Asian Studies
\nFrom: Lancaster, PA<\/p>\n

Amanda Melton
\n<\/strong>UNC-Peking University Entrepreneurship Summer
\nDouble Major: English and Comparative Literature\/Computer Science
\nFrom: Concord, NC<\/p>\n

Komal Patel <\/strong>
\nUniversity of Hong Kong
\nMajor: Undeclared
\nFrom: Cary, NC<\/p>\n

Claire Powers
\n<\/strong>International Internship Hong Kong Summer
\nMajor: Business
\nFrom: Charlotte, NC<\/p>\n

Meghan Robbins
\n<\/strong>Mahidol University International College<\/p>\n

Jessica Smith<\/strong>
\nUNCIE Thailand Field Site in Energy and Environment
\nMajor: Environmental Science
\nFrom: Charlotte, NC<\/p>\n

Timothy Allen Stump, Jr.
\n<\/strong>UNC-Peking University Entrepreneurship Summer
\nDouble majors: History \/ Peace, War, and Defense
\nFrom: Charlotte, NC<\/p>\n

Madelyn Usher
\n<\/strong>UNC-NUS Joint Degree
\nMajor: Political science
\nFrom: Charlotte, NC<\/p>\n

Cierra Warren <\/strong>
\nUNC-Peking University Entrepreneurship Summer
\nDouble majors: psychology and Afro- and African-American Studies
\nFrom : Morrisville,\u00a0 NC<\/p>\n

Peter Warrington
\n<\/strong>National University of Singapore Summer Lab Exchange
\nUndeclared major
\nFrom Olds, Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n

Zachary Zlatev
\n<\/strong>Chinese University of Hong Kong
\nMajor: Business
\nFrom: Boca Raton, FL<\/p>\n

Phillips Ambassadors Web site: www.phillipsambassadors.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Read a story about Phillips Ambassadors’ visit with a UNC Board of Governors delegation in March at National Tawain University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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