Gilman Fall 2019/Academic Year 2019-2020 Awards
The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is pleased to announce the Fall 2019 and Academic Year 2019-2020 recipients! Nearly 1,000 outstanding U.S. undergraduate students were selected to receive scholarships to participate in credit-bearing study abroad… READ MORE →
Best of Ghana
These are a few of my favorite shots so far in Ghana and their stories. For more photos of this trip and beyond, you can follow me on Instagram at @CFrancisOLearyPhoto.
It’s Not Au Revoir- Only À Bientôt! 🙂
Hi there! I greet you in English this time, as I have now returned to the lovely peach state (good old Georgia)! Towards the end of my month-and-a-half in France, I was actually quite enthusiastic to return home. I was… READ MORE →
Reflection and Growth
I generally try to avoid cliches in my writing, yet here I am, writing about how study abroad changed me. I wouldn’t have it any other way – I didn’t decide to intern in Ghana in the hopes that I’d… READ MORE →
The Return and Reverse Culture Shock
Culture shock has always been a foreign term for me. I never understood what this meant, I always just thought “It shouldn’t be shocking, I know that other parts of the world are different. It can’t be THAT different, can… READ MORE →
Gilman Alumni Ambassador Training Workshop
The 2019 Gilman Alumni Ambassadors training took place from July 21-24 in Washington, D.C. Twenty-five ambassadors will represent the Gilman Program for a one-year term. The alumni ambassador role is to inspire other undergraduates to follow in their footsteps, provide… READ MORE →
Gilman Scholarship Program at NAFA
The 2019 National Association of Fellowships Advisors (NAFA) Biennial Conference took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota from July 23 – 26, 2019. The mission of NAFA is to serve higher education administrators and faculty who assist college-level students with applications for… READ MORE →
The Return: Reverse Culture Shock
Six months later and I am now back home in California. It has been about a week since I’ve arrived back home in the U.S. after living and studying in Melbourne, Australia. Since I’ve been back, I’ve spent a lot… READ MORE →
Taiwan: What’s for lunch?
One of my favorite aspects of any culture is the unique food! I’m currently studying in Tainan; a city famous for its fresh fruit, bubble milk tea, and a signature sweet taste. Delicious food is at my fingertips 24/7 in… READ MORE →
University of Richmond Students Awarded Record Number of Gilman Scholarships
This fall, nine University of Richmond (UR) students will be studying abroad with the support of the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship. The nine students are the most in the University’s history. “Gilman Scholarships are wonderful opportunities for our students to… READ MORE →
