Gilman Alumna Awarded the Fulbright Program English Teaching Assistantship
Emily Yong received the Gilman International Scholarship in Spring 2018 to support her study abroad in Stockholm, Sweden. The Dean’s List neuroscience major from New York City is a senior at Hamilton College. An active leader on campus, Yong is a Levitt… READ MORE →
Goals for a Life-Changing Semester Abroad
I have gotten a wide range of responses when I mention I am studying abroad to friends and classmates back home, among them the occasional flippant remark that goes something like this: “Oh, so you’re studying abroad. Is it truly… READ MORE →
Gilman Scholarship Awarded to 61 IES Abroad Students
Sixty-one IES Abroad students won the Gilman Scholarship in 2018-19: Summer 2018: 10 students Fall 2018: 23 students Spring 2019: 28 students The prestigious Gilman scholarship is awarded to eligible U.S. undergraduate students who are studying or interning abroad and who… READ MORE →
Skills Beyond Your Study Abroad Program
Figuring out ways to communicate the impact of studying abroad beyond “It was AMAZING!” can be tricky. By the time I returned to the U.S. and particularly by the time I graduated, I found it difficult to articulate the skills… READ MORE →
How Jordan Reshaped My Running and Writing
As a runner from the midwest, Jordan’s terrain has inexplicably taken a toll on the ease of my runs. I have been running long distance for the past six years now, and for the past year and a half, I… READ MORE →
A New Five-Year Plan: Gilman’s Lasting Impact
If you had asked me three years ago what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said a journalist. My five-year plan was to graduate, get a job at a local news organization, and to seek… READ MORE →
Volunteering for a Leprosy Survivor Village in Chengdu
I had a life-changing opportunity volunteering at a leprosy survivor village in Chengdu, China. Leprosy is a chronic infection causing nerve damage and muscle weakness leading to disfigurement and deformities. Due to leprosy being airborne, patients are isolated in villages… READ MORE →
How Studying Abroad helped me in Graduate School
Study Abroad and graduate school are usually not in the same sentence. What does your previous experience abroad have to do with being in graduate school? Studying abroad has helped me navigate this overwhelming and daunting experience of the first… READ MORE →
Back in the Homeland: Both of Us Different?
“Ta…” I responded to my sister when she told me we would go grab lunch. The word is a response Brazilians say after agreeing with somebody – in full it’s ‘esta,’ meaning alright. I’ve been repeatedly saying it over the… READ MORE →
How Riding Korean Trains Got Me into Graduate School
Of all things that Seoul, South Korea has to offer, from palaces to street markets to hologram shows and cow cafes, I spent a lot of my time on the trains. Coming from the great state of Texas where we… READ MORE →
