TEXARKANA, Texas The Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council recognized the talent and creativity of young area artists Sunday during the opening reception of its 29th annual Student Juried Exhibition.
Sarah Sabal secured two prestigious international scholarships a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) and a Boren Awards Scholarship that will allow her to spend a year intensively studying the Chinese language in an immersive setting. She is one of several students who contributed to a record-breaking year for RIT in terms of securing funding for international experiences.
Students earn Critical Language Scholarships, DAAD-RISE fellowships, CBYX fellowships and more
Sarah Sabal, a second-year applied modern language and culture student concentrating in Chinese from Stafford, Va., secured a Critical Language Scholarship and a Boren Awards Scholarship, which will allow her to spend a year intensively studying the Chinese language at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan.
Sarah Sabal has wanted to study abroad since she was a child.
The second-year applied modern language and culture student concentrating in Chinese from Stafford, Va., was born in China and moved to the U.S. with her adopted family at the age of 7. She has dreams of serving as a diplomat, partly drawn to service abroad because her father was a colonel in the Marines who served for 28 years, completed tours in Iraq, and worked at the Pentagon during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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