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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Local students from Northbrook are receiving honors from various colleges and universities. We round them up with College Credits. (Shutterstock)
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Alexandro Dunkelberger poses with the LHU Army ROTC sign.
LOCK HAVEN – Alexandro Dunkelberger, a freshman biology major at Lock Haven University and an ROTC cadet with the Bald Eagle Battalion, recently was awarded a University of Pittsburgh Project Go Russian Language Scholarship.
The University of Pittsburgh’s highly competitive Project Go scholarships provide intensive first- through fourth-year Russian summer language programs to ROTC students nationwide. Over eight weeks, students cover the equivalent of one academic year of language training.
Pitt Project Go scholarships help students make quick progress toward their degree requirements, provide study abroad opportunities and increase ROTC students’ competitiveness for additional scholarship opportunities like Boren and Critical Language Scholarships – and when commissioning.