Six students win coveted Boren scholarships
Six UNG students won the Boren award in spring 2021. The Boren Scholarship recipients are Meghan McPeak, Dillon Evans, Phillip Ly, Daniel Shearer, and Katherine Torres. The Boren Fellowship recipient is Rhiannon Smith. Both provide up to $25,000 for students to intensively study language and culture abroad.
After studying Chinese for a week in high school, Meghan McPeak wanted to quit. Then something clicked. I started to remember the characters. It wasn t hard anymore, said the 22-year-old from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Her affinity for and skill in Chinese led her to the University of North Georgia (UNG) and its Chinese Language Flagship Program, which helped McPeak attain a highly competitive national scholarship. She is one of six UNG students to win a Boren award in spring 2021.