Loyola Marymount University junior Jeremy Selland has been awarded the Boren Scholarship by the National Security Education Program.
In addition to Selland, six other LMU students have landed international scholarships for next year. The Boren Scholarship, named for David L. Boren, former U.S. senator and current president of the University of Oklahoma, focuses its awards on geographic areas, languages and fields of study deemed critical to national security.
“The Boren Scholars program is both a highly prestigious and competitive award for undergraduate students,” said Jack Hobson, director of the Study Abroad Office.
As part of the Boren program, Selland will take an intensive course in Swahili at the University of Florida. He will then continue studies in Swahili at the State University of Zanzibar in Tanzania, where he will also work as an intern for a company that provides micro-financing in developing countries.
“Most of the importance of the scholarship is the cultural experience,” said Selland, who is a political science and economics double major. “I will have a lot to learn by living in Tanzania and interacting with the people.”
Four LMU students were awarded the summer 2014 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for undergraduate students to pursue academic studies or credit-bearing, career-oriented internships abroad. The awardees include: Jacob Mehari, a mechanical engineering major who is studying in LMU’s program in Bonn; Tyler Kidd, a finance major who will study at Chinese University in Hong Kong; Cecilia Ramirez, a biochemistry major who is studying in LMU’s Bonn program; and Hunter Braverman, a mechanical engineering major, who is also studying in the Bonn program.
