• Increasing awareness of study abroad opportunities among historically underrepresented students on campus, including students of color, first-generation, and low-income students.
• Helping disseminate the message that studying abroad is an experience that all students can and should consider.

Award Amount

Each recipient will receive one scholarship in the amount of $ 2,000

Criteria

Scholarship recipients will be selected by a committee with representation from GEO, campus staff, and the Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence.  Applicants will be selected based on the following criteria:

• Must be a current undergraduate holder of a Diversity Excellence Scholarship or participant in other CMAE programs; OR be actively engaged on campus, or community;
• Must be planning to graduate no less than two quarters after completion of the study abroad experience, in order to complete the service requirement;
• Must participate in a UO-sponsored program;
• Must be enrolled as a full-time degree seeking undergraduate student;
• Communication skills (verbal and written): successful applicants must demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively and engagingly with peers regarding the importance of study abroad;
• Participation in campus and/or community activities: successful applicants must demonstrate involvement in campus and community activities.

Deadline and How to Apply

Service Requirement

All recipients will be required to participate in the following activities and produce the following materials as a condition of the scholarship; recipients must also agree to be included in the DESA directory and may be contacted for future informational and promotional events with prospective study abroad participants.

All DESA awardees must fulfill the following service requirements:

• One “creative idea."  While the themes, focus and design of this piece can and should be tailored to your interests and experience, it must in some way incorporate the theme of encouraging study abroad. The piece must be in one of the following formats:
  • A blog post;
  • A photo journalistic essay of your experience;
  • An Instagram post;
  • An interview for an article suitable for newspaper/magazine publication.
• Within one academic year of your return to campus, participate in an event to encourage studying abroad in coordination with CMAE and GEO staff:
  • Outreach at a GEO or CMAE study abroad workshop or event
  • An information session for student groups or organizations interested in study abroad

Past Awardees

 

"Being a recipient of the Diversity Excellence Scholars Abroad Scholarship is a high honor that means I will be able to travel comfortably in Japan without worry."

"I dreamed of exploring Seoul since I was a freshman. Thanks to the help of Global Education Opportunities, friendly staff, and my kind mentor Kwon Nayoung, who aided me in finding scholarships and grant opportunities, I was able to fulfill my dream."

 

"To me receiving this scholarship means an opportunity of access to an even higher form of education that is more than just what’s in the classroom. It means that I have the chance to see the world and really expand my perspectives."

"Receiving this scholarship is an honor. This assistance is greatly generous and I cannot appreciate it anymore. Going abroad seems like such a foreign idea, but help like this makes it more and more of a reality."

 

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