25 Win Scholarships for Summer in Southeast Asia

Posted on June 10, 2008

Twenty-five rising sophomores at Carolina have been awarded full scholarships for an innovative seven-week study abroad program in Southeast Asia this summer.

The Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, now under way, is designed for students at the end of their first year. The program, now in its sixth year, is made possible through a gift from the Twelve Labours Foundation in Carbondale, Colo., which provides scholarships valued at about $8,000 per student, covering all program costs.

This year, the program is led by UNC political scientists Layna Mosley and Andrew Reynolds. Mosley, an associate professor of political science, is a scholar of international relations and comparative political economies. Reynolds, an associate professor of political science, is an expert on emerging democracies, constitutional design and electoral politics.

The students are taking two courses focusing on political and economic transformation in Asia and the history of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The group will spend six weeks at the National University of Singapore, four days in Malaysia and a week in Thailand.

The students were selected from a pool of more than 150 applicants.

The program is designed to inspire undergraduates to pursue additional international study, research, service or employment opportunities by engaging them in study abroad early in their college careers, said Daniel Gold, assistant director of study abroad for Asia and lecturer in Asian studies at UNC.

An additional student, Caroline Fisher of Charlotte, is with the group as a program alumna research fellow. She participated in the program last summer and is returning to undertake an independent research project and help guide the new program participants.

Participants, listed alphabetically by N.C. county and by state:

North Carolina participants:

• Ashe
  Olivia Bowler, Todd
• Burke
  Carolina Lindell, Morganton
• Guilford
  Jazmine Carter, High Point
  Waylian Forgay, Greensboro
  Elliot Montpellier, Greensboro
  Nisha Verma, Greensboro
• Mecklenburg
  Catherine Bruce, Charlotte
  Caroline Fisher, Charlotte (alumna research fellow)
  Monique Hardin, Charlotte
  Jared Lowe, Davidson
• New Hanover
  Alexandra Loizias, Wilmington
• Orange
  Daniel Acker, Chapel Hill
  Katherine Byerly, Chapel Hill
  Colleen Murphy, Chapel Hill
  Patrick Toomey, Chapel Hill
  William White, Carrboro
  Beth Wollman, Chapel Hill
• Richmond
  Nawsheen Khan, Rockingham
• Surry
  Megan Carriker, Mount Airy
• Wake
  Lisa Pepin, Raleigh

Out-of-state participants:

• Florida
  Catherine Coley, Winter Park
• Illinois
  Alyzza Dill, Flossmoor
• Iowa
  Anita Rao, North Liberty
• New York
  Elaina Giolando, Williamsville
• Ohio
  Angela Dixon, Cincinnati
• Virginia
  Margaret McDowell, Roanoke

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Related coverage is available online:

• 29 Students Study Abroad on Scholarships
  News report from March 2008
• New Endowment Funds Asia Study
  News report from October 2006

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