Fund for Education Abroad Diversifies Study Abroad with $150,000 in Scholarships - Meet the 2016-2017 FEA Scholarship Recipients

SPECIAL RELEASE: 2016-2017 FEA Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to the 2016-2017 Scholars! 40% of awardees to study abroad on full academic year scholarships of $10,000.

25 SCHOLARS 76% Minority -- 80% First Generation -- 48% Male 44% Community College (now or in the past) 88% non-traditional location -- 72% to study host country language

Sumurye Awani BASAA Scholar  Wellesley College Senegal & Ghana Eric Beeler George Washington University China & UK  Fóx Cassius Bridges Texas Scholar University of North Texas Osaka, Japan

Michael Clark Rainbow Scholar CUNY-Manhattan Uganda & Rwanda   Alexus Cunningham Benedict College Singapore   Nigel Dowling University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Minsk, Belarus

Mayah El-Dehaibi University of Pittsburgh Italy John Gabelus BASAA Scholar Boston College Chile Jenna Gallemore PDX Abroad Scholar Portland Community College Chile

Lacey Gerdes Northern Kentucky University Japan Amanda Grant Minnesota Scholar University of Minnesota South Korea Clyde Harper BASAA Scholar Elms College Japan

Tiffany Harper North Carolina A&T State University Ghana Lukas Heaton PDX Abroad Scholar University of Oregon Argentina Jadiel Hernandez Florida International University Japan

Christian Illarraza Colon Florida International University Turkey Jakim Johnson Harvey Mudd College China Kylie Kinion Rainbow Scholar Tulsa Community College Japan

Grayson Pajkos University of Illinois at Chicago South Korea Na-Yeon Park Rutgers University Taiwan Cinderella Saavedra Rainbow Scholar New Mexico Highlands University Czech Republic

Trijeet Sethi Student Athlete Scholar  University of S. Florida  South Korea Courtney Steele University of Toledo Japan

Lauren Yang UCLA Ghana Yosita Yeerong UC- Santa Barbara Denmark

View all Scholar bios and photos. Read the official press release.