June 25, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Sabina Husic, a Western Kentucky University freshman from Bowling Green, has received a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for the fall 2008 semester.
Husic, a design, merchandising and textiles major, will receive a $3,500 scholarship to participate in a Fairfield University study abroad program in Italy.
The award is the family’s second Gilman Scholarship. In 2007, Husic’s older sister, Senida, received a Gilman to study in the United Arab Emirates. Senida Husic is a senior at WKU and a student in the Honors College.
“Sabina’s success demonstrates once more the quality of students attending WKU,” said Dr. Craig Cobane, director of the Honors College. “Our institution is filled with students who are competitive for this and other national scholarships, they only need to take the opportunity to come visit the Office of Scholar Development (housed in the Honors College) to begin the process.”
The Gilman Scholarship is nationally competitive award sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education (IIE). During the fall 2008 and academic year 2008-09 application cycle, the Gilman Scholarship Program received 1,659 applications for 700 possible awards.
More information on the scholarship program is available online at http://www.iie.org/gilman. More information on WKU’s Honors College and prestigious national scholarships is available online at www.wku.edu/honors/.
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For information, contact Honors College at (270) 745-2081.
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