Calvin Smith '08 recently returned from a semester in Barcelona, Spain, with the help of a $5,000 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
This scholarship is made possible through the Gilman Foundation, which is a branch of the U.S. Institute of International Education (IIE); in association with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
According to its web site: "The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program aims to support students who have been traditionally under-represented in study abroad ... The program seeks to assist students from a diverse range and type of public and private institutions from all 50 states." This year, the Gilman Scholarship program awarded 850 scholarships of up to $5,000 each, with the average being around $4,000.
While in Spain, Smith took Spanish and international marketing and business courses, and interned at ACV Global, a marketing/advertising firm.
Smith is an integrated marketing communications major from Brookfield, Vermont.
For more about the scholarship program and application information, visit www.iie.org/gilman.
