NEWS: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Drury’s Department of Languages Receives a $20,000 Grant
SPRINGFIELD, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2010 — Drury University’s Department of Languages has received a $20,000 grant from the C.W. Titus Foundation to fund ten scholarships for foreign language study abroad.
Ten Drury students will receive up to $2000 each to help cover expenses directly related to study abroad education, including travel to and within the host country, tuition, food, lodging and educational supplies. The scholarship period will begin May 15, 2011 and continue to May 14, 2012 and include both short-term study abroad programs and semester-long (or year-long) programs. Scholarships are limited to full-time day students for the 2011-2012 school year.
Applications are accepted on an on-going basis for Drury study abroad programs that meet the above criteria. Department of Languages faculty will consider applications based on the following criteria: commitment to foreign language study, success in foreign language study, years in school and financial need.
The goal for these scholarships is to increase the understanding of international cultures not only for students, but also for the region. Students will be required, upon their return, to share their educational and cultural experiences with Drury and the larger community. This could include presentations in appropriate classes, university clubs, venues such as the campus Global Luncheon Series, or civic organizations. This also might include tutoring services on campus or with local elementary, middle school or high school students.
In the past four years, the CW Titus Foundation has awarded $74,000 to Drury’s Department of Languages through its scholarship program helping students study languages abroad in Europe, South America and Asia.
“The Department of Languages can think of no better way for the understanding of international cultures to occur than to have Drury’s best students acting as foreign language ambassadors at Drury and in the Springfield area,” says Dr. Patrick Moser, associate professor of French.
Contact:
Dr. Patrick Moser, Associate Professor of French, Office: (417) 873-6957, E-mail: pmoser@drury.edu
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