News Release

Note: Participating students are listed
below, alphabetically by county and state.

25 UNC students win scholarships
for summer program in Southeast Asia

CHAPEL HILL - Twenty-five rising sophomores at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded full scholarships for an innovative study abroad program in Southeast Asia this summer.

The Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program, based in the College of Arts and Sciences, is designed especially for students at the end of their first year. The program, now in its fourth year, is made possible through a gift from the Twelve Labours Foundation in Carbondale, Colo., which provides scholarships and covers all program costs.

During the seven-week academic program, the students are traveling in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and China. They were selected from a pool of more than 100 applicants.

"We sought participants who were bright, interesting and engaged students who would contribute their unique energies to a diverse group," said Daniel Gold, assistant director of study abroad for Asia and lecturer in Asian studies at UNC. Gold will is leading the group this summer.

The program is designed to inspire participants to pursue additional international study, research, service or employment opportunities by engaging students in study abroad early in their college careers.

Joining the group as a program alumni research fellow is UNC student Joey Horne of Greendale, Wis., a participant in the program last summer. This year Horne is undertaking an independent undergraduate research project to further develop his academic interests in the region. He also is a guide for the new students.

This year's program offers an introduction to the history, culture and international relations of Southeast Asia and to issues of globalization. Students will spend most of the program at the National University of Singapore. Classes, taught in English by Gold and the Singapore faculty, will be complemented by out-of-class activities and excursions to Kuala Lumpur and Melaka in Malaysia, Bangkok and Ayuttaya in Thailand and Kunming in China.

For more information on the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program, visit the program website at http://studyabroad.unc.edu/Singapore, or call the Study Abroad Office at (919) 962-7002.

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Participants are listed below, alphabetically by N.C. county and by state.

North Carolina participants:

Alamance
LyTonya Fowler, Graham
Tamryn Fowler, Graham
Jeremy Huynh, Mebane
Elby Katumkeeryil, Burlington

Brunswick
MacMillian Grainger, Supply

Cleveland
Katherine Nichter, Shelby

Columbus
Carolina Smith, Whiteville

Cumberland
Fahmida Azad, Fayetteville

Durham
Elizabeth Pittman, Durham

Forsyth
Jamie Hester, Belews Creek

Guilford
Kharmika Tillery, Greensboro

Harnett
Ashley Barnes, Dunn

Martin
William Chesson, Williamston

Mecklenburg
Andrew Daub, Huntersville
Emily Kochy, Charlotte
Thomas McElwee, Jr., Charlotte
Jessica Nichols, Matthews
Krisanna Oopik, Charlotte
Jessica Raynor, Charlotte

New Hanover
Frederick Brewington, Wilmington

Orange
Angelo Coclanis, Chapel Hill

Wake
Frederick Jones, Wendell
Arnab Saha, Apex

Wautaga
Rebekah Pritchett, Vilas

Out-of-state participants:

Ohio
Amy Ballard, Ottawa Hills

Wisconsin
Joey Horne, Greendale (alumni research fellow)

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Study abroad contacts: Dan Gold, dgold@email.unc.edu; Robert Miles, (919) 962-7002, bob.miles@unc.edu
News Services contact: L.J. Toler, (919) 962-8589