A Marshall University student has won the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship for study abroad. Gilman Scholars receive up to $5,000 to apply towards their study abroad or internship program costs with additional funding available for the study of a critical language overseas.
Tyler Farley is one of the approximately 1,700 undergraduate students from across the United States selected in the October 2023 application cycle to receive the Gilman scholarship to study or intern abroad in 2024. Gilman Scholars will study or intern in over 90 countries.
Farley is a first-year Yeager Scholar pursuing a business degree with double majors in economics and international affairs. He will be studying in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the summer of 2024 through KIIS, a faculty-led study abroad consortium of colleges and universities. The course Farley plans to take, entitled Dictatorship and Democracy, will be taught by Dr. Shawn Schulenberg, a professor of political science and faculty senate chair at Marshall University.
The Gilman Scholarship supports American undergraduate students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad and, since 2001, has enabled more than 41,000 outstanding Americans of diverse backgrounds to engage in a meaningful educational experience abroad. The program has successfully broadened U.S. participation in study abroad while emphasizing countries and regions where fewer Americans traditionally study.
The Gilman program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is supported in its implementation by the Institute of International Education (IIE). For more information about the Gilman scholarship, visit the website at https://www.gilmanscholarship.org or contact Heather Smith, program manager of the Office of National Scholarships, by phone at 304-696-2475 or by email at heather.smith@marshall.edu.