Each year, the Gilman Scholarship provides awards of up to $5,000 to more than 3,000 students across the country, helping to increase access to international education. SMU is proud to have three recipients from the fall application cycle.
Payton Deichler is majoring in Management while also studying Italian, Russian, and Spanish languages. He will be participating in the SMU-in-Prague program this summer to continue building his Russian language skills.
Eduardo Perez is planning to major in International Studies and will spend the spring semester in Amman, Jordan with the School of International Training’s Geopolitics, International Relations, and the Future of the Middle East program. Eduardo also received Gilman’s Critical Need Language Award to support his study of Arabic while abroad.
Victoria Valderrey is majoring in Management, International Studies, and World Languages: Spanish and French and travelled over Jan-Term as part of the new SMU-in-Paris: Perspectives on French Identity program.
The next application cycle for Gilman Scholarship will open in mid-January 2025. The spring deadline is March 6, 2025. Applicants are selected based on the impact of the proposed abroad program on their academic and professional career, their ability to make a meaningful impact on the host community, and their potential for academic success while on the program. All Gilman Scholars receive Federal Pell Grant funding and half in Fall 2024 cycle’s national cohort identify as first-generation college students.
Students interested in applying for the award should contact Brandon Gray Miller, assistant dean for University Honors Program and Fellowships, to learn more.