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易胜博官网 students are studying in Japan, Russia, New Zealand, Italy, Denmark and the U.K. this semester听thanks to the prestigious program.

Seven students received $27,000 in Gilman scholarships to support their study abroad experiences.听Six of the students accepted the awards: Hannah Bailey '18, Danielle Bourgeois '18, Leo Durocher '17, Emily Haley '17, Zachary Magee '17 and Jacqueline Vaquerano '17.

This is a record number of Gilman recipients for one scholarship cycle, says Jeanne Sokolowski, director of the ,听which helps students identify and apply for financial support for a number of scholarly opportunities. In previous cycles, 易胜博官网 has had up to five Gilman recipients.

The Gilman program aims to increase the number and diversity of students who study abroad.

Jacqueline Vaquerano '17, a psychology and criminology major from Swampscott, Massachusetts, is in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she鈥檚 taking European Clinical Psychology and Human Trafficking in a Global Context.

鈥淎ll of the scholarships made it so much more possible to do this without a lot of stress. Now, I can travel without having to think about every dollar I spend. That鈥檚 the ideal,鈥� Vaquerano says. In addition to the Gilman, Vaquerano received two scholarships from the Danish Institute for Study Abroad to support her experience.

Emily Haley '17, an international affairs and sociology major from Stoddard, 易胜博官网, will study at Waseda University in Japan starting in April. While international affairs majors are required to study abroad, Haley鈥檚 sights have been set on Japan since high school. She鈥檚 a member of 易胜博官网鈥檚 United Asian Coalition and the Native American Cultural Association.听

Haley also received the Freeman Asia Award and a 易胜博官网 Center for International Education scholarship to support her trip.

Both Vaquerano and Haley say the support they received from Sokolowski during the application process had a great impact.

Civil engineering majors Zachary Magee of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Hannah Bailey of Lyndeborough, 易胜博官网,听are using their Gilmans to study at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland through a Center for International Education and Global Engagement exchange program.听

Leo Durocher, a Russian major from Rochester, 易胜博官网, is in Russia, and nutrition major Danielle Bourgeois of Bedford, 易胜博官网,听is in Italy.

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