Accounting Major Awarded International Scholarship to Study Abroad

Felicia Cowger, a third-year accounting major from Weston, Maine, has been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study in Alicante, Spain this summer.

Cowger is one of more than 1,000 American undergraduate students from 332 colleges and universities across the U.S. selected to receive the scholarship that allows them to study or intern abroad during the summer 2015 academic term.

Cowger was awarded $3,000 to study in Spain. She has also received a University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) scholarship.

In Spain, Cowger plans to study Spanish composition, Spanish culture and civilization (taught in Spanish) and sailing, as well as conduct a Madrid field tour study.

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Institute of International Education.

More information about the program is online.