OMS Scholarship Recipients

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Keegan Farrington and Will O’Neil: Exploring Africa and Europe thanks to Boren Awards

From Latvia’s vibrant culture to Tanzania’s warm hospitality, University of Maine alumni Keegan Farrington ’20, ’24G and Will O’Neil ’20, ’24G, embraced the unique opportunity to spend a year abroad thanks to the immersive experience funded by Boren Awards. The National Security Education Program’s Boren Awards provide U.S. undergraduate and graduate students funding to build […]

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Ashley Wilson: Living and learning in Japan thanks to national scholarship

Ashley Wilson, a rising senior double majoring in economics and international affairs with a concentration in comparative politics at the University of Maine, spent the summer living and learning in Japan as a participant in the competitive Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) program. As a part of CLS, Wilson attended an intensive language program at Okayama […]

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Jamie Fogg: Winner of prestigious scholarship supports humpback whale research

Jamie Fogg, a rising junior marine science major with a concentration in marine biology and Maine Top Scholar, was awarded the prestigious National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship in the last application cycle. Fogg is one of only two students in Maine and 130 nationwide to receive this honor. “I […]

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From Norway and Taiwan, Fulbright awardees hope to make a difference

Investigating plastic pollution in a Norwegian glacier and teaching English in Taiwan are the plans of a University of Maine Ph.D. student and a recent graduate who both received awards from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Ligia Naveira, a Ph.D. student with UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, earned a Fulbright Open Study/Research Award; and Cora Saddler, […]

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