Our students are continuing an OHIO tradition of winning nationally competitive awards, which academically speaking is like winning Olympic gold.
This site profiles some of our award-winning students. Many other OHIO scholars are competing for and winning honors from organizations across the nation. For an expanded listing and additional information, please visit the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards Web site.
As our academic community works together to build on a 200-year legacy of excellence, we salute the outstanding achievements of our students and the dedicated faculty members who support them in their remarkable endeavors.
Congratulations—you make us all very proud!
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If you are a current Ohio University student and would like to learn more about competing for these scholarships, visit our Office of Nationally Competitive Awards online.
If you are a prospective student and would like to find out more about the opportunities available at Ohio University, please visit our admissions Web site.
About the Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholarship
The Philanthropic Educational Organization’s mission of promoting educational opportunities for women, education continues to be the primary philanthropy of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. P.E.O. Sisterhood sponsors no less than five international philanthropies, or projects, designed to assist women with their educational goals. P.E.O. funds are established for payment of scholarships awarded by the scholarship committee. When the principal balance of the fund reaches $5,000, the income becomes available for scholarships, payable to the recipient or the school in which she is enrolled.
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Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholarship
 International Development Studies, Center for International Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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Lilia Krasteva
A graduate student from Sofia, Bulgaria, Lilia also is a volunteer for the Ohio Valley International Council, in Athens from January to March. She is teaching Italian during spring quarter and will serve as a peer advisor for new graduate students next year. Her goal is to work as a development practitioner who helps people understand poverty and create income-earning opportunities for them. She also hopes to change the way multilateral organizations support developing countries, by pushing for a more people-oriented approach.
“This scholarship makes possible the most valuable opportunity that I have ever had, because it will keep me at Ohio University to finish my studies in development,” Lilia said. “My aim is to become a development practitioner who works for the creation of more equal opportunities and toward a more just society.”
“Lilia is a very nice person who has a lot of empathy for people in disadvantaged situations. She will make a wonderful NGO worker (or a policy maker) for the development of the underdeveloped. If she chooses to do something else, I have no doubt that she will be very successful in any endeavor that she undertakes.”
Yeong-Hyun Kim, associate professor of geography
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