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 Boren National Security Education Program (NSEP) Scholarship
Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin American, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. Boren Scholars study less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili and are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security.
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Boren National Security Education Program (NSEP) Scholarship
 Political Science
Honors Tutorial College
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Beth Thompson
A junior from Strongsville, Ohio, Beth will use her NSEP/Boren scholarship to become fluent in Russian while studying at St. Petersburg State University in Russia. This opportunity represents a significant step toward her career goal of working in International Security Studies in the U.S. or abroad. As part of the NSEP scholarship, she will work in national security with the federal government for a minimum of one year. She is a 2008–09 Voinovich Undergraduate Research Scholar; board member of Delta Phi Alpha, a German honors society; member of Golden Key International, an international honors society; executive board member of service organization, Circle K International; and vice president of Newman Community, a Catholic student organization.
“This award will enable me to add a critical language to my repertoire, which will expand my opportunities to work in international security,” Beth said. “As a recipient, I have a wonderful opportunity to study in an exciting part of the world and experience its language and culture. I’m truly grateful for the opportunity and plan to make the most of it.”
“I am delighted that the NSEP/Boren scholarship committee made such a wise choice in granting Beth the scholarship for the study of Russian at St. Petersburg University next academic year. I have no doubt that she will benefit enormously from the experience, and that fellow students and administrators in the program will benefit from her presence there. She has the potential to accomplish truly great things after graduation.”
Karen Evans-Romaine, associate professor of Russian
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