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Jun. 5, 2012

Trinity University Junior Receives Scholarship to Study Abroad

SAN ANTONIO - Trinity University junior Ben Anderson has been awarded a prestigious Boren Scholarship to study abroad during the spring 2013 semester. Only 161 scholarships were awarded to more than 1,000 applicants.

Anderson, from Phoenix, Ariz., is a double major in political science with a focus in international and comparative politics and classical studies in the ancient Mediterranean studies track with a minor in linguistics.  

As part of the $10,000 scholarship, Anderson will live in Istanbul, Turkey taking part in an intensive language and culture program while studying international relations.

"Turkey is the lynch-pin of U.S. diplomatic relations in the Middle East and Central Asia; proficiency in Turkish allows for greater linguistic and cultural access to regions that are and will remain crucial to security and energy concerns in the near future," he said. "As a classics major, Turkey will also be incredible to experience."

After graduation, Anderson plans to work with a national security agency or enroll in graduate program in international relations.

The Boren Scholarships are offered to students seeking to study abroad. Students focus on geography, languages, and security in relation to the United States. The scholars represent a diversity of backgrounds but are all commonly interested in less-frequent languages. Boren Scholarships are part of the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and seek to understand not only the future of American life, but the global environment as well.

Text provided by Marie Gonzalez of San Antonio, a student worker in Trinity's Office of University Communications.