IIE and French Embassy fund Appalachian education abroad

Posted Feb. 1, 2018 at 2:38 p.m.

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Maria Anastasiou, executive director of Appalachian State University’s Office of International Education and Development, is the awardee of $5,000 in funding from the Institute of International Education, Inc. (IIE) and the French Embassy to support Appalachian’s French Embassy-Benjamin Franklin Generation Study Abroad Scholarship program.

According to Anastasiou, Appalachian was one of five U.S. institutions to receive the award, which will support four Appalachian students to study, research or intern in France during the spring 2018 semester, or one of the 2018 summer sessions.

“The French Embassy-Benjamin Franklin/Generation Study Abroad Scholarship is intended to diversify study abroad participants and to encourage students who would otherwise not participate in an international experience to go abroad,” she said.

Student applications are now open and will close on Feb.15.

Apply for Appalachian’s French Embassy-Benjamin Franklin/Generation Study Abroad Scholarship

The Office of International Education and Development (OIED) in collaboration with the Institute for International Education’s Generation Study Abroad Initiative and the French Embassy is pleased to announce that four $2,500 French Embassy-Benjamin Franklin/Generation Study Abroad Scholarships are available to Appalachian State students who plan to study abroad in France for the Spring or Summer 2018 terms.

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About the Office of International Programs

Appalachian State University combines a strong liberal arts foundation with a comprehensive, pervasive and integrated commitment to global engagement. The Office of International Programs assists App State in fulfilling its global engagement mission by working to develop awareness, knowledge, appreciation and respect of cultural differences — in both domestic and international contexts — in the university’s students, faculty and staff, as well as in the surrounding communities. Learn more at https://international.appstate.edu.

About Appalachian State University

As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, cost-effective education. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online. Learn more at https://www.appstate.edu.