Rotary Scholarship

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2, 2008

Dr. Chad Stebbins
(417) 625-9736

 

 

Lora Dean

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - Missouri Southern State University student Lora Dean, junior International Studies major from Drexel, Mo., has won a $25,000 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship.

The Rotary Club interviewed six finalists for the award last Saturday at Lake of the Ozarks and chose two winners. The six finalists came from all over the state, including the University of Missouri and Missouri State University.

 

Dean will use the Rotary Scholarship funds to finance graduate study in the Middle East after she graduates from MSSU in May 2009. Dean will be studying Arabic this summer at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrance, Morocco. She has completed 12 hours of Arabic at MSSU.

 

Dr. Carolyn Hale, a professor in the Missouri Southern Communication Department, was Dean’s mentor throughout the application process.

 

Ambassadorial Scholarships, The Rotary Foundation's oldest and best-known program, was founded in 1947. Since then, nearly 38,000 men and women from about 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Today it is the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. Through grants totaling approximately $500 million, recipients from about 70 countries studied in more than 70 nations.

 

The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies.

 

While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to a greater understanding of their host country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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