The United States State Department has chosen 15 University of Pittsburgh students as recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which provides up to $5,000 to undergraduate students earning Federal Pell Grants to pursue study abroad opportunities.
Pitt’s 2023 winners and their destinations are:
- Stephany Andrade, a sophomore in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the David C. Frederick Honors College (Italy)
- Kayla Brockington, a sophomore in the Dietrich School and Frederick Honors College majoring in anthropology and film and media studies (United Kingdom).
- Nathan Carney is a senior in the Swanson School of Engineering studying industrial engineering (Mexico).
- Isabella Hoffer is a junior in the College of Business Administration majoring in marketing (Italy)
- Toni Jackson is a junior in the Dietrich School majoring in public and professional writing (Brazil)
- Kofi Kankam is a junior in the Dietrich School majoring in Africana studies and linguistics (Ghana)
- Kaylynne Keyrouze is a first-year student in the School of Nursing (Argentina)
- Yaa Kornne is a junior in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences majoring in rehabilitation sciences (Senegal)
- Mya Kwiatkowski is a sophomore in the Dietrich School studying linguistics (South Korea)
- Amaris Mbuagbaw is a first-year student in the Swanson School majoring in biomedical engineering (South Korea)
- Roland Snyder is a junior in the College of Business Administration studying finance (Ireland)
- Rae Templeton is a senior in the Swanson School studying environmental engineering (Belgium)
- Kellen Weidman is a senior in the Dietrich School majoring in linguistics and Japanese (Japan)
- Nevaeh Williams is a junior in the Dietrich School studying German (Germany)
- Sikai Zheng is a junior in the College of Business Administration studying finance and business information systems (Italy)
All Pitt students can work with the Frederick Honors College’s Office of National Scholarships and Post-Graduation Success to receive support when applying for prestigious awards, such as the Gilman Scholarship.
