Mineola Student Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant
June 6, 2023
Mineola Student Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant
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Brynna Williamson of Mineola, a senior Spanish major at The University of Texas at Tyler, received a national Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society study abroad grant in the amount of $1,000. Williamson is one of 125 students nationwide to receive the award.
She will use the grant to study abroad at Maynoth University in Ireland. Grants are designed to support undergraduates, both members and nonmembers from campuses that have Phi Kappa Phi chapters, as they seek expanded knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad.
The selection process is based on the applicant’s academic achievement, campus and community service, relation of travel to academic preparation and career goals, a personal statement, letters of recommendation, and acceptance into a study abroad program. Each recipient receives $1,000 to be applied toward travel abroad.
Established in 2001, the Study Abroad Grant Program is part of the society’s robust portfolio of award and grant programs, which gives $1.3 million each year to outstanding students and members through graduate and dissertation fellowships, funding for post-baccalaureate development and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives.
Williamson will graduate in May 2024 with a UT Tyler Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish with a minor in mass communication.
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi inducts approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni annually. The society has chapters on more than 325 select colleges and universities in the United States, its territories and the Philippines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10% of seniors and graduate students and 7.5% of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. For more information, visit PhiKappaPhi.org.
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