2018 Study Abroad Fellowship Awardees

Malinda will be participating in the winter 2018 Creativity and Place: Seeing and Re-seeing Rome program in Rome, Italy.

Fadumo will be participating in the 2018 CIEE Summer Korean Studies program in Seoul, South Korea. 

Shivani will be participating in the summer 2018 UW Urban Design and Planning United Kingdom: Sustainable Regional Development program. 

Tina will be participating in the summer 2018 UW Tacoma Ecuador: Spanish Language and Culture program. 

Vasika will be participating in the Seoul National University Exchange program in South Korea for the 2018-2019 academic year. 

Alex is a Sustainable Urban Development major and a junior at UW Tacoma. She believes that the world has so much knowledge to offer, and is eager to gain that knowledge! She will be participating in the Buenos Aires, Argentina Urban Field Experience program in early fall of 2018, and could not be more excited. Sustainable Urban Development centers around cities, and cities that interact and connect on a global scale have the potential to do amazing things. She hopes to make some of those connections for Tacoma, so that we can learn, grow and maybe help other cities do the same. She also hopes to step outside her comfort zone as much as possible, and this program provides a fantastic opportunity to do just that.

Natalia will be participating in the Central Europe: Themes of Psychology in Culture, Heroes, and Food. She is a first generation college student who is passionate about the cultural aspects of feeding behavior, and thinks this program will be an excellent way to learn more about this topic. This will be her first study abroad program, and the last step of her undergraduate career, before applying to graduate programs in Clinical Psychology. 

Iris will be taking part in the South Korea: The Psychology of Health, Crime and Justice program during autumn 2018. She chose this program because she wants to study abroad in a culture she is familiar with and within the field of Psychology. Iris believes diversity is an important component to understanding our behaviors and our motivations. She believes UWT study abroad is a great opportunity for all students to experience learning around the globe! 

Kaylen is looking forwar to exploring a novel cultural experience through the Central Europe: Themes of Psychology in Culture, Heroes, and Food study abroad program. She finds cultural competency and immersive interaction to be essential character building-blocks and looks forward to expanding her personal development. This will be her first study abroad program and her last few undergraduate courses before transitioning into graduate study.

Miriam’s parents brought her to the States at a young age to give her a wider array of opportunities. She has always loved science but also understood the disparities in healthcare all over the world. After an unexpected two year hiatus, she is currently completing her Bachelors in Biomedical Sciences. She has a strong interest in healthcare policy and epidemiology. During the Argentina: Urban Field Experience program, she plans on surveying the healthcare disparities among the ethnic minority in Buenos Aires. Being a minority, she didn’t think she could participate in a study abroad experience because of the cost. Miriam is excited to study abroad and sees this as a chance to demonstrate the different opportunities available to minority students.

After high school, Vasiak studied in South Korea for six weeks and since then, she has been pursuing the Korean language and wanting to return again. For her senior year, she finally gets the chance to study at Seoul National University for the academic year! 

Vanessa will be participating in the Spanish Language and Culture study abroad this summer in Quito, Ecuador. She loves learning about Hispanic and Latino culture and is very excited to go on this program and be immersed in such an academically and culturally enriching environment. Vanessa currently works as a Certified Nurse's Assistant in Tacoma and hopes one day to utilize her Spanish to serve her local community and help further her dreams and career goals. 

Brittany will be participating in the spring quarter Business in the Global Economy: Views from Spain program. Brittany has been working as a Licensed Massage Therapist in Olympia, while studying for her Bachelor's degree. She is hoping to come back from this program a better mother, student, and business entrepreneur. 

Tina is a first-generation Vietnamese-American college student. This will be her first study abroad program ever. During her time abroad, Tina hopes to get a glimpse of her future in international business and practice the language skills she gained with her Spanish Language and Cultures minor. In the future, she wants to work with a global nonprofit that utilizes her language skills and diverse background. Tina will be going to Spain for the “Business in the Global Economy” program, a first of its kind program that partners with the Milgard School of Business and concentrates on business finance through an international perspective. 

Rosanna has been working at as a coach and office assistant at a gymnastic center in Auburn since high school. While abroad on the Rome: Creativity and Place program she is looking forward to learning more about personal and professional communication, as well as business and advertising in Italy.

Brit is a writing studies student at the University of Washington Tacoma. She hopes to use creative writing as a way to make science more accessible to the average person and believes that the Sustainable Development in East Africa study abroad program will help in this in endeavor. When not writing about the ever-blurred lines between animals and humans, she can be found hoping for close encounters with whales in the Puget Sound, giving her dogs belly rubs, or tossing treats out to the neighborhood crows.

Alissa is mostly a clumsy student while tripping on flat ground to get to meetings for her three different clubs, sliding to her appointments, and flailing around to attend her required classes. She will be participating in Rome: Creativity and Place study abroad program, in hopes to craft her skills as a creative nonfiction writer while trying to figure out how not to trip on cobblestone.