Western Washington University
The Boren Scholarship for foreign language study is a highly competitive but very worthwhile grant that allows students to study for up to a year at a foreign university. Interested students should go to the Boren Scholarship site on-line and investigatge the requirements to see if they are eligible. In addition, the Boren administrators strongly advise that students get help from the campus representative at Western. This person is Dr. Thomas Moore (#4074, College Hall 05, Tom.Moore@wwu.edu).
The process continues with the on-line submission of the candidate's application, after which it is reviewed by the campus representative. The applicant should have his/her application submitted by January 10th. On or about January 21st the canidates will be interviewed by the Boren Campus Committee, which make recommendations to the candidates on how their applicantions can be improved. As noted above, all applications must be officially sumbitted by February 9, 2012.
On-Campus Scholarship Deadline: 02/09/2012


Dr. Thomas Moore
Lecturer
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