Dombeck studies in Johannesburg, South Africa

Clarice Dombeck, a double major in Black Studies and Sociology and a Goodrich scholar, is one of the over 10,000 scholarship applicants who applied for The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to study or intern abroad during the fall 2017 term. The Gilman Scholarship Program disburses over 2,500 scholarships each year.

Thanks to the scholarship, Dombeck is spending her fall semester in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Gilman scholars receive up to $5,000 to apply towards their study abroad or internship program costs. The program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies or credit-bearing, career-oriented internships abroad. Such international exchange is intended to better prepare U.S. students to thrive in the global economy and interdependent world. Students receiving a Federal Pell Grant from two- and four-year institutions who will be studying abroad or participating in a career-oriented international internship for academic credit are eligible to apply. Scholarship recipients have the opportunity to gain a better understanding of other cultures, countries, languages, and economies -- making them better prepared to assume leadership roles within government and the private sector