Boren Awards

Boren Awards (National Security Education Program)

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Adam Craig, PhD

Biomedical Engineering

Boren Fellowship to Israel 2016-17

Alexandra Pickens,

BA Global Studies '17, Honors

Boren Scholarship to Jordan, 2016-17
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador 2016-20

Amanda Pentecost,

PhD Materials Science & Engineering '18

NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2013-16
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2015-20
Whitaker International Fellowship to South Korea, 2016-17
Boren Fellowship to South Korea, 2016-17

Amna Khalafalla,

BS Custom-Designed Major - International Economic and Public Policy '22

Gilman International Scholarship to the United Arab Emirates, 2018
Boren Scholarship Alternate to Egypt, 2020

Ann Marie Hager,

BA Political Science with minors in Spanish, Arabic, and International Area Studies '15, Honors

Boren Scholarship Alternate 2014
Critical Language Scholar to Jordan 2016

Caitlin Walczyk,

BA Global Studies and Political Science '18, Honors

Boren Scholarship to Kazakhstan, 2016-17
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2016-17
Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Finalist, 2017
Fulbright Study/Research Grant Semi-finalist (Ukraine), 2018

Catherine Kim,

BA Global Studies '22

Boren Scholarship Alternate to South Korea, 2020

Colby Hepner,

BS International Area Studies '13

Boren Scholar to South Korea, 2012-13

Dylan O’Donoghue,

MLS '19

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Taiwan, 2018-19
Boren Fellowship to Taiwan, 2018-19

Jade Umstead,

BS criminology and justice studies '23

Gilman International Scholarship to South Korea, 2021
Freeman-ASIA to South Korea, 2021
Boren Scholarship to Taiwan, 2023

Jeaná Morrison, PhD Education '17

Brazilian Initiation Scholarship from the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA), 2015
Boren Scholar Alternate 2015
Ford Foundation Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2017
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Semi-Finalist, 2017

Jennifer Siew,

BA International Area Studies: Justice and Human Rights '15, Honors

Boren Scholar to Brazil 2014-15
Critical Language Scholar to Morocco 2015
AmeriCorps SERVE Philadelphia Financial Empowerment Coordinator 2016-17

Kailey Kluge,

BS International Area Studies '15

Boren Scholar to Russia, 2013-14
Carnegie Junior Fellows Program Finalist, 2014-15

Kevin Song, BS, '16

International Business and Marketing

Boren Scholar Alternate (South Korea), 2015

Krishna Desai,

BS International Business, Finance, Analytics '17, Honors

AUD Clinton Scholarship Program 2016
Boren Scholarship Alternate (India), 2016
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador 2016-18

Sandra Deering, BS, 2010

International/Middle East Area Studies

Boren Scholarship (Declined) 2008

Tara Densmore,

BA Global Studies ’20, Honors

Boren Scholarship to Mozambique, 2017-18