Please help us congratulate Ashley Spartz on receiving the Donna Swaim Study Abroad Award for Double Majors and the Van de Verde Memorial Scholarship! In her own words:
“I am truly honored and grateful to have been chosen as a recipient for both the Donna Swaim Study Abroad Award for Double Majors and the Van de Verde Memorial Scholarship, and I thank the College of Humanities for allowing me this opportunity. These scholarships will assist me in achieving my goal of studying abroad and will alleviate some of the financial stress that it brings. I will be spending this summer in Orvieto, Italy, studying advanced conversational Italian and learning about the complexity and importance of food and wine in Italian culture. This program will allow me to progress through my education; I am currently a junior completing both a BA in Italian Language and Literature and a BS in Environmental Sciences. I hope my time abroad will allow me to unite these two paths into one, as much of our climate’s future is centered in Europe. These scholarships support my dream to study abroad and will help me grow in many ways as I immerse myself in a different culture, and I know that it will be an experience that will positively impact the rest of my life. I am once again immensely grateful to the College of Humanities for assisting me in my goals, and I will make the most of this opportunity given to me. Grazie mille!”
Congratulazioni, Ashley!