Global Poet Scholarship
Whittier College offers $2,000 to all students that can be applied to any study abroad program whether that be a semester or for our short term in January (called JanTerm). A requirement of the scholarship is to wait to study abroad until spending three semesters on campus.
Critical Language Scholarship
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) is a program sponsored by the United States government where they encourage American undergraduates and graduates to study abroad while learning foreign languages. CLS offers a sponsored summer abroad that is “critical to America’s national security and economic prosperity”. The program offers 15 languages such as Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. The award amount varies. The deadline to apply is November 17, 2020.
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is offered by the Institute of International Education with aid from the U.S Department of State. The scholarship is offered to undergraduate students who are recipients of the Pell Grant. If awarded, the scholarship is up the max $5,000. The deadline to apply is October 6, 2020.
Ryan Smith ’21 spent part of his spring semester in Indonesia thanks to the Gilman award.