The Julia and Ken Gouw Undergraduate Centennial Scholarship for Study Abroad in Indonesia offers scholarships to UCLA undergraduate students for a language and service program in Indonesia for Summer 2019. Deadline: March 25, 2019.
Through a generous endowment by Julia and Ken Gouw and a match by the
Chancellor’s Centennial Scholars Fund, the UCLA Center for Southeast
Asian Studies is excited to announce the competition for summer
scholarship for UCLA undergraduate students. Priority is given to
undergraduate students who have taken Indonesian language. Scholarships
will cover the student's program fees and accommodations and provide $1350 to the student
for international flights and stipend. Scholarship recipients are
expected to submit a 1-2 page report within two weeks after the program
ends.
The 2019 summer language and cultural immersion program:
- 2 weeks in Bali, Indonesia from August 19 to August 30, 2019
- First week - 20 hours of classroom instruction and site visits for language and cultural learning
- 1 week (or 2 weeks) of volunteer after the language &
cultural training ends. It can be done outside Bali as well but the
organization/schools will provide the accommodation and the
transportation.
- Volunteer work at local schools, universities, NGOs, community
groups (e.g. arts, traditional music, education, environment, etc.)
- Living with homestay family (during the language and cultural learning and the volunteer week)
Interested students should submit:
- 1-2 page proposal which details your interests in Indonesia
including personal background, previous study including any language or
area studies coursework, campus involvement, and/or other
extracurricular activities and what you plan to do during your volunteer
work and its value to your academic experience
- An unofficial transcript
- One letter of recommendation from an academic adviser/faculty mentor
The deadline is March 25, 2019.
For more info please contact:
Nguyet Tong
310-206-9163
cseas@international.ucla.edu