FAMU students receive Gilman Scholarship to study abroad

Denzell Jackson, a fourth-year finance major and Colleah Gilbert, a fourth-year biology/pre-medicine student has received the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad this fall in Shanghai and Ecuador, respectively.

The Gilman International Scholarship is a grant program that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, thereby gaining skills critical to our national security and economic prosperity. The Institute of International Education has administered the program since its inception in 2001.