{"id":135597,"date":"2023-06-07T09:35:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//?p=135597"},"modified":"2025-03-13T14:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:13:59","slug":"3-ucf-students-receive-prestigious-2023-boren-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//3-ucf-students-receive-prestigious-2023-boren-scholarship/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//","title":{"rendered":"3 UCF Students Receive Prestigious 2023 Boren Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three UCF students have been selected as 2023 Boren Scholars, a distinguished national honor that recognizes highly motivated undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in U.S. national security.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>This year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s recipients are Angelina Alonzo, a <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//political-science-ba/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">political science</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//a> major; Flora Ngo, a <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//criminal-justice-ba-2/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">criminal justice</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//a> and <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//psychology-bs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">psychology</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//a> double major; and Sean Merkel, a <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//computer-science-bs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">computer science</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//a> major. With support from the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//opa.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">Office of Prestigious Awards</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//a> (OPA), all three applied, were awarded the scholarship and designed their own study programs.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p><a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//www.borenawards.org/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">Boren Awards</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//a> /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2014 an initiative of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2014 provide funding of up to $25,000 for study abroad experiences for U.S. college students from various fields of study. Select students will find themselves immersed in languages and cultures of world regions critical to U.S. interests. The goal: to build America/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s next generation of government service and education professionals who/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019ve cultivated international relationships and worked and studied alongside experts of other countries. These future leaders will help the U.S. make sound decisions on and deal effectively with global issues related to the country/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s national security.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>Meet the three Knights who are set to venture overseas this summer.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h3>Gaining a New Perspective in Latvia</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h3>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>Background Check</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"attachment_135628/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"max-width: 193px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"figure float-right/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">Political science major Angelina Alonzo found inspiration in her dad&#8217;s travel stories to motivate her to apply for the 2023 Boren Scholarship.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>A young Alonzo would listen intently as her father told endless stories about traveling the world while working for the federal government. Like old VHS tapes, memories played back of the different cultures he encountered and languages he learned.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201c[His stories] inspired me to travel the world,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d Alonzo says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>Growing up in a Dominican household, Spanish was second nature to her. Naturally, she studied the language as a college freshman, but learning a critical language quickly piqued her interest.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cI knew I didn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019t want to [learn] Mandarin because [it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s] way too hard,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d Alonzo says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cSo, Russian it is./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>Going for it</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>Alonzo first learned of the Boren Awards as a first-year student. After several months of research, she applied for the Boren Scholarship in December 2022. What she thought would be a perfect opportunity to learn Turkish in Turkey, turned into the curation of an epic Russian study abroad experience, because she was learning Russian after all.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>Next Stop: Daugavpils</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>The sophomore is looking forward to her first trip out of the U.S. Due to the current Russia travel advisory established by the U.S. Department of State, she&#8217;ll be traveling to one of Russia/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s neighboring countries: Latvia. Over the course of about 38 weeks, she says she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s excited to experience a new environment /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2014 one that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s vastly different than the Spanish and American cultures she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s familiar with /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2014 while strengthening her understanding of the Russian language at Daugavpils University in Daugavpils, Latvia.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cMy biggest accomplishment would be realizing that I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019m speaking Russian without needing my textbook or a translator app,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d Alonzo says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>The Future is Bright</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>Upon returning next spring, the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//www.ucfrussian.club/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">Russian American Student Association</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//a> member plans to enrich her academics by pursuing a third minor in either terrorism studies or psychology.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h3>A Cultural Exchange in Vietnam</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h3>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>Background Check</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>Weekly Vietnamese school lessons at church is where senior Ngo studied the language formally, but she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s engaged with it from birth growing up with Vietnamese parents.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cJust getting that practice and having the opportunity to learn new words in different ways is important to me,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d Ngo says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>Going for it</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>Despite Vietnamese not being included in the many&nbsp;<a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//cah.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//languages/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//languages/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">language classes</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//a>&nbsp;offered at UCF, Ngo was eager to improve her fluency. Boren Award representatives visited her <em>Intelligence Analysis and Reporting </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//em>class in Fall 2021, providing Ngo with initial insight about the immersive program. A year later, she was earnestly writing essays, getting letters of recommendation and receiving guidance from OPA as she began her Boren Scholarship application.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>Next Stop: Ho Chi Minh City</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"attachment_135621/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"max-width: 200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"figure float-left/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"300/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-135621 size-medium/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/" 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data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//2023/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//06/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//UCF-student-Flora-Ngo-200x300.jpeg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"><figcaption class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">Criminal justice and psychology double major Flora Ngo customized her study abroad experience in Vietnam to enroll as an international student.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>Ngo channeled her Vietnamese background and interest in understanding the preconceptions surrounding other nations into a desire to study in Vietnam. The country isn&#8217;t very common for study abroad programs, which drove Ngo to custom tailor her program for her studies at Ton Duc Thang University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>Her studies at UCF focus on federal government operations, which Ngo explains ties directly to her 11-month study abroad experience.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cOpening my mind to the different cultures and experiences in Vietnam [will give] me a better outlook [on global government systems] /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2026 knowing that the way we do things in the U.S. isn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019t how it is everywhere else,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d Ngo says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>The Future is Bright</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>Ngo is looking forward to graduating as a Burnett Honors Scholar from UCF and applying to a master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s program in international security while pursuing a career in national security.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cI just want to contribute somehow,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d Ngo says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cHaving a grasp of a common language in Southeast Asia would help me in that regard /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2026 giving me another avenue to be able to [facilitate communication]./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h3>Making Connections in Japan</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h3>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>Background Check</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>The Miami native and Spanish speaker is connecting to a childhood interest by learning Japanese. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cI watch anime and grew up [playing] video games,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d Merkel says, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cso Japan always had a place in my life./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>Going for it</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>As the first student in UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//college/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//engineering-computer-science/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/">College of Engineering and Computer Science</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//a> to be awarded a Boren Scholarship, Merkel recalls being inspired by a conversation with a family friend who studied abroad in Thailand.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cI feel like studying abroad anywhere is a way to find yourself /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2026 it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s a rite of passage,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d says Merkel, a junior.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<h5>Next Stop: Osaka</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//h5>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>He chose Osaka, Japan, a city 247 miles away from Tokyo, because of his longtime fascination with the region/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s culture and language.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cI picked Japan because I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019ve always wanted to learn Japanese and it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019s also a critical language,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d Merkel says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201c[Visiting Japan has] been on my bucket list /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2026 and the fact that I got a scholarship to go is great./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>Merkel is anticipating the difficulty in learning Japanese but is excited to branch out and meet new people and try new experiences as a student at Osaka University.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cI/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019m going there for the language class,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201d Merkel say, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u201cbut I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135597/u2019m also going there to try other 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