Two University of Minnesota students, Caleb Feltis and Maggie Lundberg, have been selected by the National Security Education Program as winners of competitive Boren Awards to support the study of languages and cultures critical to U.S. interests. This program, established in 1991 and named after Senator David L. Boren of Oklahoma, aims to strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness and enhance international cooperation and security by providing students with scholarships to support long-term, immersive study in critical regions of the world.
Although Boren Scholars and Fellows usually spend up to a year abroad, immersing themselves in a foreign language and culture, the COVID-19 pandemic has limited options for travel. This year’s University of Minnesota recipients, both of whom are participants in the Chinese Flagship program, will spend their capstone year in the immersive Chinese program at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California.
