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Seven KU students receive Freeman-Asia scholarships for study in Asia

LAWRENCE — Seven University of Kansas students have won national Freeman-ASIA scholarships for study abroad programs in Asia.

The recipients are:

— Libby Ann Allen, Sedan junior, to study this summer in China
— Kim Dieneke Brook, Lawrence senior, to study this summer in South Korea
— Michael Thomas Edmonds, Topeka junior, to study in Japan during the 2007-08 academic year
— Nicholas Frederick Kellerman, Overland Park sophomore, to study in Japan for the 2007-08 academic year
— Wing Kwan Lam, Overland Park sophomore, to study this summer in Japan.
— Luis Carlos Vargas, Wichita senior, to study Japan during the fall 2007 semester. Vargas also has received a Bridging Scholarship for study in Japan.
— Dori Ann White, Merriam junior, to study in Japan for the 2007-08 academic year.

A total of 39 KU students have received the Freeman-ASIA scholarships since the program began in 2000. The goal of the program is to increase the number of American undergraduates studying in East and Southeast Asia.

With the support of the Freeman Foundation, the Institute of International Education administers the Freeman-ASIA scholarships to give more American undergraduate students the means to study in Asia. Freeman-ASIA scholars are expected to share their experiences with their home campuses to encourage study abroad in Asia and to spread greater understanding of Asian people and cultures.

Since it began, the Freeman-ASIA Award Program has supported more than 3,000 undergraduates.

For more information on how to apply for study abroad in Asia and the Freeman-ASIA scholarship, contact Renée Frias, program coordinator in the Office of Study Abroad, at (785) 864-3742.

This year’s Freeman-ASIA scholarship winners are listed below by hometown, major, parents’ names and the universities or schools where they will study abroad.

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
From Sedan 67361
Libby Allen, junior majoring in accounting and minoring in Chinese; daughter of Ben and Susan Allen; Princeton University in Beijing Summer Intensive Chinese Language Program.

DOUGLAS COUNTY
From Lawrence 66044
Kim Brook, senior majoring in ceramics; daughter of William and Dena Brook. She will study ceramics and Korean at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.

JOHNSON COUNTY
From Overland Park 66216
Nicholas Kellerman, sophomore majoring in East Asian languages and cultures; son of Bob Kellerman and Marsha Magerl; Obirin University in Tokyo, Japan.

Overland Park 66213
Wing Kwan Lam, sophomore majoring in clinical laboratory science and minoring in Japanese; daughter of Yuk Mei Wong. She will study Japanese at Hokkaido International Foundation in Hakodate, Japan.

From Merriam 66203
Dori White, junior majoring in East Asian languages and cultures; daughter of Sharon White; Okayama University in Japan.

SEDGWICK COUNTY
From Wichita 67212
Luis Vargas, senior majoring in physics; son of Luis E. Vargas and Rommy Vargas-Bezeubikoff. He will study Japanese language, culture and foreign policy at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan. Vargas received two scholarships for study in Japan.

SHAWNEE COUNTY
From Topeka
Michael Edmonds, junior majoring in film; son of Jeffrey and Barbara Edmonds. He will study Japanese and film at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.

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