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EALC sophomore Lyndon Shi is one of only two UIUC students to receive a Boren Scholarship. Shi is from Vernon Hills, Illinois, and attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School. He will study Mandarin at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan this summer, followed by a year at National Taiwan University for additional language study.
David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are funded by the National Security Education Program, a federal initiative designed to increase U.S. expertise in languages and cultures in world regions critical to U.S. interests. The awards provide U.S. graduate and undergraduate students with an opportunity for intensive language study and cultural immersion.
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