As if studying in Hawaii wasn’t exotic enough, the University of Hawaii at Hilo is extending its scholarship agreement with the Semester at Sea program.
The Institute for Shipboard Education and UH-Hilo will award 10 scholarships annually for students to travel aboard the MV Explorer to a variety of foreign countries.
This is the 50th anniversary of the popular program.
Twenty-one UH-Hilo students have taken part since the agreement was first established in 2009.
One of those receiving a scholarship for the current voyage is Kyle Davis, a student in the UH-Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management.
A UH-Hilo spokeswoman said Davis will visit 16 cities in 12 countries around the world.
The open-ended renewal agreement was signed Jan. 17 aboard the MV Explorer during a visit to Hilo by ISE/SAS Vice President Michael Zoll and UH-Hilo Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Matthew Platz.
For more information, contact the Center for Global Education and Exchange at (808) 932-7488 or visit hilo.hawaii.edu/studyabroad.
“Studying in another country offers a first-hand experience of other cultures,” the center’s website said. “UH Hilo students who study abroad acquire valuable skills and expertise for an increasingly internationalized and interdependent world.”
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