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<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">08 Oct 2013</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">From: </span><span name="Boren" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Boren</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"><<a href="mailto:Boren@iie.org" target="_blank">Boren@iie.org</a>></span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Boren Fellowships for Study Abroad</font><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">The subscribers of America Association of Teachers of Arabic might be interested in this announcement (below) about the Boren Awards. As you may know, Boren Scholarships and Fellowships provide funding for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in world regions critical to U.S. interests, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. In exchange for funding, recipients commit to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year. The applications are now available.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">The applications for the 2014-2015 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available at </span><a href="http://www.borenawards.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;color:blue">www.borenawards.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">Boren Scholars and Fellows represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. As part of the African Languages Initiative, Boren Award applicants have the opportunity to further their study of Akan/Twi, French, Hausa, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, or Zulu. For a complete list of languages, visit our website. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">Undergraduate students can receive up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad and graduate students up to $30,000 for language study and international research. In exchange for funding, recipients commit to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">National Application Deadlines<u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">Boren Fellowship: <span><span>January 28, 2014</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">Boren Scholarship: <span><span>February 5, 2014</span></span>*<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif"> *Many institutions have an earlier on-campus deadline. Visit our website for information about your campus deadline and Boren campus representative.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">For more information about the Boren Awards, to register for one of our upcoming webinars, and to access the on-line application, please visit </span><a href="http://www.borenawards.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;color:blue">www.borenawards.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">. You can also contact the Boren Awards staff at </span><a href="mailto:boren@iie.org" title="mailto:boren@iie.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;color:blue">boren@iie.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif"> or 1-800-618-NSEP with questions.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">The Boren Awards are initiatives of the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and are administered by the Institute of International Education. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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