Maris Mongero, a rising senior at North Hall High School, has been awarded a National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship for 2016-17.
Mongero will study Korean in South Korea for the summer. She is one of about 600 students from across the U.S. who will receive a scholarship to study Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Russian, or Turkish overseas this year.
While in South Korea, Mongero will receive formal instruction and informal language practice in an immersion environment. The NSLI-Y program seeks to increase the number of Americans who can engage with native speakers of critical languages, according to a news release announcing her selection for the program. The release goes on to say the goals of the NSLI-Y program include sparking a life-long interest in foreign languages and cultures, and developing a corps of young Americans with the skills necessary to advance international dialogue and crosscultural opportunities in the private, academic, and government sectors.
NSLI-Y is administered by American Councils for International Education in cooperation with AFS-USA, American Cultural Exchange Service, AMIDEAST, iEARN-USA, Legacy International, Russian American Foundation, Stony Brook University, the University of Delaware, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Wisconsin.
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