Students who study and research abroad say the experience is
life-changing. In-depth exposure to another culture transforms them,
permanently expanding their personal and intellectual understanding of
the world around them.
Recently, donors have created three scholarships to give more
high-achieving students the opportunity to go abroad. All of the donors
have their own personal knowledge of the ways foreign travel enriched
their lives and those of their families.
The Goodale Family Scholarship in International Studies is
aimed at students who have never studied or researched abroad before,
with preference given to students who wish to go to Mexico. Irene
Goodale, who endowed the scholarship, lived in that country with her
family for several years and has many fond memories of her time there.
Goodale graduated cum laude from Georgia State University with a
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 1982. Goodale became a licensed
astrologer in 1972 after three years of study. Twice president of the
Metropolitan Atlanta Astrological Society (MAAS), she was instrumental
in giving MAAS a permanent home. She is the granddaughter of Charles
Dana Gibson who was the celebrated illustrator and creator of the
Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of independent American woman at
the turn of the 20th century. Goodale currently lives in Atlanta but is
an avid traveler who attended the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
The Theresa Nash Bernstein Scholarship in International Travel is
being established by Dean Lauren Adamson and her husband Dr. Walter L.
Adamson. The scholarship honors Lauren’s mother, who was a teacher,
artist and world traveler. The scholarship will allow an undergraduate
or graduate student in psychology, or a related field, to travel abroad
for research or study. Similar to the Goodale scholarship, preference
will be given to students for whom the trip is a first journey abroad.
The Robin Huff Student Exchange Endowment was
established by Edward Bullwinkel (B.A. 2006, Computer Science) to
support students in the German exchange program and German education in
Georgia. The endowment is named in honor of Senior Lecturer Robin Huff
of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, who worked closely
with Bullwinkel when the latter was a student at Georgia State.
Fernando Reati, the chair of Modern and Classical Languages, has a
first-hand perspective on the ways that travel changes lives. “In
today's globalized world nothing can compare to the experience of
learning about a foreign culture by living in its midst for some time,”
he said. “Each study abroad participant becomes an ambassador of his or
her country when overseas, and again an ambassador of the other country
upon return. Everybody then benefits from study abroad programs, not
just the individual student but the sending country and the host
country as well.”
With donor help, Arts and Sciences students are changing their lives - and getting ready to change the world. Contact us to find out how you can be part of their transformation!
