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Posted
1/18/2008
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships Awarded
Five undergraduates from the University of South Carolina have won
Rotary International Ambassadorial Academic and Cultural Scholarships
for study abroad. Academic Year Scholarships provide nine (9) months of
study abroad and are valued at $25,000 each. Cultural Scholarships make
available three (3) months of study abroad and are valued at $12,500
each. Kimberly Vinci, an Exercise Science Major in the Arnold School of
Public Health, received one of the prestigious Cultural Scholarships.
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Kimberly Vinci |
Vinci is a University Ambassador and currently serves as the Service
Coordinator of the University’s Newman Club. A native of New Orleans,
she is also a recipient of the St. Thomas More Spirit of Service
Scholarship. Vinci is looking forward to studying Swahili on a Cultural
Scholarship in Zanzibar, Tanzania at the Taasisi Ya Kiswahili Na Lugha
Za Kigeni. She is grateful that this opportunity will support her goal
of helping others: "Through my studies in Zanzibar, I hope to enrich my
cultural knowledge and Swahili language skills. By experiencing the
daily life in an African country, I hope to return after receiving my
Public Health degree to help with the AIDS crisis and other diseases
that threaten Africa." Vinci is sponsored by the Columbia Capital Rotary
Club.
Rotary is the world's largest privately funded international
scholarships program, and these scholarships further international
understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries
and geographical areas by encouraging person to person diplomacy.
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