Hoskins Global Scholars

Requirements include:

• Being a full-time student in good standing. Preference given to sophomores, juniors, or seniors (students should return to campus after the international experience). 
• GPA minimum of 3.2 and must be a member of the Honors College
• Submitting a proposal for an international experience of at least 3-4 weeks, during the Winter of Summer Semester.
• Preference given to non-traditional destinations abroad
• Preference for little or no previous study abroad experience

Students should design an experience that is original and not an existing study abroad opportunity.

The scholarship will be released to your student account on the first dat of the term during which you choose to depart for the experience. 

The funds can be used for things such as travel costs, housing, local transportation, food, and other expenses related to the international experience. 

After returning, scholars will publically present to the university community about their experience. Additionally, if available, scholars will assist in conducting information sessions for students who are considering applying for future Hoskins Global Scholars Program application cycles. 

Please contact the Honors College at Honors@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8504 for more information. 

Requirements include:

• Being a full-time student in good standing. Preference given to sophomores, juniors, or seniors (students should return to campus after the international experience). 
• GPA minimum of 3.2 and must be a member of the Honors College
• Submitting a proposal for an international experience of at least 3-4 weeks, during the Winter of Summer Semester.
• Preference given to non-traditional destinations abroad
• Preference for little or no previous study abroad experience

Generation 5

The purpose of the support for the Hoskins Global Scholar (HGS) is for the faculty mentor to assist the student in achieving the individual project goals.

• The faculty mentor is awarded $2,000 in professional or supplemental funds upon completion of successful presentations. The mentor’s role includes overseeing the quality and organization of content, along with effective guidance in the delivery of final presentation.
• Upon the student’s return, meet regularly
  
• Communicate on a regular basis to provide support during the HGS project duration
• Meet with student, HGS Chair and International Programs and Partnerships prior to departure for experience
• Assist/coach to prepare the application
• Attend the Spring Hoskins Global Scholar Award Reception in spring
  
• Attend a Hoskins Global Scholars presentation
  

For more information, please contact the Honors College at honors@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8504.

Elisabeth Baende studies Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Business/Entrepreneurship. In summer 2024 Elisabeth went to Manchester, England to study care and programming for older adults. She worked an internship at Age UK, an activities center, financial advice center, and technology hub for older adults. She plans on traveling to other European countries during her time as a Hoskins Global Scholar.

Jay Grummel is spending several weeks in mid-summer 2024 in the UK studying the craft of writing libretti and the production of opera. With plans to be a writer who can help the younger generation find their voice through opera, Jay traveled to several sites to learn more about poetic themes in libretti from professional writers and opera houses.

Rylee Kibler is a Geology major with a minor in Environmental Policy and Analysis. As a Hoskins scholar, Rylee spent summer 2024 in New Zealand making her dreams come true! She has been infatuated with New Zealand ever since she learned about the yellow-eyed penguin species as a 10 year old. While in New Zealand, Rylee volunteered doing habitat restoration for the Hoiho penguin. She also worked with Dr. Janic Lord at the University of Otago, her dream graduate school and faculty mentor.

Audrey Nahri is a Nursing student in the BGSU School of Nursing. She spent several weeks in summer 2023 in Athens, Greece job shadowing at a private hospital. She was also able to travel Europe and explore on her days off. Audrey's Hoskins experience launched her Honors Project - a comparison of healthcare burnout in the U.S. and Greece. The Hoskins Global Scholarship changed Audrey's life by giving her the opportunity to see the beautiful world and different cultures it holds. Traveling to Athens and interning in the hospital built a newfound confidence that she continues to use today.

Natalie LaMacchia traveled to Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean in summer 2023. There she utilized her SCUBA certification to film underwater, and she explored island living. She is a dual major in Advertising and Film Production. She used her trip to inspire her Honors Project, a collaborative film project about managing invasive ocean species. The Hoskins Global Scholarship allowed Natalie to see a new side of Bonaire, somewhere she traveled to many times before, and tackle the largest film project she has ever made. She can now show people not only the beauty of the ocean, but also a challenge that the island is currently facing. Through her experience as a Hoskins scholar, Natalie learned a lot about traveling, filming, and thinking on her feet, which has been helpful even back at home.

Raven Begell-Long is an Art History major with a professional interest in museum information systems, indigenous issues, and decolonization theory. During their 6-week Hoskins Experience, Raven worked as a Collection Management Specialist Intern at the National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. At the museum, Raven achieved many positive outcomes, including implementing collection information, creating one thousand records of archival materials, developing technical documentation and data standards, and working in collaboration with indigenous groups and museum leadership to facilitate a shift in language. Raven and their conservation-focused peer--Katherine Bozzo--were hailed as "change agents" by the Chairman of the Board of Directors for NMAG--Kenwyn Crichlow--because of the tremendous amount of work they were able to accomplish. Their Hoskins Mentors are Associate Professor of Art History Dr. Rebecca Skinner Green and Reference and Instruction Librarian Laura Sheets, whose guidance helped make this experience possible.

Alexander Johnson is a Nursing major among the first cohort of the new BGSU School of Nursing. Through the Hoskins Global Scholarship he spent 5 weeks volunteering at Puesto de Salud Miraflores, a clinic in Cusco, Perú, supporting their work and observing transcultural healthcare communication. During his time, he noted how differences in language, culture, and resources impacted the way that healthcare teams communicate, as well as communication across national boundaries. He compared his experience in the healthcare setting of the United States to that of Perú, relating the notable differences and how these affect patient care. In addition, he furthered his study of Spanish, applying it to the clinical setting. His Hoskins mentor is Director of the BGSU School of Nursing, Dr. Shelly Bussard.

Melaina Earls is a Digital Arts major with an interest in women during the Renaissance. Her Hoskins experience gave her the opportunity to study art from the Renaissance in Italy with visits to Florence, Rome, and Venice. This experience focused on looking at the power of the arts in shaping identity and politics, particularly related to women in the Renaissance. She visited several art museums including the Uffizi and the Peggy Guggenheim museum as well as many historic and religious sites including relevant art works. Her Hoskins mentor is Dr. Allie Terry-Fritsch, Art History Professor. 

Hannah Finnerty is a multi-platform journalism major with an interdisciplinary minor focused on the Middle East. A junior now, Hannah spent last summer working with a refugee NGO in Cairo; and, she returned to Bowling Green to serve as editor-in-chief of the BG News. She will spend her senior year in Meknes, Morocco, continuing her study of Arabic and Middle Eastern studies. All of this will come together in her Hoskins project, which will take her to Cairo in the summer of 2019 to intern with NPR at its Middle Eastern bureau. Her Hoskins mentor is Journalism Professor Dr. Catherine Cassara.

Quinn Eberhard is a freshman chemistry major who started attending the weekly research group meetings of the BGSU RNA Structural Bioinformatics group in the Fall of 2017. She immediately got to work on a project using her computer and statistical analysis skills from high school. This involved collecting and analyzing ribosomal protein sequences to test hypotheses regarding the amino acid composition of mitochondrial vs. cytoplasmic ribosomes of various mammalian species, including humans, in comparison to those of bacteria and yeast. The goal is to determine whether there is a statistically valid difference in amino acid composition, reflecting the highly oxidizing environment inside mammalian mitochondria, consistent with the large changes we have observed in the nucleotide composition of the ribosomal RNAs. Next, she will build homology models of ribosomal proteins to determine how the redox active amino acids (Tyrosine, Tryptophan, and Cysteine) are distributed in the ribosome to test hypotheses about how mitochondria protect the easily oxidized Guanosine bases of the RNA from oxidation. Her Hoskins mentor is Chemistry Professor, Dr. Neocles Leontis. 

McKenzie Moss is a dual major in Spanish and Forensic Science; a very interesting combination that bridges the gap between the humanities and sciences through the exploration of Inca culture and medicinal practices in Perú and Ecuador. Thanks to the Hoskins Global Programs scholarship, McKenzie will be able to travel to South America to create both a record of plants (where they are found, how they are used), and create an online “story and word dictionary” of Quechua, the ancient language of the Incas. The idea of McKenzie collecting and mapping native plants and their Quechua denomination is far from simple. Given her background in forensic sciences, McKenzie knows about classification and denomination of foreign resources, such as plants. During an independent study, she came to realize how mainstream categorization systems have not always valued or incorporated the knowledge of marginalized people, such as indigenous peoples in South America, that she will be interviewing. Through oral histories, McKenzie will be trying to document the value of medicinal plants, on the fringe of extinction, but from the indigenous people’s perspective. Her goal is to understand their importance in a specific cultural context. Her Hoskins mentor is World Languages and Cultures Associate Professor, Dr. Pedro Porben.

Rebekkah Gresh will study abroad in Brazil during spring 2018 at Our Lady of Mercy School, a partner institution in Rio de Janeiro to student teach. Her project proposal is titled, Homage to the Natural World. Her mentor is Eileen Underwood, associate professor in biological sciences. Rebekkah will visit three cities, Fortaleza, Curitiba, and Rio de Janeiro, exploring and appreciating different aspects of the natural world, flora, fauna, geology and astronomy native to an area. Her first stop is Fortaleza where she will visit Cocό Park, which features threatened indigenous plants and animals and is considered an important part of Fortaleza’s natural and ecological heritage. She will also visit the Planetarium Rubens de Azevedo to view planetarium shows. As homage to the geologic world, she will visit Cumbuco, a small village 16 miles from Fortaleza, known for beaches and sand dunes. For the next leg of her experience, she will volunteer with Experiential Learning International (ELI) Abroad, a non-profit organization that will enable her to volunteer at in a Wildlife Sanctuary, which is closed to the public and home to a variety of endangered animals. She will help plant native species of plants, feed the animals, aid in breeding programs, and assist full-time biologists and researchers working in the sanctuary. In Rio de Janeiro, Rebekkah will hike in Tijuca National Park, which features a forest filled with native plants, animals, and interesting geologic features, and also Sugarloaf Mountain, a well-known geologic site in Rio de Janeiro. Finally, she will visit the local planetarium, Planetarium de Rio.

Ashley Mitchell will be study abroad in Japan as an exchange student for the 2017-2018 academic year at Kobe College. Her project proposal is titled, Cities, Shrines and their Coexistence. Her mentor is Akiko Jones, director of Asian Studies. Ashley’s guiding question for her project, which will be completed between February and April of 2018 is, what role do shrines play in the lives of modern Japanese, with the influx of Western influence and the emergence of the technological era? She will visit large cities throughout Japan, including Sapporo, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where she will take pictures, draw illustrations to capture the shrine’s intended purpose, and observe and interact with people that visit each location. Ashley will also explore the surrounding city and document with photography. The culmination of her work will combine photographs, illustrations, commentaries on the existence of the shrines in those cities.

Mikayla Mueller will study abroad in England as an exchange student for the academic year 2017/2018 at Keele University. Her project is titled, Exploring Nature Therapy. Her mentor is Marlise Rene Lonn, assistant professor, School of Counseling and Special Education.  Mikayla’s creative project is to gain further knowledge and experience in the budding field of ecotherapy, also known as nature therapy. The Hoskins Global Scholars Program will allow her to apply and build on the knowledge she gains at Keele University. Keele University is one of the few universities that has a professor who focuses on ecotherapy, Dr. John Hegarty, a senior lecturer at Keele University. Her project will allow her to build relationships and seek guidance from an experienced researcher and engage with Dr. Hegarty and other faculty at the university. She will also gain information to a real-world application through volunteering and taking part in the Tour du Mount Blanc, a hiking/camping experience in three countries: France, Switzerland, and Italy. Mikayla will use a combination of written and photo/video journaling to present a 360 perspective of ecotherapy. Her presentation will include the professional psychology perspective, the program facilitation view and her own personal nature experience. Her end goal is to develop three potential research questions and will conduct research upon return during her senior year.

Mckayla Raines will study abroad for the 2017/2018 academic year in Europe, first in the fall at The Paul Valery University, in Montpellier, France, followed by a spring semester on the BGSU Salzburg program. Her project proposal is titled Mentoring Refugees and the Understanding of the Refugee Crisis in European Context. Her mentor is Dr. Kristie Foell, associate professor of German. During a two month winter break, McKayla will complete her project in two parts: service-learning and conducting research. From mid-January through February, she will work with a non-governmental organization (NGO), Give Something Back to Berlin (GSBTB) that supports refugees in Berlin, Germany, by providing English and German language instruction to refugees and mentoring and tutoring at a girl’s club. GSBTB is one of three NGOs that she plans to collaborate with during her year abroad. She will also connect with an NGO, facilitated by l’Université de Montpellier, in France and an NGO in Austria to contribute to the second element of her project which is research-based. Through her NGO work and observations, McKayla will obtain knowledge and information to be used for her senior thesis. She will write about the relationship of France, Austria, and Germany’s history and the way they (NGOs, governments, and societies) accommodate refugees.

Andrea Danziger is a senior from Mason, Ohio with a double major in Political Science and German. This summer she will be doing an internship with the Consulate in Munich, before travelling to Salzburg, Austria where she will spend the 2016-2017 academic year. Andrea will then conduct research in Berlin where she will study the East/West phenomenon and the role reunification plays in the Syrian Refugee Crisis. She will do a comparative analysis of the German perception and asylum processes between the U.S. Germany. Her mentor is Dr. Stefan Fritsch, Assistant Professor of Political Science.

Lillian Rose King is a sophomore from Toledo, Ohio majoring in creative writing. In the spring she will be participating the BGSU program at Keele University where she will study History and Literature. For her creative project, Lillian will travel to various sites and former homes of her “favorite historical figure,” Marquis de Lafayette. Her travels will take her to locations such as London, Paris, Auvergne, and the Czech Republic. She will observe and document the landscape of these settings and as a final product create short stories about and taking place in these locations from the life and time of Marquis de Lafayette. Her mentor is Larissa Szporluk Celli, Associate Professor in the English Department.

Wing Sze Liu is a junior originally from China, now living in Tipp City, Ohio majoring in three-dimensional studies.  This fall she is participating in the BGSU program in Salzburg, Austria.  For her creative project, she will serve as an intern in an art gallery in Berlin.  This professional internship which will require to learn a fourth language (German) and apply that knowledge by interacting with public, gallerists, curators, & dealers in Berlin all the while having to acquire new knowledge of artists and art practices that are unfamiliar.  Her mentor is Leigh-Ann Pahapill an assistant professor in the school of art.

Lilian Grace Murnen is senior environmental science major from Bowling Green, Ohio. She will be studying this fall semester in China at Hunan Normal. For her creative project, Lilian will use photography and photovoice to communicate the huge demographic issue of an aging population facing the country of China. Her mentor is senior lecturer Holly Myers in the Department of Environment and Sustainability.

Leslie “Michaela” Schrum is a sophomore international studies major from Dayton, Ohio. This fall she will be studying Arabic in Meknes, Morocco, before traveling to Nablus, West Bank, Israel. While in Nablus, she will volunteer with Project HOPE, providing English language instruction. While serving with Project HOPE, she hopes to gain more insight into the Palestine/Israel conflict and participate in peace initiatives. Her mentor is Dr. Catherine Cassara, Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Public Relations.

William-Lee Bosch is a junior from Bowling Green majoring in film studies.  This fall he is participating in the BGSU program in Salzburg, Austria.  He will research and document differences between German/Austrian and American film industries’ production processes and how each one represents different world perspectives to society.  Bosch also plans to make a documentary of his own about how common movie themes like sex and drugs are portrayed in both cultures.  He is visiting many film museums and festivals to research what documentary themes are popular and which are emerging.  His product will be a short documentary film showing the opinions of European and American students.  His mentor is Dr. Edgar Landgraf, an associate professor of German.

Daniel Gerken is a senior Honors College student from Napoleon, Ohio.  In the spring he will participate in BGSU’s exchange program at Aberystwyth University in Wales.  To complement his major in film production, Daniel will create a short documentary film about the music scene in Cardiff, Wales.  More than 20 local music venues and individual bands have agreed to participate.  The project will allow him to hone his technical, creative and organizational abilities.  His mentor is Lucas Ostrowski, an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Film.

Emily Matthews is a junior from Beachwood, NJ, majoring in international studies and health promotion.  She will study abroad in the spring through the School for International Training program “Public Health, Policy Advocacy, and Community” in New Delhi, India.  In Ohio she is a yoga instructor who is interested in yoga therapy.  Matthews will spend time learning about healing trauma through yoga and stress management, as well as yoga for the digestive and respiratory systems.  One of her goals is trying to find ways to make the technical aspects of yoga therapy understandable and accessible to people who do not know much about it.  Her mentor is Amanda McGuire Rzicznek, a general studies writing lecturer and local yoga instructor.

Jennifer Wohlgamuch, a junior from Zanesville, Ohio, is majoring in international studies.  She will study abroad this spring in Salzburg, Austria.  Her project will include both an internship and research.  She plans to intern in a German travel agency to learn about how Europeans view travel and how they use travel resources.  Then she will visit both Croatia and Slovakia, two emerging tourist destinations.  Jennifer is interested in discovering ways to present travel information to students who are looking for an authentic experience abroad, so she will be researching technical aspects of delivering travel information through a variety of media such as websites and blogs.  She plans to work in the travel industry as her career.  Prof. Landgraf is also her mentor.

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