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VCU student from Chester

awarded Boren scholarship

With support from the Boren A rising VCU junior, Dinh hopes to
Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth study human development in graduate
University student, the Vietnamese, school before pursuing a federal
and Chester resident Theresa Dinh will government service career with the
study in Ho Chi Minh City and Danang, Department of State or the U.S. Agency
Vietnam. for International Development.
The Boren Scholarship, part of the Dinh is a graduate of the Math and
National Security Education Program, Science Center at Clover Hill High School.
supports undergraduate students who “My application to Vietnam for the
wish to study less commonly taught Boren Scholarship was initially inspired
languages. Dinh will spend an academic by my longstanding desire to return to the
year abroad. Participants commit to a country where my parents and ancestors
year of federal government service upon are from,” she said. “I would never have
graduation. been able to afford studying abroad for a
Dinh, an international studies year in Vietnam without the Boren.”
major in the College of Humanities and Dinh is also participating in
Sciences, is also a member of the Honors the Charles B. Rangel International
College and VCU Globe. She will study Affairs Program this summer, where
human trafficking and other topics at Hoa she will research issues and trends in
Sen University and in the State University international affairs, U.S. foreign policy,
of New York-Brockport’s Da Nang and economics. She is a recipient of
program. the Freeman-ASIA award, which will VCU STUDENT AND CHESTER RESIDENT THERESA DINH WILL STUDY HUMAN
“I will be researching what further support her studies abroad. TRAFFICKING AND OTHER TOPICS IN VIETNAM.
communication strategies are most Dinh worked with the National
effective in reaching young women and Scholarship Office, located in VCU’s support for VCU alumni, graduate international scholarships. Interested
families in the Mekong Delta region,” Honors College, to apply for the Boren students and undergraduates who wish students and alumni can contact the office
said Dinh. Scholarship. The office provides to compete for prestigious national and at natlscholar@vcu.edu or 804-828-6868.

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