ramsey travel grants

The Ramsey Honors Scholarship provides a $3,000 travel-study grant, which was utilized by the following students this year:

• Tori Akin - Bagamoyo, Tanzania
• Jordan Floyd - Jaipur and Delhi, India
• Tiffany Hu - Dehra Dun, Mussoorie, Than Gaon, and Mumbai, India
• Haylee Humes - Greece; France
• Whitney Ising - Cusco, Peru
• Griffin Rice - Italy; France
• Erika Parker - San Luis de Monteverde, Costa Rica; Seattle, Washington
• Anna Savalle - Italy; France
• Matt Sellers - Bagamoyo, Tanzania

student travel-study experiences

Daniel Jordan ’10
“With the Ramsey travel grant, I spent a Maymester in New Zealand, where I learned about development and natural resources. When the program ended, I extended my stay there through Willing Workers on Organic Farms. My experience in New Zealand got me fired up about anthropology. I changed my major that fall, and the next summer, I enrolled in a cultural anthropology fieldwork program in Guatemala with funding from the Honors International Scholars Program. Last summer, I was awarded a CURO Summer Research Fellowship with which I went to Germany to do a photo-documentary project on sustainable farming. I’m very grateful to the Ramsey Honors Scholarship and the Honors Program for facilitating travel as a vital part of my education.”

Jonathan Arogeti ’11
“I spent summer 2009 at the University of Cádiz in Spain living with a Spanish family, furthering my language skills with advanced Spanish language conversation classes, and exploring Spanish art, society, and culture. I know as a direct result from this travel opportunity and from pushing myself to go outside of my area of comfort, I have accelerated my academic pursuits in the Spanish language and culture.” 

Alex Brown ’10
“In the summer of 2009, I traveled through Mexico with a grant from the Honors International Scholars Program and the Ramsey Scholarship to study the clinical practice of nutrition in a public hospital. This year in Athens, I’ve used my Spanish skills to help local middle school students and their parents during parent-teacher conferences, and I will return to Xalapa, where I will interpret for the UGA program there. Travel has shaped my mindset on the practicality of my studies as they apply to real-life situations.”