Kiri Ramos, a senior from Warwick majoring in Childhood Inclusive Education and Spanish, has received Fredonia’s inaugural SUNY-Santander Global Scholarship to support a study abroad experience in Mexico.
Ramos will use the $5,000 award to attend Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP), located in Puebla, Mexico’s fourth-largest city, during the 2016 spring semester. Her course work will be related to her Spanish studies and include language, culture and history. Currently completing a student teaching experience in New York City, Ramos will live with a host family in Puebla.
Fredonia has an exchange program with UPAEP, which was founded in 1973 and offers 41 undergraduate programs.
The SUNY-Santander Global Scholars Program, a new initiative between SUNY and Santander Bank, provides scholarships to students to study abroad in Central and Latin America. Fredonia received $10,000 to allocate among students who study in Mexico during the 2016 spring and fall semesters.
Students interested in studying for a semester at UPAEP in Puebla will automatically be considered to receive remaining scholarship funds that they can be apply towards tuition, lodging, transportation and other uses.
Additional information about UPAEP program and other funding opportunities that Fredonia offers for study abroad experiences is available from Erin Willis, assistant director of Study Abroad and Exchange Programs, and at: www.fredonia.edu/studyabroad/puebla-city-mexico.
