关键语言奖学金带Wahju ' 24去印度尼西亚

护理专业将于6月15日离校

2023年5月1日，星期一

Vianca Wahju ’24 will be trading her standard summer vacation this year for an immersive international study experience she hopes will more closely connect her to her heritage.

Wahju, 护理专业在主要研究获得了批判性语言奖学金 (CSL) for the language study of Bahasa Indonesia at the Universitas Negeri Malang this summer, 她将于6月15日踏上这段旅程. Wahju在搬到多佛之前出生在印度尼西亚, 新汉普郡, 他在该地区还有家人.

“What made me want to pursue the scholarship is to feel connected to my familial and cultural roots,Wahju说. “I grew up in 新汉普郡 but most of my family is in Indonesia, and I want to deeply learn about Bahasa Indonesia so I can communicate with not only my family but with the large 印尼 community here in the Northeast.”

根据CLS网站, the CLS Program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at U.S. 大专院校. Students spend 8-to-10 weeks over the summer studying one of 14 critical languages (Arabic, 阿塞拜疆, 孟加拉语, 中国人, 北印度语, 印尼, 日本, 朝鲜文, 波斯, 葡萄牙语, 俄罗斯, 斯瓦希里语, 土耳其语和乌尔都语).

Wahju first heard about the program from a friend who had what she called “an amazing experience.” Beyond strengthening her ability to communicate with loved ones at home and abroad, she is also hoping to utilize her honed linguistic skills to benefit an underserved patient population as she pursues a career in nursing.

“I hope to use my language to help 印尼 patients when I become a nurse, 也, 因为我认为他们缺乏可访问性,她说。.

The experience has the chance to be enriching on a number of levels – not only will Wahju be focusing on learning a new language and immersing herself in a culture with deep ties to her family, she’ll be traveling with like-minded college students from throughout the United States, a diverse group of peers that also figures to leave a lasting impression.

“I am looking forward to experiencing something very new to me,Wahju说. “I hope to come out of the program with skills I can use throughout my whole life and learn from the students in Indonesia 也 as the people in my cohort.”