{"id":110359,"date":"2022-11-27T00:34:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T05:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110359"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:42:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T03:42:31","slug":"success-story-giving-global-opportunities-to-students-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110359","title":{"rendered":"Success Story: Giving global opportunities to students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>December 7, 2016<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eillie Sambrone and a cow in Costa Rica\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/d9d5434bc66cc78d2bf3d47d638225f2eillie-sambrone-and-cow-350-2.jpg\" width=\"350\" \/>With a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/global\/index.html\">global opportunities fund<\/a> scholarship deadline coming up Dec. 16, prospective study abroad students might not have to wait for Santa to get what they want for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>NMC sends more students to study abroad than any other community college in Michigan and ranks 12<sup>th<\/sup> nationally for short-term study abroad participation. The global opportunities scholarship helps make that happen for students like <strong>Eillie Sambrone<\/strong>, who studied abroad in Costa Rica last May.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eillie Sambrone and friends in Costa Rica\" class=\"AlignImageLeft\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/d9d581efc66cc78d2bf3d47d85b52868eillie-sambrone-and-friends-275-2.jpg\" width=\"225\" \/>&#8220;I&#8217;ve barely traveled within the States,&#8221; said Sambrone, 20, of Canton, Mich. Prior to the trip, her furthest trip south was to Cedar Point in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Cost is a limiting factor for many aspiring study abroad students, underscoring the importance of the scholarship. In fact, more than 80 percent of 2016 trip participants received the global opportunities scholarship. The $1,000 award further motivated Sambrone to set up a crowdfunding campaign to help cover the $3,000 total trip cost, plus missing work while traveling.<\/p>\n<p>It was all worth it. Sambrone completed her associate degree in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/programs\/academic-programs\/freshwater-studies\/index.html\">freshwater studies<\/a> and is now enrolled in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/environment\/academics\/freshwater\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(link opens new window)\">NMC-Western Michigan Freshwater Science and Sustainability<\/a> bachelor&#8217;s program. She expects to graduate in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ellie Sambrone and a Costa Rican sunrise\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/df0c2cf8c66cc78d2bf3d47ddcb69207eillie-sambrone-and-sunrise-2.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/>&#8220;I want to travel a lot more. Everything was so different, and you had to continuously adapt and be flexible,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, she wants to build on her Spanish skills. The trip required a &#8220;boot camp&#8221; Spanish course which whetted her appetite for the language.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, it was a stepping stone,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Being able to speak another language is invaluable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The global opportunities scholarship requires a 2.5 grade point average. Applications are due Dec. 16.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/nmc.academicworks.com\/opportunities\/6728\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(link opens new window)\">Find out more here&#160;&#187;<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 7, 2016 With a global opportunities fund scholarship deadline coming up Dec. 16, prospective study abroad students might not have to wait for Santa to get what they want for Christmas. 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