Submitted by the University of North Georgia
Six University of North Georgia (UNG) students were named Boren awardees, including five undergraduate scholarship winners and one graduating senior fellowship winner. This ties the UNG record set in 2021. Two additional students were named alternates.
Cadet Isabella Majksner, of Hartwell, is a junior pursuing a degree in computer science with minors in Korean and cybersecurity. She will spend the fall semester at the Korea Military Academy. Her application was supported by retired Sgt. Maj. Terry Baumann, Pirkle and Dr. Jiyoung Daniel.
Majksner's love of Korea and its culture inspired her to apply for the Boren opportunity, and she recognizes the support from Daniel, her professor of Korean.
The Boren Scholarship and Fellowship provides up to $25,000 for students to intensively study language and culture abroad. In exchange, students agree to work for the U.S. federal government for at least a year and receive coaching and mentoring upon their return to facilitate this objective.