Caroline Solomon, an East Cobb resident who recently graduated from high school, will be having a busy summer before she begins classes at the University of Georgia this fall.
She let us know that she’s the recipient of a National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship through the U.S. State Department, and will be studying Russian in Estonia.
Caroline says she’s been home-schooled for her entire K-12 education, and at UGA she plans to double major in international affairs and art with a focus in textiles and design.
She also plans to minor in Russian and participate in UGA’s Russian Flagship Program after studying Russian during her high school years.
Here’s more about the summer program she’s participating in from the American Councils for International Education:
Caroline, competitively selected out of over 3,300 applications from across the United States, is one of approximately 660 students who will study Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian, Russian, or Turkish overseas this coming year. While in Estonia, Caroline will receive formal language instruction, live with a host family, and experience the local culture as part of an immersion environment.
NSLI-Y is part of a multi-agency U.S. Government initiative launched in 2006 to improve Americans’ ability to communicate in select critical languages, to advance international dialogue, and increase American economic global competitiveness.
Many NSLI-Y alumni go on to pursue education and careers vital to U.S. national security and credit the program experience with helping them improve their academic, leadership, and cross-cultural communication skills.
NSLI-Y is administered by American Councils for International Education in cooperation with AFS-USA, American Cultural Exchange Service, AMIDEAST, iEARN-USA, the Russian American Foundation, Stony Brook University, the University of Delaware, and the University of Wisconsin.
Applications for 2020-21 NSLI-Y programs are expected to be available at www.nsliforyouth.org in the late summer. The U.S. Department of State conducts study abroad programs for over 1,000 American high school students and approximately 3,000 foreign high school students each year. Visit https://exchanges.state.
gov/highschool for details.
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