BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – In August 2011, Illinois Wesleyan University student Megan Winkeler, ‘11 and recent graduate Charlie Sell, ‘10 will jet halfway across the world to become goodwill ambassadors for one year. Winkeler and Sell are two recipients of the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, a $25,000 grant to complete post-graduate studies in another country.
The scholarship program, founded in 1947, has sponsored over 40,000 men and women from 100 nations to study in other countries. Last year alone, The Rotary Foundation awarded nearly 700 scholarships to recipients from 70 countries to study in over 80 nations.
“The program is an opportunity for students to build friendly relations in other nations and help foster international understanding,” said Winkeler, a political science and philosophy double major.