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UTC students Vinny Nguyen, left, and Lauren Graves are the recipients of national competitive scholarships.<\/p><\/div>\n

A pair of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students have created paths to learning new languages after landing national competitive scholarships.<\/p>\n

Lauren Graves, a senior English major and Brock Scholar in the UTC Honors College, will spend about a year in Japan as part of the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) program<\/a><\/strong>, which brings university graduates to Japan as assistant language teachers.<\/p>\n

Vinny Nguyen, a sophomore political science and public service major, is the recipient of the CLS Spark<\/a><\/strong> scholarship. He will spend eight weeks in an online course learning Mandarin Chinese, a language the program deemed \u201cessential to America\u2019s engagement with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

They both worked with the UTC Office of National Scholarships<\/a><\/strong> to land the awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth scholarships facilitate that two-way transfer of cultural exchange,\u201d said Dr. Trey Straussberger, director of the Office of National Scholarships. \u201cLauren is going to go to Japan and learn more about Japanese culture and learn the Japanese language, but then she\u2019s going to bring back that knowledge and share it in her community\u2014facilitating those sustainable connections between the United States and places abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cVinny has always taken the initiative to push his boundaries and seize opportunities,\u201d Straussberger continued. \u201cHe\u2019s got a knack for languages.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graves, a graduate of First Baptist Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee, said she has experience traveling with the Honors College and UTC Choral program, but this is her first lengthy trip abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I keep oscillating back and forth between, \u2018Oh my goodness, I\u2019m so excited\u2019 and \u2018Oh my goodness, I\u2019m about to be so far away from everything that is familiar,\u2019\u201d Graves said. \u201cI\u2019m more excited than nervous because I know there\u2019s going to be supports in place for me there with the program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graves said the JET program will propel her in her career by giving her new learning experiences and the time to apply to graduate and law school programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also a little bit of a breath of fresh air in some regards,\u201d she said. \u201cI have been working hard at this college thing for four years now. As much as I have loved my college experience and wouldn\u2019t trade it for the world, I know that I want to spend a little bit of time in the workforce before I jump into grad school or law school.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a really cool way for me to continue getting new experiences, learning more as a person and acquire new skills\u2014but in an environment and challenging in ways that college is not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Straussberger said the JET program sees foreign language teachers as cultural ambassadors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the program is one of those crucial parts of American diplomacy and foreign relations,\u201d he said, \u201cand I think Lauren is going to be a great ambassador.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that programs like this are really awesome in that they let you experience a whole other culture while also bringing what you have to the table and becoming a part of something bigger than yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Straussberger also said cultural exchange and global engagement resonate deeply with Nguyen.<\/p>\n

CLS Spark is a precursor to the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) program, providing students with formal language experience before studying abroad. Straussberger said most students who participate in the CLS Spark eventually qualify for acceptance into the CLS program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sets students up for the Critical Language Scholarship where you actually go abroad for a year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dr. R.J. Groh, an associate lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Service, is Nguyen\u2019s former comparative government and world politics professor. She explained why Nguyen\u2014whose parents immigrated from Vietnam\u2014deserved the scholarship.<\/p>\n

\u201cVinny is a student who asks good questions,\u201d she said. \u201cThat may sound silly, but he is listening more than he is speaking and will take every opportunity to learn.<\/p>\n

\u201cVinny is a second-generation immigrant. He is a first-generation college student and is thrilled for this opportunity. For him, this award provides an opportunity to study and learn which he would not have otherwise had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nguyen grew up in Chattanooga, graduating from Lookout Valley High School in 2022.<\/p>\n

The CLS Spark, he said, will help him in his future career.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom studied Mandarin in Singapore growing up,\u201d Nguyen said, \u201cand she told me a lot about that. That was a part of my inspiration for wanting to go abroad and study Mandarin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also a big part of my academic and career interests because I want to work for the foreign service with the federal government for national security and economic prosperity. Mandarin is going to be a very big asset, especially if I want to work in Asian affairs or in Pacific affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduating from high school, Nguyen participated in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program\u2014where he lived in Germany for a year as an international relations intern with the City Hall of Wolfsburg. He said this experience not only broadened his cultural horizons, but also added to the number of languages he has proficiency in (English, German, Chinese, Spanish, and Vietnamese).<\/p>\n

Nguyen was also selected as an alternate for a David L. Boren scholarship<\/a><\/strong> to Vietnam, offered through the Defense Language and National Security Education Office under the U.S. Department of Defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel really grateful,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cThe U.S. government is really adamant about providing opportunities to underrepresented demographics, minorities or first-gen college students like me. Otherwise, I wouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to go abroad and study Chinese or Vietnamese.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn More<\/h4>\n

Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

The Office of National Scholarships<\/a><\/p>\n

UTC Honors College<\/a><\/p>\n

Japanese Exchange and Teaching program<\/a><\/p>\n

CLS Spark<\/a><\/p>\n

How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A pair of UTC students have created paths to learning new languages after landing national competitive scholarships. Lauren Graves, a senior English major and Brock Scholar in the UTC Honors College, will spend about a year in Japan as part of the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) program, which brings university graduates to Japan as assistant language teachers. Vinny Nguyen, a sophomore political science and public service major, is the recipient of the CLS Spark scholarship. He will spend eight weeks in an online course learning Mandarin Chinese.<\/p>\n

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