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UTC junior Vinny Nguyen was one of three students nationwide selected to study in Vietnam as a 2025 Boren Scholarship recipient. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

For the second consecutive year, a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga student has been named a recipient of the highly competitive David L. Boren Scholarship<\/strong><\/a>, an award designed to strengthen critical language skills and advance U.S. national security interests.<\/p>\n

Vinny Nguyen, a junior double majoring in political science: international\/comparative studies and economics: international public policy, with a minor in Asian studies, was selected to receive the Boren Scholarship to study in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Nguyen, also a member of the Innovations in Honors program in the UTC Honors College, will be traveling back overseas in October for the six-month program after spending this summer studying Mandarin at Tamkang University in Taiwan on a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

He follows Emma Roy, a UTC secondary education: political science major and Brock Scholar, who spent the 2024-25 academic year in Taiwan as a Boren Scholarship recipient<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Administered through the U.S. Department of Defense, the Boren Scholarship supports students pursuing intensive language study and cultural immersion in regions deemed vital to U.S. interests. By focusing on areas of the world often underrepresented in study abroad programs, the initiative prepares students for future roles in international diplomacy, security and service.<\/p>\n

Nguyen was one of three students nationwide selected to study in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t expect it,\u201d he said of receiving the Boren award while still in the midst of his Taiwan studies. \u201cI woke up and saw the email, \u2018Congratulations on your Boren Award.\u2019 The first thing I did was call my mom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nguyen will spend 25 weeks in Vietnam for the immersive study experience, with plans to travel throughout the northern, central and southern regions of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting,\u201d said Dr. Trey Straussberger, director of the UTC Office of National Scholarships. \u201cThe Boren is meant to train the next generation of leaders in American diplomacy, especially in languages that are critical to advance American interests abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this will advance Vinny\u2019s intention to serve in the foreign service later on, but it\u2019s also a homecoming.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Vinny

Vinny Nguyen will be traveling to Vietnam in October for the six-month Boren program after spending this summer studying Mandarin at Tamkang University in Taiwan on a Critical Language Scholarship.<\/p><\/div>\n

Nguyen, who was born in Chattanooga in 2004 and graduated from Lookout Valley High School in 2022, said his father emigrated from Vietnam in 1995 and his mother in 2002.<\/p>\n

While he grew up speaking Vietnamese at home, he has not visited the country since 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was also a personal thing for me to apply for the Boren to Vietnam because I\u2019m a heritage speaker; my parents are from Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam,\u201d he said. \u201cEven though I\u2019m a heritage speaker, my Vietnamese is somewhat limited because it\u2019s just at-home Vietnamese.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to grow it more professionally and be able to use more sophisticated terminology, especially if I want to use it in diplomatic work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nguyen\u2019s long-term goal is to pursue a career in foreign service and Asian affairs, and he sees the Boren as a next step.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want more hands-on work\u2014actual diplomacy work experience\u2014and to be able to work with policy or with actual government officials,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve really only engaged with that from the academic side, reading about it in papers and articles. But I want to be there. I want to be in the room and be able to talk to those kinds of people and see how they make the decisions they make.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Boren Scholarship requires a one-year federal service commitment following graduation, which Straussberger describes as a long-term investment.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause the Boren requires students who are awarded the scholarship to serve in the federal government, it\u2019s called a service year,\u201d he said. \u201cAwards like the Boren are an investment in America\u2019s future\u2014that we are investing in our young future leaders to build the skills they will need later on to advance American interests, both in the United States and abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nguyen said his time in Taiwan with the CLS has further shaped his path.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CLS program has taught me a lot,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s intense and it\u2019s intended to be, but it\u2019s manageable. I\u2019ve grown really close with my CLS cohort here in New Taipei City.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaiwan is great. It is a beautiful country. There\u2019s a lot of nature, and I\u2019ve eaten a lot of good food\u2014night market food, stuff I hadn\u2019t tried before. It\u2019s a really cool experience and \u00a0I\u2019ve grown a lot in my language skills. I also learned a lot about the Taiwanese culture through my host family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Straussberger hopes journeys like Nguyen\u2019s will inspire more UTC students to apply for national awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think some students might think that they\u2019re not competitive applicants for these nationally competitive awards,\u201d Straussberger said. \u201cBut the more students can see that their peers are winning these awards and going abroad and having these impactful experiences, that incentivizes them to apply themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more we win awards like the Boren or Fulbright year after year, the more students will hear about these opportunities and think, \u2018This is a possibility for me.\u2019\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

UTC sophomore heading to Taiwan after landing prestigious Critical Language Scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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