The Provost’s Latin America/Caribbean Merit Scholarship provided six new international students from St. Maarten, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Belize, and Ecuador with scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Through this scholarship, the students receive a scholarship of $500 per semester and classification as a Florida resident for tuition purposes.

This year, scholarship recipients are studying subjects from criminology, biological sciences, and economics to hospitality and sport management. 

“In the future I intend to be very much involved in sports on the island of St Maarten­­­­,” said Shurenny Sprott, undergraduate studying sport management. “I want to make sure the island gets the necessary exposure in order for our athletes and sports teams to be able to partake in tournaments all throughout the world.”

Learn about funding opportunities available for international students on the CGE’s website here.

Pictured from left: Kristen Hagen, CGE Associate Director; Byron Rizzo from Ecuador; Cindy Green, CGE Director; Bruce Locke, Associate Provost; Shurenny Sprott from St. Maarten; Francisco Mones from the Dominican Republic; Shweta Notani from St. Maarten; Halle Velasquez from Belize; Andre Kartick from the British Virgin Islands.