15 undergraduate students received 2023 Gilman Scholarships

The U.S. State Department has named 15 University of Pittsburgh students as winners of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which supports undergraduate students receiving Federal Pell Grants with up to $5,000 while they pursue study abroad opportunities.

Pitt’s 2023 winners and their destinations are:

• Stephany Andrade, a sophomore in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the David C. Frederick Honors College (Italy)
• Kayla Brockington, a sophomore in the Dietrich School and Frederick Honors College majoring in anthropology and film and media studies (United Kingdom)
• Nathan Carney is a senior in the Swanson School of Engineering studying industrial engineering (Mexico).
• Isabella Hoffer is a junior in the College of Business Administration majoring in marketing (Italy)
• Toni Jackson is a junior in the Dietrich School majoring in public and professional writing (Brazil)
• Kofi Kankam is a junior in the Dietrich School majoring in Africana studies and linguistics (Ghana)
• Kaylynne Keyrouze is a first-year student in the School of Nursing (Argentina)
• Yaa Kornne is a junior in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences majoring in rehabilitation sciences (Senegal)
• Mya Kwiatkowski is a sophomore in the Dietrich School studying linguistics (South Korea)
• Amaris Mbuagbaw is a first-year student in the Swanson School majoring in biomedical engineering (South Korea)
• Roland Snyder is a junior in the College of Business Administration studying finance (Ireland)
• Rae Templeton is a senior in the Swanson School studying environmental engineering (Belgium)
• Kellen Weidman is a senior in the Dietrich School majoring in linguistics and Japanese (Japan)
• Nevaeh Williams is a junior in the Dietrich School studying German (Germany)
• Sikai Zheng is a junior in the College of Business Administration studying finance and business information systems (Italy)

All Pitt students can work with the Frederick Honors College’s Office of National Scholarships and Post-Graduation Success to receive support when applying for prestigious awards, such as the Gilman Scholarship.