College of Charleston Senior Caroline Burns has been awarded a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for the 2010-2011 academic year. Her Rotary Scholarship will support a year of study in the master’s program in human rights at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. In addition, Caroline plans to work with a Rotary Club in Kampala on a project that serves AIDS orphans. A native of Columbia, SC, Burns is a 2006 graduate of A.C. Flora High School. She is a political science major and economics minor.
“The Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship is more than just an academic scholarship,” Burns says. “Through the scholarship, Rotary has given me the opportunity to become an active member of my host community. During my time in Uganda, I will work to foster a relationship of goodwill between my sponsoring Rotary district and my host Rotary district in Kampala.”
Nicholas Boatwright, a junior biology major and health and African studies minor, just returned from a semester in St-Louis, Senegal on a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. While overseas, he engaged in an intensive study of French and served as an intern for Espoirs de Demain, a homeless shelter that provides services for street children in St-Louis
“I cannot thank Rotary enough. Their scholarship allowed me the opportunity to explore fully a region and culture in which I am deeply interested,” Boatwright says. “Though Rotary’s help, I have gained a much better understanding of life in the region and hope to find myself back there in the near future!”
Kristen Thompson ’09 and Joseph Saei ‘10 will leave this semester for their opportunities abroad provided by Rotary Scholarships.
For more information, contact Trisha Folds-Bennett at 843.953.6592 or go to the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities.
