Texas Tech students

to study abroad

Three Texas Tech students will be heading to Japan, Brazil and Spain after being awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to Study Abroad for the spring 2016 semester.

Raul Perez Jr., a sophomore pre-engineering major, will study in Beppu, Japan.

Maria Munoz, a junior communications studies major and Portuguese minor, will study in Florianopolis, Brazil.

Bianca Barreto, a senior psychology major, will study Spanish at the Texas Tech Center in Sevilla, Spain.

Maria Tellez-Giron and Andree Ordaz were named as alternates.

About 800 undergraduate students from 355 American colleges and universities received the scholarship, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Gilman scholars receive up to $5,000 toward their study abroad or internship program costs. Students receiving the Federal Pell Grant from two- and four-year institutions who already are planning to study or intern abroad for credit are eligible to apply.

Karen Michael, A-J Media