UIC Students Receive Funding for Study Abroad in China
Summer 2019 Wanxiang Fellows, clockwise from top left: Wasinee Siewsrichol (College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs), Jyotsna Bitra (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), Maggie Kochman (College of Engineering), Quinn Winters (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), Alena Disdari (College of Engineering), Niyah Fitch (College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs).
Six UIC students have been selected to receive a fellowship covering all costs for a three week sustainable technology study abroad program in China this summer. Hangzhou Polytechnic University will host the students and the program will include visits to Beijing and Shanghai.
The fellowship is generously sponsored by the Wangxiang Corporation, based in Elgin, IL, and coordinated by the UIC Study Abroad Office, a unit within the Office of Global Engagement.