MUAC student awarded competitive U.S. Department of State’s scholarship
PLYMOUTH — Marian University’s Ancilla College (MUAC) student Peter Kenney ‘24 has been awarded a $3,000 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to complete a study or internship abroad and a Follow-on service project.
Kenney is a Culver resident and a Business Information Technology major at MUAC.
“I am very excited about this prestigious award as I look forward to the summer and travel abroad to Austria,” Kenney said.
The highly competitive Gilman Scholarship is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and offers scholarships to undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need to pursue academic studies or career-oriented internships abroad. Following his May graduation, Kenney will use his $3,000 scholar
ship award and head to Austria. Marian University’s Ancilla College
Marian University’s Ancilla College was founded in 1937 as Ancilla Domini College. In 2020, Ancilla College signed an agreement with Marian University to continue bringing higher education to northern Indiana and, in July 2021, Marian University opened a new location on the former campus of Ancilla College in Plymouth, Ind. – Marian University’s Ancilla College, a Catholic university dedicated to excellent teaching and learning in the Franciscan and liberal arts traditions. Marian University’s Ancilla College offers Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees in addition to associate degrees in agriculture, business, education, exercise science, arts, and veterinary nursing, and in 2022, the college opened a state-of-the-art nursing simulation and skills laboratory. Follow Marian University’s Ancilla College on Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Twitter.