CORRECTED RELEASE: Casco resident, Saint Michael's College student, wins Scholarship to study in Argentina

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Morgan Brown of Casco & a Saint Michael's student wins scholarship for study in Argentina

COLCHESTER, VT (04/22/2013)(readMedia)-- "I want to immerse myself in a new culture as much as possible," said Morgan Brown, recipient of a $500 Marta Umanzor Study Abroad Scholarship from Saint Michael's College.

Mr. Brown, a sophomore, media, journalism, digital arts major at Saint Michael's, is the son of Amy and Lawrence Brown of Casco, Maine. He is a Spanish language minor and will, with his scholarship, be studying in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the fall 2013 semester. He will study through the Academic Programs International (API), Universidad de Belgrano program entitled "Argentine and Latin American Studies."

Mr. Brown chose deliberately to study in a location where the first language is Spanish, and the culture is "decidedly different from that in the United States." He noted particularly the excitement of experiencing the different music, dance, food, history and politics he would encounter in Argentina.

On returning from his study abroad experience, Mr. Brown plans to make use of his improved Spanish speaking skill in her work with JUNTOS, a Vermont organization helping to improve the lives of Spanish-speaking migrant farmworkers. He hopes to expand the work he is already doing taking workers to doctors appointments or the grocery store, by shaping new programs for them.

Mr. Brown also plans to use his facility in Spanish to enrich his career opportunities as a travel or outdoor magazine journalist, or teacher in a Spanish- speaking country.

"The ability to communicate in another language is an invaluable skill that I believe has the potential to be life-changing," wrote Mr. Brown in her application for the scholarship.

Saint Michael's College www.smcvt.edu students are challenged to do their best, find their niche, take on opportunities to grow, and immerse themselves in academic pursuits. Intellectual rigor, compassion, teamwork, caring-these characterize a Saint Michael's experience. A residential Catholic college, Saint Michael's is steeped in the social justice spirit of its founding priests, the Edmundites. Saint Michael's is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top 10 college towns. Headed by President John J. Neuhauser, the college has 1,900 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. Identified by the Princeton Review, 2013 as one of the nation's Best 377 Colleges, and included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013, Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Goldwater, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report rankings.

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