Kesti Receives Gilman International Scholarship.

HOUGHTON, MI (06/11/2013)(readMedia)-- Four Michigan Technological University undergraduates applied for Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships this year, and all four received the competitive awards. A fifth Michigan Tech student received a Whitaker International Undergraduate Scholarship for study abroad.

Included among the honorees was Warren Kesti, a management major from Bootjack, who will study in South Korea under the Gilman Scholarship.

Eugene Kim, Andrea Bowen, and Christopher Trevino also received Gilman Scholarships for international study. Kim, a chemical engineering major, will also study in South Korea. Bowen, a management information systems major, will study in China, and Trevino is a sound design major who will study in Japan.

Mitchell Kirby, a biomedical engineering major, received a Whitaker grant for study in New Zealand in the fall.

The Gilman Scholarship program aims to diversify the kinds of students who study abroad by supporting undergraduates who otherwise might not participate in international study due to financial constraints. The grants to Michigan Tech students total $18,000.

The Whitaker program encourages undergraduates in biomedical engineering to study abroad to gain an international perspective on their field. Only 40 recipients were chosen nationwide.

Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 130 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.