Thomas Bednar, of Chapmansboro, Selected for Johnson Opportunity Grant at Washington and Lee

LEXINGTON, VA (04/04/2014)(readMedia)-- Thomas Bednar, a junior from Chapmansboro, Tenn., has been selected by Washington and Lee University as one of this year's recipients of a 2014 Johnson Opportunity Grant at W&L. 

Bednar, an economics and politics double major, with an emphasis in global affairs, will intern at the Bureau of European and Asian Affairs in the Office of Political and Regional Affairs in Washington, D.C. The internship will give Bednar firsthand experience of the pressing matters that the United States faces in international affairs and expose him to the workings of the State Department, where he intends to pursue a career in international affairs as a Foreign Service officer.

At W&L, he is a Johnson Scholar, a member of the W&L chapter of College Democrats and a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.

The grants are part of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity, which awards approximately 30 Johnson grants each spring/summer to support students' research activities around the world. They are designed to help the students in their chosen fields of study as well as in their future careers. Students will receive between $1,000 and $4,500 to cover their living, travel and other costs associated with their activities.