PhD student, Amy Panikowski, has been awarded a prestigious NSEP David L. Boren Fellowship. The
fellowship will allow her to participate in intensive language training at the
University of Florida for isiZulu during the summer. In the fall, she will travel
to South Africa and spend ten months continuing language training, completing
field work and writing her dissertation. Boren Fellowships provide up to
$30,000 to graduate students who wish to study overseas in areas that are
critical to US interests. Boren Fellowships are funded by the National Security
Education Program (NSEP). NSEP has a broad definition of national security that
includes not only traditional ideas of national security but also sustainable
development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population
growth and migration, and economic competitiveness.