Sophia Lu, a member of the Department of Asian Languages & Literature's Chinese Flagship Program and a fourth-year student majoring in Bioengineering and minoring in Naval Sciences, has recently been awarded a Boren Scholarship. Boren Scholarships are competitive awards that fund the intensive study of language and culture by U.S. undergraduate and graduate students. Sophia's award will support her to complete the Chinese Flagship Domestic Immersion Capstone Program in the 2024-2025 academic year at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California. She hopes to build a solid foundation in professional Mandarin through her studies, in support of her dream of becoming a Foreign Area Officer in the U.S. Navy. Sophia is the first member of UW's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program to be awarded a Boren Scholarship.
Congratulations, Sophia!