Brad Henry International
Scholars Program
Swansea University
Wales
The Scholarship:
• The Brad Henry International Scholars
program provides a few outstanding students
at Oklahoma Regional Universities a $10,000
scholarship to study abroad in Wales.
The Scholarship:
• The application deadline for the study abroad will
be March 9, 2012.
• You can begin to prepare an application at any
time.
Semester Study Abroad Program
Participants will spend either the fall or spring
academic term, the dates of which
approximately coincide with our fall and
spring academic semesters, as students at
Swansea University on its campus in Swansea,
Wales. Field of study is open.
In the Middle of Swansea University
Swansea University
University of Wales at Swansea
• Semester program, wide range of offerings.
• 250 or so American exchange students.
• University of about 11,000: 3,000 graduate
students and 9,000 undergrads.
• Commitment to working with American
exchanges.
National Assembly for Wales
• High order internship with Member of the
Assembly.
• Assembly is historically placed in
International Relations.
• Ties to constituents in Wales, to Parliament,
and to the EC in Brussels.
• Interns from Ohio and Oklahoma living in
apartments near Assembly.
Brandon
Eligibility
• Full-time enrollment at an Oklahoma regional
university
• Oklahoma residency and U.S. Citizenship
• At least 30 hours of completed college course
work
• Excellent academic qualifications
• Outstanding writing and communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership qualities
Process for 2012-2013
• Complete application by March 9 to office of
Dr. Vivian Thomlinson.
• The application calls for a resume, transcript of all
college or university work, a typewritten essay of
approximately 300 words which sets forth your
academic and/or professional goals and shows
how your experience as an International Scholar
will advance those goals, and two letters of
recommendation.
• Review by committee. President’s Office can
nominate a maximum of 2 applicants.
• Selection by OSHRE.
The Bay at Swansea
Swansea University
buildings seen beyond the
trees here
Swansea
University
from
above
Angela Jones at Dylan Thomas’s
childhood home
The dorms in which you
may be housed.
The next
few slides
take you out
on the
Gower
Peninsula
just west of
Swansea
The Mumbles: Once a fishing
village, now shops and
restaurants, on one point of
Swansea bay.
Photo from the same spot,
shooting up the hill: Ruined
Norman castle.
Location in Swansea
• Brythonic Celtic Culture, plus Norman castles,
Dylan Thomas Museum.
• Close to Bath (Roman Culture)
• Close to Arthur sites like Tintagel and Glastonbury
• Close to Norman sites
• Close to Severn and Wye valleys (Tintern Abbey)
• Three Hours from London by train
• Cardiff International Airport
• Ferry to Cork or Dublin
Last Note
• There are only a few Henry Scholarships, no more
than 10, statewide each year.
• The process is very competitive
• Work hard on your personal statement
• Please note that if this program does notsuit you,
this is not the only way to study abroad.