Stephen Jones is the third Honors College student to receive an NSEP-Boren scholarship for study abroad in the past 4 years.

The Boren Scholarship is one of the elite Prestige Scholarships and provides up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin American, and the Middle East. Boren Scholarships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security.

Boren Scholars represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili.

Previous Wilkes Honors College students to receive the award are:
Daniel Gopman (Honors College '2008: NSEP-Boren in 2006 for study in Russia; Mr. Gopman went on to a Ph.D. program in physics at NYU)

Heather Chase (Honors College: NSEP-Boren in 2007 for study in Morocco)