Political Science student, Brian Yeh, has been awarded the Boren Scholarship to study Chinese intensively in Beijing for the 2012-2013 school year. This tremendous opportunity will afford Brian the opportunity to learn more about other cultures while working on his own language skills, which he hopes to use to improve the U.S.-China relations in the future. He will complete a 1-year service requirement with the federal government after studying Mandarian Chinese with the Middlebury School in China program hosted at Capital Normal University.

Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in regions all over the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented including areas such as Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. These scholars represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying diverse languages including Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, and many others.
These scholarships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which centers on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study critical to U.S. national security. For more information about the Boren Scholarships and applications please visit their website.

Brian Yeh is a junior at Ohio State and is double majoing in economic and political science, with a minor in Chinese. Brian's research interests lie in matters of East Asian Security and U.S.-China relations. His ultimate goal is to become a Foreign Affairs Officer at the State Department or the Department of Defense, where he hopes to help formulate policy toward china. He also plans to attend graduate school in the future.