3 Mines students win prestigious Gilman Scholarship to study abroad

Three Colorado School of Mines students have been awarded the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad during the 2024-2025 academic year.

• Pamela Banuelos, a rising senior in the Chemical & Biological Engineering Department, will be conducting an international research internship at the University of Augsburg in Augsburg, Germany, this summer.
• Ari’jaye Derritt, a rising sophomore in the Computer Science Department, will be studying abroad in Ireland this summer. 
• Isobel McGivney, a rising senior in the Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department, plans to do a study abroad program at the Institute of Mathematics within the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 

Since 2012, Mines has had 11 Gilman Scholars, including Banuelos, Derritt and McGivney this year. 

The Congressionally funded Gilman Program broadens the U.S. student population studying and interning abroad by providing scholarships to outstanding undergraduate Pell Grant recipients who, due to financial constraints, might not otherwise study abroad. Since the program’s establishment in 2001, more than 41,000 Gilman Scholars from all U.S. states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories have studied or interned in more than 160 countries around the globe. 

The Gilman Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is supported in its implementation by the Institute of International Education (IIE).  

Colorado School of Mines students who wish to apply to the Gilman Scholarship may seek advising and support from the Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships. For more information, please contact Ashley Weibel at ashley.weibel@mines.edu.