Thirteen foreign study scholarships have been awarded to college and high school students from across Louisiana, including two from Lafayette.The winners were announced Friday by the board of trustees of La Fondation Louisiane, a private, non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting and preserving the French language in Louisiana by awarding scholarships to highly motivated Louisiana students for study in Francophone countries.Margaret Sullivan of Lafayette and a French major at the University of New Orleans was named the winner of the James Domengeaux Scholarship, which provides for free tuition to attend the Catholic University of Paris for the 2011-2012 academic year, plus $10,000. This scholarship is named in honor of former U.S. Rep. James Domengeaux, who was the founder of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana.
Ten Heritage Scholarships were awarded to Louisiana college students who will spend the 2011-2012 academic year in France teaching conversational English in French elementary, middle, and high schools. These 10 scholars will also be enrolled in a master’s degree at the University of Rennes in Brittany. They are Simone Barrilleaux and Charles Evans of Metairie; Nicole Horne and Patricia Travis of New Orleans; Kirby Buttitta of Monroe; Virginia Mather of Shreveport; Caitlin Orgeron of Cut Off; and Joan Regard, Cary Hebert, and Tonya Kenny of Baton Rouge.
In the high school competition, Alexandra Flores, a student at Lafayette High School, won the Allen M. Babineaux Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship will help defray the costs of the summer immersion program at the University of St. Anne in Nova Scotia, Canada.Justin Blanchard, a student at the Haynes Academy in Metairie, won the Jason Dyess Scholarship. This scholarship, in cooperation with the government of France, provides for free tuition at the International Center for French Studies in Angers, France, plus $1,000. Justin will be enrolled in an intensive summer program in Angers.
Ten Heritage Scholarships were awarded to Louisiana college students who will spend the 2011-2012 academic year in France teaching conversational English in French elementary, middle, and high schools. These 10 scholars will also be enrolled in a master’s degree at the University of Rennes in Brittany. They are Simone Barrilleaux and Charles Evans of Metairie; Nicole Horne and Patricia Travis of New Orleans; Kirby Buttitta of Monroe; Virginia Mather of Shreveport; Caitlin Orgeron of Cut Off; and Joan Regard, Cary Hebert, and Tonya Kenny of Baton Rouge.
In the high school competition, Alexandra Flores, a student at Lafayette High School, won the Allen M. Babineaux Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship will help defray the costs of the summer immersion program at the University of St. Anne in Nova Scotia, Canada.Justin Blanchard, a student at the Haynes Academy in Metairie, won the Jason Dyess Scholarship. This scholarship, in cooperation with the government of France, provides for free tuition at the International Center for French Studies in Angers, France, plus $1,000. Justin will be enrolled in an intensive summer program in Angers.
