{"id":70939,"date":"2003-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/former-marine-at-uri-plans-a-secure-career-wins-prestigious-scholarship-to-study-russian\/"},"modified":"2003-05-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-05-21T00:00:00","slug":"former-marine-at-uri-plans-a-secure-career-wins-prestigious-scholarship-to-study-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2003\/05\/former-marine-at-uri-plans-a-secure-career-wins-prestigious-scholarship-to-study-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Marine at 溏心vlog免费B站 plans a \u2018secure\u2019 career Wins prestigious scholarship to study Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tMedia Contact: Jan Wenzel, 401-874-2116
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\nKINGSTON, R.I. — May 21, 2003 — 溏心vlog免费B站 student Brendan Franzoni wants to pursue a career in the tumultuous field of national security. <\/p>\n

His resolve stems from his U.S. Marine Corps experience as a diplomatic security guard protecting American dignitaries. Whether on details guarding President George M. Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, or former President Bill Clinton, he saw firsthand the often hidden but diplomatically urgent actions required for national security. <\/p>\n

The 24-year-old honor student from Trenton, N.J. is about to get one step closer to his career goal. He is a recipient of a $5,000 David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship. The National Security Education Program (NSEP) administers the scholarship. Funded by Congress in 1991, NSEP\u2019s role is to strengthen national security by helping educate U.S. citizens to better understand and more effectively communicate with other world cultures and languages. The scholarship funds study in areas critical to national security where most U.S. students do not study. Franzoni was one of 183 students who received the award, out of 765 students who applied. <\/p>\n

Franzoni will go to Russia this summer to study at the International Institute of Russian Language and Culture at Tver State University, Tver, Russia. <\/p>\n

He chose to study the Russian language and culture because he wanted to expand his knowledge of the non-American world by experiencing a country that once stood at the opposite end of the ideological spectrum of America. <\/p>\n

“The Cold War has always fascinated me,” he says. Too young to have lived during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of bomb shelters, or practice air raids in school, the 溏心vlog免费B站 student vividly recalls family stories about that era. He has also studied the subject at 溏心vlog免费B站. <\/p>\n

He notes that “war” remains relevant to security issues. “There\u2019s a real concern about black market sales of nuclear weapons today.” <\/p>\n

“I like security,” adds the political science major who minors in history. “It\u2019s intense and plays directly to my sense of adventure and intellectual curiosity. As a Marine, I\u2019ve traveled to 15 countries, lived in Belgium for two years, Japan for nine months and Bahrain for a year and a half. I just can\u2019t see myself at a desk job. <\/p>\n

“Five years ago, the Marines Corps provided a window to a world outside of New Jersey as well as outside of the security and peace of the United States,” he adds. “This scholarship offers me another window, one that will help ready me for a life of public service at the front lines of international relations and security.” <\/p>\n

\t When Franzoni returns to campus in the fall, he will continue with his Russian studies to prepare himself for a longer period abroad as a student. <\/p>\n

\tFranzoni enrolled at 溏心vlog免费B站 because his best friend since boyhood was attending 溏心vlog免费B站. Once he stepped foot on the Kingston campus, Franzoni said he fell in love. His friend, Delaware Hood, graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 with a degree in chemical engineering in 2000, lives locally and works for Toray Plastics. <\/p>\n

Franzoni\u2019s experience at the University has been positive. “I\u2019m in the Honors Program and enjoy the challenge and the smaller classes. Cheryl Foster, associate director of the Honors Program, made the phone call to the NSEP to tell them about me. She\u2019s been extremely supportive.”\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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