Gilman Scholarship Essay

I believe a great unique way to promote the Gilman Scholarship and international education is by having a study abroad based fashion show. Have the title of the event be named Gilman International Fashion show. I will promote it as a fashion and a cool way to learn about the Gilman Scholarship and international education. I plan to have at least two other students who have studied abroad. So they could also give their experienced about studying abroad, I will pick two different people that studied abroad in different places. So they can talk about different parts of the world. I also have my friend Alison that will be studying abroad with me, in the same school and have her speak about her experience. This way two people from the same school will express how their study abroad experience was. They will also see how a girl and a guy experienced studying in the same school at the same time. We could also charge a five dollar admission to come watch the show and donate everything. So we can have a scholarship for a student to study abroad in the following semester. This way it will be an incentive for students to come as they can learn how to receive two scholarships.

The way I will set up the event is by promoting the event for a two …show more content…
As producing a fashion show it will attract designers and the staff of URI. This will also attract people from different parts of the state of Rhode Island. Visitors can tell their friends and family about what they learned about studying abroad. By doing this it will spread the word even more without working harder. It is like the best of both worlds. I believe this will inspire many designers to do what I am doing and also other Gilman recipients to do something unique to spread the word about studying abroad. While at the same time making it very entertaining to learn about the Gilman Scholarship and international