History of Dring Language Fellowship
Dring Language Fellowship – Routt County Colorado
2024 - Alexandra Hanna
Grant: $1,000
Alex graduated from Steamboat Springs High School a semester early in order to spend three months traveling in Spain and Portugal to hike El Camino de Santiago from Irun, Spain to Porto, Portugal, and other travels through the region. She will work on improving her 7 years of Spanish by staying in hostels (albergues) and navigating through small villages speaking the language. She will be attending University of Colorado Boulder in Fall 2024.
2023 - Madeline Erps
Grant: $2,500
Madeline is studying in Lulea, Sweden (Lulea Gymnasieskola) for the 2023-24 academic year through the Rotary Youth Exchange program. She will live with local families and plans to participate in community service activities such as Interact club and medical/science activities.
2022 - Emma Ward and Julia McCarthy
Emma Ward – Grant: $2,500
Emma is studying Linguistics with a minor in German at Colorado State University. This Fellowship grant will help fund a semester at Leuphana Universität in Lüneburg, Germany through the University Study Abroad Consortium (USAC).
Julia McCarthy – Grant: $1,000
Julia will be studying in Seville, Spain in Fall 2022 through CEA and the Pablo de Olavide University to help advance her Health Sciences major and Spanish minor at Chapman University.
2020 - Tanner Richard
Grant: $2,500
After his program in Chile was cancelled due to COVID-19, Tanner was able to defer his scholarship to fall 20021, during which he will be attending an immersive Spanish language program at Universidad de Granada’s Centro de Lenguas Modernas in Spain through ISA (International Studies Abroad). Tanner is a graduate of Steamboat Mountain School and now attends University of Colorado Boulder.
2019 - Meg Anderson
Grant: $1,500
Meg will spend 4 months in Jordan, under a program offered by The School for International Training. She will be studying Arabic and working with Palestinian and Syrian refugees. Meg is a graduate of SSHS and now a student at Cornell University.
2019 - Sierra Bennett-Manke
Grant: $500
Zoe will spend a full school year, 10 months, in Germany under a local Rotary Youth Exchange Program. She will be studying German and attending local schools. She is a current student at SSHS.
2019 - Lily Starkey
Grant: $500
Lily will spend a full school year, 10 months, in Argentina under a local Rotary Youth Exchange Program. She will be studying Spanish and attending local schools. She is a current student at SSHS.
2018 - Zoe Stewart
Grant: $2,000
Travel to Taiwan for full school year sponsored by Steamboat Rotary Youth Exchange Program. Attend local school. Live with host families.
2018 - Julie Congdon
Grant: $1,500
Travel to Finland for full school year sponsored by Steamboat Rotary Youth Exchange Program. Attend local school. Live with host families.
2016 - No award
2015 - Lindsay Adler
Grant: $2,500
Travel to Argentina for a three-month program including four weeks of immersion language training. This is part of a gap year plan. Overall sponsor is Where There be Dragons.
2014 - Kelly Borgerding
Grant: $2,000
Travel to Argentina for gap year study in participation with Steamboat Rotary Youth Exchange Program.
2013 - Kali Morris
Grant: $2,500
Travel to Costa Rica for four-weeks and attend Spanish immersion school. Live with a local Spanish speaking family.
2012 - Mallory Richie
Grant: $1,500
Travel to France for a one-year program in participation with Steamboat Rotary Youth Exchange Program. Live with native French speaking family.
2012 - Kestral Johnson
Grant: $1,000
Travel to Brazil for one-year intensive cultural and language program in participation with Steamboat Rotary youth exchange program.
2011 - Anna Poirot
Grant: $1,500
Travel to Norway for one-year under Steamboat Rotary youth exchange program. Attend local schools and live with several host families. Post Trip Report
2011 - MaiLis Mangold
Grant: $1,000
Travel to Italy for one year program in participation with Steamboat Rotary Exchange program.