Critical Language Scholarship to Take Wahju ’24 to Indonesia_188体育app_188体育在线-平台官网

Keith Testa
Mon, 01 May 2023 10:00 -0400

Vianca Wahju ’24 will be trading her standard summer vacation this year for an immersive international study experience she hopes will more closely connect her to her heritage. Wahju, a nursing major at UNH, received a Critical Language Scholarship (CSL) for the language study of Bahasa Indonesia at the Universitas Negeri Malang this summer, a journey she will embark on June 15. Wahju was born in Indonesia before moving to Dover, New Hampshire, and still has family in the region. “What made me want to pursue the scholarship is to feel connected to my familial and cultural roots,” Wahju says. “I grew up in New Hampshire but most of my family is in Indonesia, and I want to deeply learn about Bahasa Indonesia so I can communicate with not only my family but with the large Indonesian...