Hialeah Campus Student Selected As Frederick Douglass Fellow

Sophomore Andres Colmenares, 20, is one of 10 recipients across the nation selected for the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship Program.

The program awards students $5,000 and a paid four-week study abroad program sponsored by The Council on International Educational Exchange in partnership with The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions.  

This year’s winners will travel to Cape Town, South Africa from July 17 until Aug. 12 and take courses on leadership and multicultural skills.

Colmenares, who is an English major at Hialeah Campus, graduated from Hialeah Gardens Senior High School in 2016. He applied to the program to meet people from different backgrounds and cultures.

To be eligible, students must be registered at an accredited institution, be a current freshmen or sophomore with a minimum 3.0 GPA and demonstrate financial need.

“It feels surreal [being selected]. I already feel fortunate getting chosen to begin with,” Colmenares  said. “Knowing that I was one of ten from across the nation totally feels insane to me.”

The CIEE, founded in 1947, is a non-profit organization that promotes international education. Every year the organization awards more than $5 million in scholarships for students and professors interested in study-abroad programs.