Bailey Study Abroad scholarship recipients named

Ten Oklahoma State University students have been awarded Bailey Family Memorial Trust Scholarships that will enable them to study abroad during the current academic year.

The trust was established in 1982 by J.B. Bailey, and OSU graduate and Tulsa attorney, and his brother, Richard E. Bailey, longtime OSU humanities professor and founder of the first study abroad program in OSU’s College of Arts and Sciences, in memory of their grandmother Ida L. Davis and mother Lalla D. Bailey. 

The purpose of the trust is to provide scholarship support for full-time OSU students, regardless of their major field of study, to study the liberal arts at a recognized university outside of the U.S. 

Since the first awards were made for the 1985-86 academic year, more than $2 million has been expended from the trust, allowing 275 OSU students to study in 36 different countries. From the first year in which two students were awarded $18,000, the program has grown so that this year’s recipients have received funds totaling $104,000.

Bailey Scholars and their countries for study are:

Dylan Adame, from Dallas, TX, is a Civil Engineering and Spanish major in his senior year.  Dylan will be studying at The Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain during the spring of 2014.  Dylan has a strong interest in the design of bridges and structures in the city of Valencia.

Cole Campbell, from St. Louis, MO, has completed two years of Spanish study at OSU and will be traveling to Peru for his third year of study.  During the fall and spring semester Cole will study at the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas in Lima.

Danielle Dear, Duncan, OK, is majoring in Design, Housing and Merchandising with minors in Merchandising and General Business.  Danielle will be traveling to Florence Italy to study at the Academia Italiana.  She intends to study Italian, history and art in Italy in spring 2014.

Marcie Meyers, from Cushing, OK, is a Communication Sciences and Disorders major with minors in Spanish and Psychology.  Marcie will spend three months of her summer studying Spanish at the Latin University of Costa Rica in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Isabel Mulino, from Caracas, Venezuela, is a sophomore seeking a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a second major in French and a Bachelor of Science in Finance with a minor in International Studies.  Isabel will be studying French and law at the Universite Marc Bloch in Strasbourg France.

Carlie Pearson, Edmond, OK, will be spending the spring semester of 2014 studying in Slovenia.  She has chosen to study at the Univeristy of Ljubjlana in Ljubjlana.  Carlie is a Zoology major interested in a career in medicine after graduation and will be studying Language and Culture of Slovenia.

Blake Smith, Arnett, OK, is an Economics major with a minor in Political Science.  She will be studying in Puebla, Mexico at Universidad de las Americas.  Blake will be intensively studying Spanish as well the Economics of Mexico.

Shelby Terrel, Seiling, OK, is a Finance major with a Spanish minor in her Junior year.  Shelby will also be studying in Valencia, Spain.  She will study language and economics at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia during the fall 2013 semester.

Austin Wright, Rapid City, SD, has been planning a study abroad experience to Peru since he came to OSU.  As a Zoology major Austin wants to study the wildlife of Peru during the fall of 2013.  He will attend classes with Cole Campbell at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas in Lima for his Spanish second major.

Alissa Zimmerman, from Tulsa, OK studies Economics in the school of business and has minors in Political Science and German.  To expand her knowledge of German and Political Science Alissa will be spending the fall and spring semesters at Otto-Friedrich Universitat in Bamberg, Germany.