{"id":19006,"date":"2025-09-23T12:11:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=19006"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:10:03","slug":"junior-earns-gilman-mccain-scholarship-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/junior-earns-gilman-mccain-scholarship-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College junior earns a prestigious Gilman-McCain Scholarship and a semester in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”19010″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Eckerd College junior Emmi Elmaleh (pictured above) is using a Gilman-McCain Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State to study international business at Florence University in Italy. Photo courtesy of Emmi Elmaleh ’27<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”news_subhead” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Every morning five days a week, Eckerd College junior Emmaline Elmaleh walks from her apartment to her classes at the Florence University of the Arts in Italy.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]That, in itself, is an education. \u201cI pass by the Duomo di Firenze [Florence Cathedral] every day when I walk to class,\u201d she said recently. \u201cIt\u2019s just incredible how much history there is on the streets I\u2019m walking. This is the birthplace of the Renaissance. Leonardo di Vinci painted the Mona Lisa a couple of blocks from the school.\u201d<\/p>\n

An international business<\/a> and marketing<\/a> student from Tampa, Emmaline is spending fall semester in Florence, thanks to a prestigious Gilman-McCain Scholarship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Created under the State Department\u2019s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, the John S. McCain International Scholarship for Military Families is available to eligible students enrolled at accredited U.S. colleges and universities who receive any type of Title IV federal financial aid. The scholarship provides $5,000 awards for undergraduate child and spousal dependents of active or activated United States military personnel to support study or internship abroad in credit-bearing programs. 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I\u2019ve just been very interested in the whole idea of Italy\u2014the architecture, the food, the way of life. I chose Florence University<\/a> because they had the business programs I was looking for.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”2%” bottom_padding=”2%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”19011″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Being able to study in Florence has provided Emmi opportunities she could only 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funding from the Eckerd College Study Abroad<\/a> program and a Pell Grant. She also is a member of Eckerd\u2019s Marketing and Communications team.<\/p>\n

Emmaline and travel seem to show up at the same time. Since middle school, she has traveled several times with her family to Europe, and her family has hosted exchange students in their home. Last January, Emmaline and 15 other Eckerd students journeyed to Australia<\/a> as part of an Eckerd Winter Term business course.<\/p>\n

Since arriving in Florence in late August, Emmaline has taken day trips to Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera, Siena, Bologna, Venice and Verona. \u201cI really enjoy learning how to live in a culture that\u2019s different from the one you know,\u201d she says. \u201cYou get to interact with the locals every day and learn their customs.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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