Dylan Woodrow Receives FLAS Award for Arabic
Fourth Semester student Dylan Woodrow has received a very prestigious scholarship known as "FLAS," or "Foreign Language Area Scholarship," for studying Arabic while at the University of Utah. Dylan is the third MIAGE student to receive a this impressive accolade which awards students studying less-commonly spoken languages. Though Dylan is already fluent in Mandarin Chinese, he decided to add Arabic to his repertoire to make himself a more marketable and globally-minded individual.
"The FLAS requirements are great for encouraging me to learn more about the culture and people of the Arabic-speaking world," Dylan said. "Considering my interest in the Foreign, the knowledge is extremely useful and applicable. And the stipend and tuition benefit are a huge weight off my shoulders!"