Margaret Grayson Wins Critical Language Scholarship, India

University of Montana students Margaret Grayson won State Department Critical Language Scholarships in the 2018 national competition for immersive in-country summer language study. The scholarship provides full funding for the program, which runs from mid-June to mid-August and includes an orientation in Washington, D.C.

Grayson, is a senior at UM majoring in journalism. She is the daughter of Paul Grayson and graduated from Bayfield High School of Bayfield, Colorado, in 2014. Grayson wants to pursue a career in international journalism. She will study in India.

“I see India as a massive emerging market for news reporting that will be increasingly important to the American and global public,” Grayson said. “Many stories and problems in India, the world’s largest democracy, echo those of the United States. There is so much we have to learn from each other, and as the world becomes increasingly globalized it’s important for us to have a better understanding of such a large segment of the world.”

For more details on Grayson’s award, see stories from the South and Southeast Asian Studies program online at http://bit.ly/2qPlxPA and http://bit.ly/2JYvtio.