{"id":74601,"date":"2014-03-21T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=74601"},"modified":"2014-03-21T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T19:30:00","slug":"umw-student-receives-scholarship-to-study-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2014\/03\/21\/umw-student-receives-scholarship-to-study-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Student Receives Scholarship to Study in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Mary Washington senior Shirley Naa-kowaa Martey\u2019s quest to become fully fluent in the Chinese language will soon become a reality. The political science major is the recipient of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clscholarship.org\/languages\/chinese\">Chinese Critical Language Scholarship<\/a> sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after her graduation this May, Martey will travel to China for nine weeks to immerse herself in the country\u2019s culture and language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis scholarship means an opportunity to move toward my goal of attaining proficiency in Mandarin [Chinese] in an immersive environment,\u201d said Martey, who added that she has searched for ways to learn Chinese language and culture beyond her classes at UMW. \u00a0\u201cI want any opinion that I contribute to be one that people take seriously, and the scholarship puts me on that path.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74611\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/03\/Shirely-Martey.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"74611\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/shirely-martey\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/03\/Shirely-Martey.gif\" data-orig-size=\"710,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shirely-Martey\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shirely Naa-kowaa Martey spent eight weeks in Taiwan in 2013. Shortly after graduation in May, she will travel to China.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/03\/Shirely-Martey-300x225.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/03\/Shirely-Martey.gif\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74611 \" alt=\"Shirely Naa-kowaa Martey spent eight weeks in Taiwan in 2013. Shortly after graduation in May, she will travel to China.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/03\/Shirely-Martey-300x225.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/03\/Shirely-Martey-300x225.gif 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/03\/Shirely-Martey-600x450.gif 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirely Naa-kowaa Martey spent eight weeks in Taiwan in 2013. Shortly after graduation in May, she will travel to China.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is not the first travel abroad experience for Martey, who spent eight weeks at the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan as a recipient of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/07\/political-science-student-awarded-summer-scholarship\/\">2013 Ambassador Summer Scholarship<\/a> from the Taiwan-U.S. Sister Relations Alliance (TUSA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I was in Taiwan, my post-graduation plans changed from going straight to grad school to focusing on becoming fluent,\u201d Martey said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be that fresh-faced student who reads books about China, has some language classes, and thinks she is qualified to talk about China in a graduate school or a professional setting. 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