Najah Terrell-Walker, an Elementary Education major, has been selected for the Gilman Scholarship.
Terrell-Walker will study abroad in Italy in the coming year. She is one of 42 University of Illinois students to receive the Gilman Scholarship this year, placing the university in the top ten producers of Gilman Scholars in the country.
The U.S. State Department has awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to 3,500 American undergraduate students from all 50 states and the District of Columbia in spring 2025 to study abroad in over 170 countries. Over 70% of selected Gilman Scholars are from rural areas and small towns across the United States, and 55% are first-generation college students. Gilman Scholars are U.S. undergraduate students with high financial need as federal Pell Grant recipients. The Gilman Program received a record-high of 17,000 applications across the 2024-25 academic year.
