The Botstiber Scholars Program
The Botstiber Scholars Program provides full, four-year undergraduate scholarships to young men and women from all over the world for study at Lehigh University. Countries represented have included Bolivia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Macedonia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Romania, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe.
The Botstiber Scholars and Board members outside the White House on a visit to Washington, DC. in 2008. |
The students pause for a group photo during their Boston trip. |
Dr. Colin Johnstone spoke to Botstiber Scholars at their 2009 retreat in Boston. Listen here to his lecture “The Purpose of Life is to Live a Life of Purpose.” Click Here to listen to the talk.
Lehigh University is among the top schools in the world for engineering, science and technology. Botstiber scholars flourish in this rigorous academic environment. In addition to their demanding course of study, Botstiber scholars participate in monthly seminars on issues of science, ethics and leadership.
Lehigh offers an inviting social atmosphere for the Botstiber scholars who meet frequently for dinner and conversation of shared experiences. Each September, the scholars attend a weekend retreat with Botstiber board members in places such as Washington, New York or Boston. The Coordinator of the Botstiber Scholars Program assists students with academic and personal matters. All of this helps the scholars to attain a high level of maturity by confronting, understanding and adapting to a culture vastly different than their own, while at the same time preparing themselves for a future devoted to ethical service in science, technology and commerce.
Students are selected on the basis of merit and need. They must be of good moral character, and they must study science, technology or commerce. Preference is given to students who lack educational opportunities in their own countries who can benefit from an American-style university education. The program looks for students who will return to their home countries and apply their American education for the betterment of their people.
The Botstiber Scholars Program is a joint effort of the Botstiber Foundation and Lehigh University. Scholarship recipients are drawn from Lehigh University's general international applicant pool. No separate scholarship applications are invited or accepted.
The Botstiber Foundation also provides Botstiber Fellowships to graduates of Austrian universities who wish to pursue graduate studies in engineering at the College of Engineering at the University of New Orleans. For further information on the Botstiber Fellowships, please contact Center Austria at the University of New Orleans.
Cooperating Institutions
Center Austria, University of New Orleans