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FSC student receives Sigma Delta Pi Scholarship

LAKELAND, Fla. (April 14, 2004) - FSC senior Brittany Melson has been awarded a Sigma Delta Pi scholarship to study in Quito, Ecuador. The English major and Spanish minor begins her studies in August after completing an internship with the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C. 

Melson will study at the Academia Latinoamericana de Español in Quito. The scholarship award will cover the cost of tuition, room and two meals per day for a four-week course of study. Sigma Delta Pi will provide a stipend which may be used toward travel to Ecuador. Melson is the daughter of William and Susan Melson of Lakeland, Fla.


About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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