Lauryn Arnett

2022 Gilman Scholarship Recipient

Hometown

Fishers, IN

Major

Nursing

College

College of Health and Human Sciences

 

Established in 2001, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is committed to sending American students of limited financial means from all backgrounds to study abroad.

 

Lauryn Arnett was awarded the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad in Italy on the Purdue summer Program in Florence. She chose this program for its ability to increase her teamwork, independence, and other skills necessary to her career. In Italy, she will have a chance to explore the Palazzo Galli-Tassi and study the art of the Italian renaissance.

 

Multi-cultural engagement is critical to her aspirations as a nurse due to the wide demographics she will be working with in her field. Already familiar with the challenges of navigating language barriers with the Indian side of her family, she knows how to adapt her communication to negotiate meaning. Learning Italian with the Duolingo owl has become a favorite past time recently.

 

Lauryn’s experience with her upper classman nursing leader, mentor, in freshman year provided her with needed knowledge and support. Becoming a leader herself now that she’s an upperclassman gives her the opportunity to both pay it forward and also complete a part of her her follow-on project by promoting her study abroad program and the Gilman.