Helen Lamm
  • Class of 2017
  • Florence, S.C.

Wofford College sophomore, Helen Lamm, receives Boren Scholarship

2015 Jul 7

Sophomore Helen Lamm already has a job lined up after she graduates from Wofford College in May 2017. Recently selected as the recipient of a prestigious Boren Scholarship to China, Lamm will spend a year abroad honing her language skills and another year at Wofford completing her degree before joining the federal government in the area of national security. Lamm is majoring in Chinese with a minor in history.

While in China, Lamm will be studying environmental protection through the C.V. Starr Middlebury School in Kunming for the first semester. During Interim she will take the intensive language course in Beijing. Although plans for the second semester are still tentative, Lamm is planning to continue her environmental research or to complete and internship in either Kunming or Hangzhou.

Boren Awards provide U.S. undergraduate and graduate students with resources and encouragement to acquire language skills and experience in countries critical to the future security and stability of our nation. In exchange for funding, Boren Scholarship recipients agree to work in the federal government for a period of at least one year.