Running a homemade ice cream business keeps FSHN major busy

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My name is Jenna Spangler, and I’m the owner of Jenna Lou’s Homemade Ice Cream! In June 2019, I needed to raise $150 to go on a mission trip. My solution? Make and sell ice cream - because everyone loves homemade ice cream. I sold it through social media and one after another, friends and family placed their orders. The first eleven people ordered 30 pints altogether, and I hit my $150 goal. Then sales kept coming, all the way to 126 ice cream pints. As it turned out, I loved making ice cream, and I had a community to support it. So I decided to keep going with this new hobby!

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FY 2023 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships Program

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowship program provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement, and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula.

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Students may request funding to support overseas research for a period of no less than six months and no more than 12 months. Funds support travel expenses to and from the residence of the fellow and the country or countries of research; maintenance and dependent allowances based on the location of research for the fellow and his or her dependent(s); an allowance for research-related expenses overseas; and health and accident insurance premiums. Projects may focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).

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