Shinn Scholarship Fund

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The Shinn Scholarship Fund provides financial support to RIC undergraduate students with planned study abroad outside the United States.

Shinn Scholars have performed on stage in Florence, interned for a magazine in London, shadowed healthcare professionals in Chile and Peru, learned to speak Japanese in Tokyo, and so much more. In its 32-year history, the Shinn Fund has awarded more than 100 scholarships to students to take classes and complete internships in 31 different countries. It’s never too early to start planning your educational trip abroad.

Ridgway F. Shinn, Jr.

The Ridgway F. Shinn, Jr. Study Abroad Fund, maintained by the Rhode Island College Foundation, provides income to support undergraduate students in planned study outside the United States. Established in the 1987-88 academic year by Ridgway F. Shinn, Jr. through the generous support of many of his friends, colleagues, and former students, this fund marked his retirement from 29 years of service at the College. During those years he was professor of history, the first chair of the Department of History, the first dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and vice president for Academic Affairs.

He always hoped that undergraduates might have the opportunity to study and live outside of the United States for a period of time as a way to expand their learning. The Shinn Scholarship Fund is helping that hope become reality!