CLEVELAND, Miss. — A Delta State University student will study abroad in Poland this summer after receiving a competitive scholarship.
Kiersten Bible, a rising sophomore in flight operations and a native of Batesville, was selected by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange to attend the School of Polish Language and Culture at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.
Bible will spend four weeks in July studying Polish language and culture through at least 15 hours of weekly language instruction and 10 additional hours of cultural programming. Delta State has maintained a partnership with the university in Lublin since 2014.
“I applied to KUL’s program because I’m really hoping to experience what the culture in Poland is like,” Bible said. “I’m studying to be a pilot, and having another language under your belt can always help.”
Following her return, Bible will serve as secretary and treasurer of Delta State’s Student Government Association and work as a Student Navigator for a First Year Experience course.
Bible was also recently recognized as First Year Student of the Year at Delta State’s College of Business and Aviation awards banquet and received the Rubber Band Motor and Wooden Propeller Scholarship in aviation.
She received additional funding for her study abroad experience from the Ambassador Jeanette Wallace Hyde Endowment and the DSU Goes Global Passport Program, which helps students obtain their first U.S. passports.
