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Howdy,
First let me congratulate
each of you who have been
awarded the prestigious
Bolashak Scholarship
established by your esteemed
President, Nursultan
Nazarbayev expanding the
opportunities to study
abroad to the brightest
future leaders of the
Republic of Kazakhstan. This
is indeed a noble visionary
undertaking.
Texas A&M has been most
fortunate to have among its
graduates eighteen Bolashak
awardees whom we have listed
for you on this website as
well as five currently
enrolled students. As a
group, I am proud to say
that they have honored your
country, the Bolashak
selection process, and the
academic departments at
Texas A&M from which they
graduated. We have enjoyed
learning of how Texas A&M
contributed to their success
following their graduation
and Texas A&M faculty,
staff, and students learned
much about Kazakhstan
through the efforts of the
students to introduce them
to your rich culture and
enticing cuisine.
With the
expansion of the Bolashak
program in 2005, Texas A&M was
honored to be asked to serve as
one of the initial partners in
administering the program in the
United States along with
American Councils
and
Indiana University.
While some students applied to
Texas A&M directly from
Kazakhstan, several Bolashak
students began their “Aggie”
experience attending our English
Language program and immediately
become enamored with the Aggie
traditions and the quality of
the academic programs - 37 of
the original 40 were admitted to
their chosen academic programs.
The trend continues - 18 of the
20 attending TAMU’s English
program have also have become
full-time students. Today Texas
A&M has 60 Bolashak students
enrolled in academic programs
and have become the largest
group of sponsored students.
Several of the
students have exceeded
expectations academically and
will be participating in the
Honors program. Taking the
initiative to develop leadership
skills, the Bolashak students
established the Kazakh Student
Association thus becoming a
visible group on the campus.
Please refer to the links,
below, for more
information.
Again, congratulations and
welcome to Texas A&M.
Violetta Burke Cook
Director
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