These are some things that I’ve found to be very useful to pack every time I travel. None of them are very expensive but they’ve been LIFE-SAVERS! (Not literally, but you get my point!)

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I received the Gilman Scholarship for $3,500!

This means that this blog will serve as both a travel diary and evidence of my Follow-on Service Project, where I share information about scholarships and travel for the LGBT* community.

I’m so happy and grateful that I’ve been selected for this great honor, and eager to get started on my experience in Scotland!

• Wallace Monument
• Stirling Castle
• Bannockburn Heritage Center
• Stirling Old Town Jail
• The Bastion
• Cambuskenneth Abbey (Have to go in September, as it closes 30 September!)
• Concourse Gallery
• Church of the Holy Rude
• Cowane’s Hospital
• The Tolbooth
• Old Town Cemetery
• King’s Park and King’s Knot
• The Old Town
• Argyll’s Lodging
• Walk the Back Walk
• Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park
• Walk the Biodiversity Trails
• Try Doyle’s Cafe and Deli
• Try Callander Meadows

• I applied to housing at University of Stirling! So excited!
• Won the Nina T. Shepherd Scholarship for Study Abroad - $500
• and also won the Paul Carroll Award for Creative Writing - another $500 (which is going toward my visa!)

Things I still need to do:

• Apply for visa
• Submit the Ashley Coule Scholarship application
• Submit the Akash Kuruvilla Scholarship application
• Search and apply for more scholarships
• Accept housing 
• Finish the financial aid dependent worksheet when my father gets his info back from the IRS
• Receive word from the Social Justice internship
• Apply for more jobs

Scholarships I have already completed the applications for:

• Gilman Foundation
• Butex “Five Things I Wouldn’t Study Abroad Without”
• Scholarship Association for UIC
• Liberal Arts and Sciences Scholarships
• Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students - Undergraduate Award
• Bernard Shaw Prize
• Negative Population Growth Scholarship

Scholarships I will be applying for:

• Nina T. Shepherd Study Abroad
• “Big Dig”
• Odenza Marketing
• FRA Education Foundation
• GlobaLinks Learning Abroad scholarships
• Diversity Abroad 

Here are some other ones I’m thinking of applying for, or will look into further:

http://topstudylinks.com/scholarships.aspx?lid=211

http://www.nscs.org/scholarships/scholar-abroad-scholarship/

http://www.studyabroad.com/scholarships.aspx

Two days ago I was accepted to the GlobaLinks Learning Abroad program! Now the most important thing is to get scholarships. I have applied, or am about to apply, for these so far:

• Gilman Scholarship
• Nina T. Shephard Scholarship
• SAUIC scholarships
• LAS scholarships
• Negative Population Growth Scholarship
• Butex “Five Things I Wouldn’t Study Abroad Without” Scholarship (I wrote a poem!)

I also entered several raffle-type scholarships, but I doubt those will come through. I will keep you updated on the scholarships I continue to search and apply for!