McAfee Scholarship

Improving International Education The $1,500 annual academic scholarship is designed to recognize a sophomore or junior at Edward Waters College, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville University or the University of North Florida whose academic program and/or future interests include pursuing a career in international business, government, foreign or military service.

The scholarship is in honor of the Council’s past president, Ambassador Marilyn McAfee, who devoted her professional career to serving in the Foreign Service and has been instrumental in the growth of the Council.

The Council awarded its 2012 Ambassador Marilyn McAfee Scholarship to Luka Vukadinovic, a Junior majoring in Political Sciences and Economics at Jacksonville University (JU.) He is currently a Junior at JU and intends to use the scholarship to help fund an internship with the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro this summer. After graduation, Luka intends to continue his studies in graduate school focusing on International Development & Diplomacy and to eventually pursue a career in the Foreign Service in his home country.

Scholarship

Eligibility

Be a full-time student—sophomore or junior (Florida residency not required)
Have a university current cumulative GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale
Demonstrate strong written and oral communication skills; academic excellence
Academic program and/or future interests include pursuing a career in international business, government, foreign or military service