The Reilly Family International Internship

This scholarship is intended to help inspire life-changing experiences abroad through an international internship for SU juniors or seniors. It is funded by SU alum Stephen Reilly (’96) and his wife, Emily Merson, who met Sweden while completing their Master’s degree in Peace & Conflict Studies. Stephen was the first Fulbright student grantee from SU, and Emily grew up in Australia and had completed an internship at UNESCO in Indonesia before arriving in Sweden.

After getting married, the couple went on to form Global Experiences, an international internship company that has sent over 10,000 university students abroad, including over 100 from SU, gaining invaluable international personal, professional, and cultural immersion experience. Global Experiences was acquired by AIFS Abroad in 2019, which continues to provide study and internship abroad opportunities for SU students across the globe.

The scholarship is available to students who meet the following criteria:
• must be full-time undergraduate, degree seeking student who is eligible to earn credits through an international internship in either their junior or senior year;
• must be a Maryland resident;
• must be academically eligible to earn credits for an international internship according to the standards established by the student’s academic major or minor;
• must demonstrate financial need from FAFSA. Scholarship application will be open Dec 1 to May 30 for use during the upcoming academic year of fall, winter, spring or summer abroad.