The Paul Robitschek Czech Study Program
provides scholarships to current students of universities or
institutions of higher learning in the Czech Republic so that they may
fully participate in American life while studying at the University of
Nebraska for two academic semesters - approximately 9 months.
The
program has been established to benefit Czech and Slovak students who
have a serious commitment to experiencing American democracy and for
whom studying in America might not otherwise be economically possible.
It was the intent to ensure that the recipients of the
Scholarship gain a deeper understanding of the democratic way of life.
To do so, it is expected of the recipients to enter this educational
experience with an open mind and to be enthusiastically receptive to the
different influences to which they will be exposed in and out of the
classroom.
Further, the
experience will help to enrich their lives and contribute to their
ability to take up positions of leadership within the Czech Republic.