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Shawnee State University student Justin Osborn, center, is the recipient of the Byrne-Coll Scholarship. He stands between Spanish Professor Julia Coll, left, and Dr. Frank Byrne, right, who granted him a scholarship to help him as an exchange student in Spain fall semester. Byrne started the exchange program for SSU students in 1998.

            Shawnee State University student Justin Osborn, is the recipient of the Dr. Frank Byrne and Julia Coll scholarship to help him in his studies as an exchange student with the Universitat Juame I in Castello de la Plana, Spain. Osborn is an International Relations major at SSU.
            Byrne, linguistics professor, started the exchange program at SSU with the first students participating in 1998.
            He and his wife, Coll, started the scholarship fund for one exchange student in the spring semester and one student in the fall semester.
As an exchange student, Osborn does not receive any funds to help him on his trip.
            “This scholarship will really help me,” Osborn said. “I’ve never experienced any other cultures and I’ve always wanted to experience more, travel and see new places.”
            This is the first time Osborn has been out of the United States. Universitat Juame I is a public higher education and research university, created in 1991 offering 31 degree programs.
            “I hope to travel throughout Europe while I am there,” he said.
            Osborn’s plans include travel to France, Belgium and Italy as places he would like to visit. His plane will land in Madrid where he will then take a train into Castello to begin his studies in Spain.