“We are very proud of Austin’s accomplishments,” said Jacqueline Caldwell, TU vice president for diversity and engagement. “He is truly living the TU commitment as a student who is engaged not just locally, but also internationally. We commend Austin on this well-deserved honor and national recognition.”
Boyington is a TU Global Scholar, a program designed to engage students in global issues. “I’m really curious about the world in general, and the Global Scholars program was one of the things that drew me to TU,” he says.
This semester, Boyington traveled to Dakar, Senegal to study French and international business in a non-European Francophone culture. His classes focused on areas including development economics in West Africa and French for development studies. Boyington spent six days in a small, rural village with a Peace Corps volunteer to gain a comparative perspective on life in Dakar and in the countryside. “It’s just one of the many great experiences I had in Dakar, Senegal,” he says.