Eligibility
Who Can Be a Cherrington Global Scholar?
The Cherrington Global Scholars program is open to undergraduate students in every major. To participate in the CGS Program students must:
- be juniors or seniors at DU during the period of study abroad,
- be in good academic and judicial standing at DU. Students who are on probation at the time of departure or at any subsequent time through the completion of the program will not be eligible for the Cherrington Global Scholars program. Good judicial standing includes having satisfied all sanctions imposed with any prior period of disciplinary probation. In some cases, our partner institutions will accept a student who is on judicial probation, but the student may not participate as a Cherrington Global Scholar,
- have a minimum DU GPA of 3.0 A student’s cumulative grade point average relative to Cherrington eligibility will be evaluated at the end of winter quarter for fall and academic year programs; at the end of summer quarter for winter quarter and spring semester programs; or at the end of fall quarter for spring quarter programs,
- have completed at least two quarters of full-time enrollment at DU by the beginning of the period of study as a Cherrington Scholar,
- have not participated in a prior study abroad program as a Cherrington Global Scholar,
- be at least 18 years of age at the time of departure for the period of study abroad.
Any exceptions to these qualifications require petitions by students, with the support of their departments, to the CGS Faculty Board.
To petition for any exceptions to the requirements please download, fill out and submit the petition form.
Perspective
Studying abroad challenged and excited me more than anything else. All I can say is get out there and do it. You will not regret one minute of it.—Pamela Torke,who studied at the University of Otago in New Zealand