Staff reports
Adeline Rios and Ryan Lohr have been awarded the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Global Scholarship for 2024.
The Rotary Foundation’s Ambassadorial Global Scholarship program, established in 1947, is one of its oldest and most recognized programs. Since its inception, more than 41,000 people from 130 countries have studied abroad through this program. The goal of the Global Grant Scholarship Program is to prepare students for careers in one of Rotary’s seven Areas of Focus and to promote international understanding and friendship among people from different countries.
District 7770 is proudly sponsoring two $45,000 scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year. Adeline Rios and Ryan Lohr have been selected by Rotary District 7770’s Ambassadorial Global Scholarship Committee as the recipients for 2025-2026.
Rios, from Bluffton, graduated from the College of Charleston with majors in International Studies, Political Science, and Spanish. Her area of focus is “Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution.”
She hopes to attend Oxford University, where she plans to research peaceful ways to address organized crime and gang violence. Rios embodies Rotary’s motto, “Service Above Self.” She co-founded the Cougar Refugee Alliance in Charleston to help refugees by organizing tutoring sessions and community workshops.
Rios was sponsored by the Daniel Island Rotary Club.
Lohr, an officer in the United States Marines, recently graduated from the University of South Carolina. He majored in Global Studies and Political Science, with minors in Islamic World Studies and Naval Science. Like Rios, his focus is also “Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution.”
Lohr plans to pursue a Master’s degree in Conflict, Security, and Development from King’s College in London. While studying in London, he hopes to work with a refugee community, helping Arabic-speaking refugees learn English and leading a project to support services for these refugees.
Lohr was sponsored by the Vista Night Rotary Club.
