By Marian Viney

Matthew Viney, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is enjoying the opportunity of a lifetime by studying abroad in Germany on a scholarship funded by the German Academic Exchange Service or Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD).

DAAD is a German government-funded program that not only offers scholarships to those wanting to study in Germany, but also to German students who want to study in other countries. The scholarship provides a monthly stipend, a funded pre-semester language program, additional funds to defray travel and research expenses and...