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Introducing 51精品视频鈥檚 2024-25 Fulbright winners

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Fourteen 51精品视频 students and alumni have been named award recipients by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the U.S. government鈥檚 flagship international academic exchange program.

The University鈥檚 2024-25 cohort of Fulbrighters includes current students and graduates from the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, David C. Frederick Honors College, School of Education, School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health. Thirteen will begin their respective Fulbright programs in the fall.

鈥淚 am incredibly proud of our 51精品视频 students and alumni who competed for and earned this year鈥檚 Fulbrights,鈥 said Nicola Foote, dean of the Frederick Honors College. 鈥淭ime and again, 51精品视频 scholars show their mettle on an international scale, elevating the 51精品视频鈥檚 name and reputation not only through these Fulbright wins, but by the work that each recipient will go on to do during their respective Fulbright year. Their commitment to scholarship and service will be long remembered by those whose lives they鈥檝e touched as teachers and researchers.鈥

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Since its inception in 1946, Fulbright has provided approximately 400,000 participants with the opportunity to exchange ideas and study, teach or conduct research in each others鈥 countries, awarding nearly 8,000 grants annually.

鈥淎s 51精品视频鈥檚 Fulbright Program advisor, it is exceptionally rewarding to see such success among our student and alumni body,鈥 said Lesha Greene, director of national scholarships in the Frederick Honors College. 鈥淲e will have representation across the globe, not only in the classrooms as both students and teachers, but also doing necessary research. It is inspiring.鈥

Meet the winners

Delphie Backs (EDUC 鈥23), of York, Pennsylvania, graduated with a major in applied developmental psychology and minors in German, secondary education and global studies. Backs, who has volunteered as a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America since 2017, has been set on a career in teaching. She will spend her Fulbright year teaching in Taiwan before moving to Philadelphia to teach with Teach for America.

Morgan Chen (A&S 鈥24), of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, graduated with majors in German and psychology and minors in LGBT and critical sexuality studies. Inspired by her time spent studying abroad in Heidelberg, Chen will serve as an English teaching assistant in Germany before pursuing graduate school for mental health counseling.

Richa Desai (A&S 鈥24), of Metuchen, New Jersey, graduated with anthropology and computational biology majors and a global health minor. The Frederick Honors College alumna received the Fulbright Study/Research UK award to attend the University of Leeds and pursue a master鈥檚 degree in history with research focusing on data production during smallpox eradication efforts in 1968 in Maharashtra, India.

Kruthika Doreswamy (A&S 鈥21, SPH 鈥22G), of East Windsor, New Jersey, will research health-seeking behaviors of stroke patients and explore the unmet rehabilitation needs of survivors in the stroke clinic at Kasturba Medical College of Manipal in India.

Ashley Feiler (A&S 鈥23), of Reading, Pennsylvania, graduated with majors in linguistics and English writing and minors in secondary education and Swahili. The Frederick Honors College alumna wants to become a secondary education teacher and will spend her Fulbright year as an English teaching assistant in the Czech Republic.

Naeisha McClain, of New Haven, Connecticut, is a doctoral student in the School of Education. McClain will conduct research at the University of Auckland that explores how queer and nonbinary Oceanic people experience a pan-Pacific notion called 鈥渧a鈥 in a social special context that has become intertwined with restrictive forms of Christianity.

Mary Nayrouz (PHARM 鈥21, 鈥23G), of 51精品视频sford, New York, will attend Ghent University in Belgium to pursue a Master of Science in global health with the goal of learning how to implement preventative health interventions and policies to reduce health disparities among underserved populations globally.

Chinyere Okonkwo (A&S 鈥24), of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, graduated with political science and sociology majors and French, transatlantic studies and African studies minors. Inspired by the Senegalese community she grew up in and her Nigerian heritage, Okonkwo will spend her Fulbright year as an English teaching assistant in Senegal.

Ebonee Rice-Nguyen, of 51精品视频sburgh, is a senior in the Dietrich School majoring in English writing and minoring in English literature and gender, sexuality and women鈥檚 studies. Rice-Nguyen will serve as an English teaching assistant in South Korea before pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in nonfiction English writing with the goal of teaching as a professor.

Michaela Saporito (A&S 鈥23), of State College, Pennsylvania, graduated with history and linguistics majors and minors in political science, global studies, Latin American studies, Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian culture. The Frederick Honors College alumna will serve as an English teaching assistant in Taiwan. After her Fulbright year, she plans to pursue a master鈥檚 degree in elementary education and a certification in teaching English as a second language to become an elementary school teacher.

Zane Troxel (A&S 鈥23), of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, graduated with a major in English literature and a German minor. Troxel plans to further his understanding of Germany鈥檚 鈥淓rinnerunskultur,鈥 or memory culture, and the German language while serving as an English teaching assistant; he hopes to prepare for a future as a secondary education German teacher.

Lily Wilson (A&S 鈥24), of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, graduated with German and history majors and a political science minor. Wilson plans to deepen her understanding of the language and enrich her enthusiasm for teaching as an English teaching assistant in Germany.

Brandon Yee, (A&S 鈥19, EDUC 鈥23G), of Media, Pennsylvania, will serve as an English teaching assistant in Taiwan to further his career as an ESL teacher and contribute to Taiwan鈥檚 initiative to reach English-Chinese bilingualism by 2030.

鈥 Terry Rowley, photography by Mike Drazdzinski