ONS&F is pleased to announce that we have 10 Semi-Finalists in the 2018-19 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition. These applicants were selected by the National Screening Committees to be forwarded to the Fulbright Commissions in-country for final review and selection. We anticipate hearing Finalist decisions beginning in mid-March thru May.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Semi-Finalists are:

Hannah Bissonnette (CLAS ’18) for an English Teaching Assistant grant to Bulgaria.

Rebecca Hill (CLAS, ’18) for the Fulbright UK Partnership Award to University of Birmingham.

Mahathi Kumar (CLAS, ’18) for an English Teaching Assistant grant to Mexico.

Madeline Nicholson (CLAS, ’17) for an English Teaching Assistant grant to Mexico.

Marc Reyes (PhD candidate, History) for Fulbright Research grant to India.

Nikita Roy (CLAS, ’18) for a Fulbright grant to Western Sydney University, Award in the Arts, Environment & Public Health.

Kaleigh Rusgrove Berry (MFA candidate) for a Fulbright grant to Western Sydney University, Award in the Arts, Environment & Public Health.

Nicholas Russo (CLAS, ’18) a for a Fulbright Research grant to Sweden.

Rebecca VanderLeest (PhD candidate, Geological Sciences) for a Fulbright Research grant to Chile.

Charity Whitehead (CLAS, 2016) for an English Teaching Assistant grant to South Africa.

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