Scholarship and Fellowship Wins Take 窪做惇蹋厙 Students Around the Globe

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窪做惇蹋厙 students and young alumni have gained recognition from a number of agencies and organizations that sponsor prestigious scholarships and fellowships for study abroad. Nine were awarded Fulbright fellowships. Read more about the winners and their projects below.

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窪做惇蹋厙s newest recipients of nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships include, from left, Chris Zarbock 12 (Fulbright), Ruben Hurst 12 (Boren Scholarship), Amanda Lee 12 (Fulbright), Blaine Johnson 13 (Critical Language Scholarship), Claire Kim 13 (Critical Language Scholarship), and David Dulceany A&S Adv 10 (Fulbright). (photo by Eli Burak 00)

The is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and provides funding for students, scholars, teachers, and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools in over 155 countries worldwide.

Three members of the Class of 2013 were named to the , a program of the U.S. Department of State, which provides support for summer language study aboard. Two students, winners of the fall 2011 competition, also sponsored by the State Department, are currently studying abroad as supported by their awards. 窪做惇蹋厙 also had one student each acknowledged by , the German national agency for the support of international academic cooperation, and the funded by the National Security Education Program, which awards scholarships for the study of geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security.

Earlier this year, three 窪做惇蹋厙 students were honored by the . Jason Curley 13 was one of 80 students nationwide to be awarded a Udall Scholarship, and Nicole Kanayurak 13 and Montana Wilson 13 were two of 50 honorable mentions. Emma Smith 13, an anti-genocide activist with special concern for Sudan, has been awarded a to support her graduate studies after 窪做惇蹋厙, and Marissa Lynn 13 and Andrew Zureick 13 won , which support the next generation of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.

For more information on these and other programs, see 窪做惇蹋厙s website.

Fulbright

Jacob Batchelor 12Hometown: Erie, Pa. Major: English and creative writing Whats next: An English teaching assistantship in Malaysia

David Dulceany Adv 10Hometown: Chicago, Ill. Graduate studies: Masters in comparative literature Whats next: Researching in Romania the cultural and diplomatic relations between communist-era Romania and Cuba

Muhammad (Mac) Elatab 09Hometown: North Haledon, N.J. Major: Government (International Relations); minor in Russian Area studies Whats next: Studying sovereign wealth funds and frontier markets in Kazakhstan

Michael Gillis 12Hometown: Falmouth, Maine Majors: English and cognitive science Whats Next: Teaching English in South Korea

Amanda Lee 12Hometown: Great Neck, N.Y. Major: History Whats next: An English teaching assistantship in Thailand

Derek LeeGraduate studies: PhD program, ecology and evolutionary biology Whats next: Biological research in Tanzania

Christopher Zarbock 12Hometown: Menomonie, Wis. Major: Biomedical engineering sciences, AB; engineering sciences with a concentration in biotechnology, bachelor of engineering. Whats next: Molecular biology research with a focus on protein engineering, at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Germany

Critical Language Scholarship Program

Blaine Johnson 13Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio Major: Anthropology (modified), international studies minor Whats next: Studying Mandarin in Shanghai, China

Claire Kim 13Hometown: Rockville, Md. Majors: Government and History modified with Russian Whats next: Language study in Vladimir, Russia

Boren/NSEP Scholarship

Reuben Hurst 12Hometown: Dallas, Texas Majors: Government and economics Whats next: Taking classes and studying anti-poverty policy in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Gilman

Andrew Finch-Craver 13Hometown: Seattle, Wash. Major: Geography modified with economics Scholarship study: Issues of gender and sexual identity in India.

Emily Goodwin 14Hometown: Tulsa, Okla. Majors: Biology and environmental studies Scholarship study:  Hyderabad, India

The following individuals declined awarded fellowships in order to accept alternate opportunities: Kelsey Carter 12 (Fulbright); Nicole Yunger Halpern 11 (Fulbright); Christopher Zarbock 12 (DAAD declined, to accept Fulbright); Michael Burbank 13 (Critical Language Scholarship Program).

Update September 2012

Fulbright: Sasha Earnheart-Gold 04Hometown: San Francisco, Calif. Major: Senior Fellow Whats next: Fulbright Research GrantMongolian Sovereignty and Security in a Complex World, focused on natural resource extraction in the country, particularly transnational issues related to China.
Kelly Sundberg Seaman