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The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs in more than 140 countries. Students must hold a Bachelor's degree prior to beginning the program.

This award requires university endorsement. Please contact Dr. Pat Whitlow (pat.whitlow@uky.edu) for more information on the application process.

Next campus deadline: September 2025

Award Recipients

Award Recipients
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Rayleigh Deaton

Communication and political science senior Rayleigh Deaton was awarded a U.S. Student Fulbright Award to study journalism at Royal Holloway, University of London in England for the 2023-24 academic year.

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Courtney Hausman

Elementary Education senior Courtney Hausman was awarded a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach English in Taiwan for the 2023-24 academic year.

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Nour Kayali

Linguistic theory and typology graduate student Nour Kayali was awarded a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach English in Thailand for the 2023-24 academic year.

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Nicholas Passarelli

Linguistic theory and typology graduate student Nicholas Passarelli was awarded a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach English in Italy for the 2023-24 academic year.

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Kennedy Bailey

Kennedy Bailey, a May 2022 secondary education master's graduate, was awarded a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach English in Norway.

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Anna Fatta

Anna Fatta, a May 2022 graduate in chemistry, was awarded a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach English in Mongolia.

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Zachary Ty Gill

Ty Gill, a May 2022 linguistics master's graduate, was awarded a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to do open study in France.

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Mary Allison Steel
Mary Allison Steel

2019 College of Education graduate Mary Allison Steel was awarded a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach English in Spain.

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Schuyler Baas

Schuyler Baas, a 2020 management and Lewis Honors College graduate, was awarded a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach and lead a Model United Nations Program in Spain.

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Clarissa Somers

Clarissa Somers, a 2021 food science graduate, was awarded a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to pursue a master’s degree in food microbiology at University College Cork in Ireland.

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Evan Lenzen

Evan Lenzen, a May 2020 Psychology graduate, was awarded an English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Ukraine.

“This scholarship will further my experience in the Eastern European regions and will be a great way for myself to build upon my Russian and Ukrainian languages,” he said. “This will also be a great way to kick-start a career in foreign services.”

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Anthony Trufanov

Anthony Trufanov, a 2020 Political Science and Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures/Russian Studies graduate, is the recipient of one of only two Fulbright Debate Coach/Trainer Awards in Taiwan. He will spend 11 months coaching and building up debate programs in the country’s top schools; building up a debate circuit and operating local tournaments; training others to coach; and organizing a debate camp.

“I’m excited to be a part of spreading debate around the world," he said. “I believe exposure to debate can be transformative and am honored by the chance to help make that happen for more people.”

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Shelley Zhou

Shelley Zhou, a 2016 and 2019 History graduate, was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant. She will pursue research on the history of illustrated children’s stories.

“Since cerebral palsy limits my mobility, I have loved reading and history since childhood,” she said. “My parents emigrated from China to the United States; studying modern and contemporary Chinese history has helped me begin to better understand their experiences as well as the experiences of their generation in China more generally.”

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Elizabeth Avery

Elizabeth Avery, an Earth and Environmental Sciences doctoral student, was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant. She will research geochemical methods of tracing water paths and precipitation patterns in Ukraine for her doctoral dissertation.

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Calli Brooks

Calli Brooks, a 2018 International Studies and Spanish Language and Linguistics graduate, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Brazil.

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Mariah Donohue

Mariah Donohue, a Biology doctoral student, was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant. She will study endangered brown lemur hybrids in the Andringitra region of Madagascar.

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Matthew Edwards

Matthew Gordon Edwards, a 2019 Psychology and Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures/German Studies graduate, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Germany.

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Eloise Kowal
Eloise Kowal

Eloise Kowal, a 2019 Communication Sciences and Disorders and Spanish Language and Linguistics graduate, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Colombia.

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Jess Linz

Jess Linz, a Geography doctoral candidate, was awarded a Fulbright-García Robles Scholarship. She will use her award to support her fieldwork researching urban displacement in Mexico City.

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Brittany Stanfield

Brittany Stanfield, an Anthropology doctoral candidate, was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant. She will examine the social dynamics of agricultural development programs in South Africa as part of her dissertation research for her doctorate.

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Amaris Wade

Amaris Aleah Wade, a 2019 foreign language and international economics/Chinese Studies graduate, is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant and a Fulbright Critical Language Enhancement Award (CLEA) for Mandarin studies. She will capture ethnographic research on the LGBT population, in particular queer women, in Chengdu, China, and refresh her Mandarin interviewing skills in Beijing at the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies.

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Ben Childress

Ben Childress, a 2018 Economics graduate, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Taiwan.

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Anahid Matossian

Anahid Matossian, an Anthropology doctoral student, was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant. She will conduct ethnographic research in Yerevan, Armenia.

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David Andrew Mullins

David Andrew Mullins, a 2018 Physics graduate, was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant. He will take part in an international effort to measure the electric dipole moment of the neutron through Universität Bern and Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland.

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Tyler Russell

Tyler Russell, a 2018 Mathematical Economics graduate, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Azerbaijan.

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Sarah Wood

Sarah Wood, a 2018 Integrated Strategic Communication and Modern and Classical Language/Russian Studies graduate, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in the Ukraine.

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Yvonne Johnson

Yvonne Johnson, a 2017 English and Computer Science graduate, was awarded a Fulbright Grant. She received the 2017 Fulbright Lancaster University Award and will use her award to pursue a master's degree in cyber security at Lancaster University.

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Ravyn Tanner

Ravyn Tanner, a 2017 Psychology graduate, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Paraguay.

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Zachary Tyler

Zachary Tyler, a 2016 Biosystems Engineering graduate, was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant to study the environment in Brazil. He will use the grant to examine growth patterns of relatively unstudied tree species of the Amazon rainforest.

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Daniel Ball

Daniel Ball, a doctoral student in Cultural Anthropology, was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant. Daniel will use his grant to carry out language training and dissertation research in eastern Sri Lanka.

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Malinda Massey

Malinda "Lindy" Massey, a 2016 English and Secondary English Education graduate, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Germany.

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Gabriel Pike

Gabriel Pike, a 2015 Anthropology graduate, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Taiwan.

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Katelyn Wiard

Katelyn Wiard, a 2014 Business Administration graduate, was awarded a Fulbright Grant and will use her funding to pursue public policy studies in Mexico.

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Donavyn Coffey

Agricultural Biotechnology graduate Donavyn Coffey was awarded a Fulbright Grant for research in Denmark.

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Brittany Cook

Geography doctoral student Brittany Cook was awarded a Fulbright Grant for research in Jordan.

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Zachary Laux

Mathematical Economics and International Studies graduate Zachary Laux was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in Malaysia.

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Breauna Oldham

International Studies graduate Breauna Oldham was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in South Korea.

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Brittney Woodrum

Arts Administration and Spanish graduate Brittney Woodrum was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in Mexico.

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Callie Zaino

Communication Sciences and Disorders major Callie Zaino was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in Spain.

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Hannah Drake

Political Science graduate Hannah Drake was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in China.

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Chia Hong

Psychology and International Studies graduate Chia Hong was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in Taiwan.

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Tanner Jones

Ethnomusicology doctoral candidate Tanner Jones was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in South Korea.

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Ryan Voogt

History doctoral candidate Ryan Voogt was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Romania.

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Robert Davis

Mathematics doctoral candidate Robert Davis was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Finland.

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Nate Millington

Geography doctoral candidate Nate Millington was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Brazil.

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Juliana Odetunde

Medical student Juliana Odetunde was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Brazil.

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Caitlin Wetsch

Teaching World Languages graduate student Caitlin Wetsch was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in Germany.

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Amanda Gatewood

English graduate Amanda Gatewood was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Kyrgyzstan.

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Kenneth Johnson

Law student Kenneth Johnson was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in Malaysia.

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Veronica Miranda

Anthropology doctoral candidate Veronica Miranda was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Mexico.

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AdrianaLia Arbelaez-Moutz

Voice Performance doctoral candidate AdrianaLia Arbelaez-Moutz was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Spain.

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Yuen "Amie" Chan

Biology and Economics senior Yuen "Amie" Chan was awarded a Fulbright Grant to study in Germany.

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Megan Collins

International Studies graduate Megan Collins was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in Germany.

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Jordan Covvey

Pharmacy graduate Jordan Covvey was awarded a Fulbright Grant to study and conduct research in Scotland.

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Matthew Feinberg

Hispanic Studies doctoral candidate Matthew Feinberg was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Spain.

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Nazeeha Jawahir

Biology and Chemistry major Nazeeha Jawahir was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in Malaysia.

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Sarah Kachovec

International Studies and Spanish major Sarah Kachovec was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach in Spain.

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Jon Otto

Geography doctoral candidate Jon Otto was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Mexico.

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Alex Brooks

English graduate Alex Brooks was awarded a Fulbright Grant to pursue graduate study in England.

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Katrina Hutchison

Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation doctoral student Katrina Hutchinson was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Ghana.

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Yawen Ludden

Musicology doctoral student Yawen Ludden was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in China.

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Samantha Meenach

Chemical Engineering doctoral graduate Samantha Meenach was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Germany.

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Kimberly Scott

Piano Performance doctoral graduate Kimberly Scott was awarded a Fulbright Mid-Career Professional Development Grant to conduct her postdoctoral research in Finland.

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Allison Harnish

Anthropology graduate student Allison Harnish was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Zambia.

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Ross Lovely

College of Law graduate Ross Lovely was awarded a Fulbright Grant to study in Iceland.

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Aeleka Schortman

Anthropology graduate student Aeleka Schortman was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Honduras.

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Jessica Sanders

Education major Jessica Sanders was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Germany.

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Vanessa Dimayuga

Biology major Vanessa Dimayuga was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in the Netherlands.

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Cynthia Kline Isenhour

Anthropology doctoral student Cynthia Kline Isenhour was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Sweden.

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Daniel Joseph Murphy

Anthropology major Daniel Joseph Murphy was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Mongolia.

 

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Mary Alice Scott

Anthropology major Mary Alice Scott was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Mexico.

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J. Michael Tilley

Philosophy major J. Michael Tilley was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Denmark.

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Christopher Stieha

Biology graduate student Christopher Stieha was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Lesli Proffitt

History graduate Lesli Proffitt was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Sweden.

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Theodore Randall

Anthropology doctoral student Theodore Randall was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Gambia.

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Eric Silver

Anthropology graduate student Eric Silver was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Kenya.

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James Varellas III

James "Jay" Varellas III was awarded a Fulbright Grant for graduate study in the United Kingdom.

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Erin Kenny

Anthropology doctoral student Erin Kenny was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Tanzania.

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Esther Long

Geography major Esther Long was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Ukraine.

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Ronald Carroll

Classics major Ronald Carroll Jr. was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Greece.

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Karin Hill

Anthropology student Karin Hill was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Romania.

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Emil Popke

Geography student Emil Popke was awarded a Fulbright Grant to South Africa.

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Mark Engstrom

Education student Mark Engstrom was awarded a Fulbright Grant to South Korea.

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Paige Daniel

English and German major Paige Daniel was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Germany.

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David King

History student David King was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Sweden.

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Sarah Hamilton

Anthropology student Sarah Hamilton was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Ecuador.

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Gene Hosey

Gene Hosey was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Germany.

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George Hasemann

Archeology student George Hasemann was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Honduras.

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Judith Krieger

Anthropology major Judith Krieger was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Cameroon.

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Michael Kukral

Geography student Michael Kukral was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Czechoslovakia.

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Andrea Allen

Anthropology student Andrea Allen was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Ecuador.

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Amy Decker

Amy Decker was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Christopher Airriess

Geography student Christopher Airriess was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Indonesia.

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Christopher Rynear

Law student Christopher Rynear was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Sophia Wallace

Art & Architectural History student Sophia Wallace was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Gail Gonzalez

Romance Languages and Literature student Gail Gonzalez was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Argentina.

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Catharina Csaky

Law student Catharina Csaky was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Tony Aponte

Latin American and Caribbean History student Tony Aponte was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Puerto Rico.

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Ricky Ezell

Classical Languages and Literature student Ricky Ezell was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Calvert Roszell

Germanic Languages and Literature student Calvert Roszell III was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Jo Allen

Germanic Languages and Literature student Jo Allen was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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David Cheplick

Economics major David Cheplick was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Romania.

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Christine Havice

Art & Architectural History student Christine Havice was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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David Leatherbarrow

Architecture student David Leatherbarrow was awarded a Fulbright Grant to United Kingdom.

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Robert Rogers

Germanic Languages and Literature student Robert Rogers was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Paul Smith

Sociology student Paul Smith was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Vyrle Owens

Education student Vyrle Owens was awarded a Fulbright Grant to the Philippines.

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Mary Ruehling

Music student Mary Ruehling was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Susan Wells

Classical Languages and Literature student Susan Wells was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Greece.

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William Brockhaus

Languages student William Brockhaus was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Turkey.

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Robert Buckley

Economics student Robert Buckley was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Romania.

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Mark Ingram

Germanic Languages and Literature student Mark Ingram was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Samuela Davidson

Languages student Samuela Davidson was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Argentina.

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Sarah Hamilton

Germanic Languages and Literature student Sarah Hamilton was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Rita Wright

Germanic Languages and Literature student Rita Wright was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Donald Bailey

Germanic Languages and Literature student Donald Bailey was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Germany.

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Kittye Robbins

French Language and Literature student Kittye Robbins was awarded a Fulbright Grant to France.

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David Darst

Spanish Language and Literature student David Darst was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Spain.

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William Long

Germanic Languages and Literature student William Long was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Germany.

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Margaret Ballmaine

Margaret Ballmaine was awarded a Fulbright Grant to India.

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Robert Benner

Economics student Robert Benner was awarded a Fulbright Grant to the Philippines.

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Jerry Neff

French Language and Literature student Jerry Neff was awarded a Fulbright Grant to France.

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David Powell

Law student David Powell was awarded a Fulbright Grant to the United Kingdom.

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Eileen Burklow

Germanic Languages and Literature student Eileen Burklow was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Richard Wood

Medical Studies student Richard Wood was awarded a Fulbright Grant to the United Kingdom.

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Jerry Jodersman

International Organizations student Jerry Jodersman was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Sri Lanka.

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David Klein

Medical Studies student David Klein was awarded a Fulbright Grant to the United Kingdom.

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Charles Helmetag

Germanic Languages and Literature student Charles Helmetag was awarded a Fulbright Grant to West Germany.

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Janet Anderson

Western European Politics student Janet Anderson was awarded a Fulbright Grant to the United Kingdom.

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Joseph Hardee

Sociology student Joseph Hardee was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Australia.

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Edwin Alderson

Romance Languages and Literature student Edwin Alderson was awarded a Fulbright Grant to France.

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Jack Morris

French Language and Literature student Jack Morris was awarded a Fulbright Grant to France.