Eight Ohio College college students and alumni have been chosen as recipients for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, and one OHIO alumnus was chosen as a recipient for a Fulbright Hays Group Initiatives grant, by way of which they may work to advertise worldwide, instructional and cultural change in nations the world over.
The Fulbright students embrace Garett Cunningham, Analee Davis, Raijai (RJ) Franklin, Maya Holcomb, Alexis Karolin, Kevin Lockett, Emily Marino, Julia Schneider and Nicholas Whitticar. OHIO alumnus Zachary Perie has additionally been named an alternate for a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program English educating assistantship in South Korea.
“It’s fantastic to have so many extraordinary college students acknowledged by the chance to take part on this most prestigious and influential cultural alternative,” President Hugh Sherman mentioned. “We’re extremely proud to have these Bobcats symbolize Ohio College the world over whereas they participate within the Fulbright Program.”
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is likely one of the best tutorial change applications globally. This system absolutely funds U.S. college students and alumni as they analysis, develop artistic tasks, and/or educate English overseas, all whereas dedicating a part of their time to constructing better understanding between america and host nations.
The Fulbright Hays Group Initiatives present grants to help abroad tasks in coaching, analysis, and curriculum improvement in trendy international languages and space research for lecturers, college students and school engaged in a typical endeavor. Initiatives might embrace short-term seminars, curriculum improvement, group analysis or research, or superior intensive language applications.
A number of different Ohio College college students and alumni have additionally obtained prestigious awards together with Shawn Liming who was awarded a Important Language Scholarship, Riley Zielinski who was awarded a DAAD RISE scholarship, Abby Jeffers who obtained the Humboldt German Chancellor Fellowship, and Ashlee Ziegler who obtained a Hollings Scholarship.
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Garett Cunningham, a senior Honors Tutorial School Arithmetic and Pc Science main from Greenfield, Ohio, has obtained a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to conduct arithmetic analysis on knot concept in Germany.
“I am ecstatic to have such a novel alternative,” Cunningham mentioned. “I am wanting ahead to residing in Bavaria and exploring the area, in addition to working with a bunch of fantastic folks at my host establishment.”
Analee Davis, a senior within the School of Arts and Sciences who’s a triple main in English (Literature and Writing), Spanish, and European Research with a Linguistics minor and a certificates in Latin American Research, from Guatemala Metropolis, Guatemala, has obtained a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to show English and U.S. tradition in Brazil.
“Upon receiving the e-mail stating that I obtained Fulbright, I used to be shocked however extraordinarily excited,” Davis mentioned. “I’m wanting ahead to residing in a rustic that I’ve by no means lived in earlier than, partaking with the folks there, and studying extra concerning the tradition and language. I hope to encourage my future college students and study from them as a lot as they study from me.”
Raijai (RJ) Franklin, a senior within the School of Well being Sciences and Professions majoring in Baby and Household Research with a Educating English as a Second Language minor and a Gerontology certificates, from Columbus, Ohio, has obtained a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to show English and U.S. tradition in South Korea.
“I’m so excited to pursue my desires, as I’ve needed to show English in South Korea since highschool,” Franklin mentioned. “I really feel so grateful for all alternatives I’ve been given at Ohio College, and I actually consider that none of this is able to have been completed with out these experiences and folks supporting me. I get to do what I really like in a rustic that I really like, and I’m so excited.”
Alexis Karolin, a senior Honors Tutorial School Historical past main with certificates in Asian Research and Legislation, Justice, and Tradition, from Columbus, Ohio, has obtained a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to show English and U.S. tradition in Taiwan.
“I’m ecstatic to proceed my ardour for cross-cultural change and advancing training in Taiwan with the Fulbright program – this actually is a dream come true,” Karolin mentioned. “As an Asian American adoptee, I’m desperate to study concerning the tradition of the area I used to be born in, present college students in Asia that the English language will not be reserved for one nation or one sort of individuals, develop personally and professionally, and study from my college students. I can’t thank Dr. Chris Lewis from the Workplace of Nationally Aggressive Awards, the Honors Tutorial School, and my mentors Dr. Katherine Jellison, Dr. Larry Hayman, and Nikki Mckenzie sufficient for his or her limitless help all through this course of.”
Emily Marino, a senior Honors Tutorial School Organic Sciences main and German minor from Grove Metropolis, Ohio, has obtained a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to conduct analysis on E. coli in Germany.
“I really feel so honored to have obtained the grant,” Marino mentioned. “It is a fantastic feeling to have your laborious work acknowledged at this degree and I hope I could be a good consultant of OU and the US. And I am so excited to return to Germany. I’ve needed to return ever since I went on a highschool change in 2018. And after minoring in German at OU, I am unable to wait to place my language abilities to the check and hopefully enhance them.”
Julia Schneider, an Honors Tutorial School Historical past 2021 alumnus with a minor in political science from Stow, Ohio, has obtained a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to show English and U.S. tradition in Germany.
“My laborious work and perseverance paid off and I’m past thrilled to have earned this chance,” Schneider mentioned. “I’ve lengthy dreamed of residing in a very new place, talking one other language, studying from my environment, and immersing myself in a brand new tradition. I’m proud to function an envoy for my nation and fulfill my long-held ambition of educating English overseas.”
Nicholas Whitticar, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Translational Biomedical Sciences within the Graduate School and an Ohio College 2017 alum in Organic Sciences from Strongsville, Ohio, has obtained a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to conduct diabetes analysis in Germany.
“I really feel extraordinarily lucky to obtain the Fulbright Fellowship and grateful to the college who helped me write a aggressive grant, particularly my mentor Dr. Craig Nunemaker and Dr. Chris Lewis from the Workplace of Nationally Aggressive Awards,” Whitticar mentioned. “I’m turning into more and more excited to begin my analysis on stem cell-derived pancreatic islets whereas immersing myself in German tradition.”
Kevin Lockett, a 2021 School of Arts and Sciences alumnus in Spanish and International Research: Conflict and Peace, from Cleveland, Ohio, has obtained a grant by way of the Fulbright Hays Group Initiatives Overseas Program to review Swahili in Kenya throughout summer season 2022.
“I’m excited to proceed my Kiswahili research by learning overseas in East Africa once more,” mentioned Lockett, who beforehand studied overseas in Tanzania as a Boren Scholar. “My publicity to Swahili tradition has to this point been confined to Tanzania; nevertheless, the Fulbright-Hays Swahili Group Venture Overseas will permit me to study extra about Swahili tradition because it exists in Kenya. I wish to thank God, my mother and father, school and workers at Ohio College and Howard College, and my Swahili teacher, Mr. Edward Nnko, for making this chance attainable.”
As well as, Maya Holcomb, a 2020 Honors Tutorial School Dance Choreography and Efficiency alumnus with a Educating English as a Overseas Language certificates, from Owensboro, Kentucky, has obtained a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to show English and U.S. tradition in Taiwan.
Zachary Perie, a 2021 Honors Tutorial School English alumnus with a minor in political science, has been named an alternate for a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program English educating assistantship in South Korea.
