Eight Arts & Sciences students have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships for the 2006-07 academic year, announced Priscilla Stone, Ph.D., executive director of international programs in Arts & Sciences.
Six are recently graduated seniors, and two are graduate students. They will spend a full academic year in a host country.
The graduate students, along with their fields and locations of study, are Marc Fourrier, anthropology, Gabon; and Jennifer Wistrand, anthropology, Azerbaijan.
The recently graduated undergraduates are Robert Gross, teaching English as a foreign language, Spain; Catherine Kelly, international relations, Belgium; Helen Pfeifer, history, Germany;
Nicole Solawetz, teaching English as a foreign language, Chile; Jaime Thomas, teaching English as a foreign language, Malaysia; and Christine Whitney, teaching English as a foreign language, Argentina.
“We are very pleased and honored that so many WUSTL students have been chosen for this very competitive award,” said Amy Suelzer, the University’s Fulbright Program adviser.
“They certainly reflect the tremendous talent and accomplishment of our graduate and undergraduate students. We wish them much success during their Fulbright years.”
Under the Fulbright Program, 1,125 American students have been offered grants to study and conduct research in 140 countries throughout the world, beginning this fall. The program, established in 1946, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
More than 100,000 Americans have held Fulbright grants since its inception.
This year’s Fulbright students were selected from more than 5,000 applicants. The awardees come from all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
They are drawn from a diverse cross-section of American higher education, with more than 250 institutions represented.