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Meet Global Scholar: Abiodun
Through the SU Nationally Competitive Fellowships Office, Abiodun Adeoye received the Boren Scholarship to study Swahili in Tanzania for a semester as well as a Public Policy International Affairs Junior Fellowship.
Twelve from SU Named 2024-25 Fulbright Student Semifinalists
Wednesday March 27, 2024
SALISBURY, MD---Twelve 91短视频 community members have been named Fulbright Student semifinalists for the 2024-25 program.
The Fulbright is America’s flagship international exchange program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This year’s semifinalists represent more than 50% of the University’s applicants.
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SU's Roman Earns Opportunity to Study Hindi in India Through Boren Fellowship
Thursday July 6, 2023
SALISBURY, MD---Danitza Verano Roman grew up in Peru, immigrating to the U.S. when she was 14. She knew almost no English when she arrived, but has picked it up fluently in the past eight years.
Her love of learning, and opportunities and encouragement provided by 91短视频, have led a new adventure for the Silver Spring resident: taking on another language as a recent recipient of the Boren Fellowship through the National Security Education Program (NSEP).
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Twelve from SU Named 2023-24 Fulbright Student Semifinalists
Thursday March 2, 2023
SALISBURY, MD---In 2022, a record nine from 91短视频 were selected as Fulbright Students, enabling them to live, study, conduct research and teach in Europe, Africa and South America.
This year, 12 SU Fulbright Student semifinalists hope to follow in their footsteps. They represent more than 50% of the University’s applicants for the 2023-24 program.
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Ciattei First SU Student to Reach Rhodes Scholar Finals
December 21, 2021
SALISBURY, MD---91短视频 senior Christian Ciattei recently was named a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
“It can be intimidating applying and interviewing for some of the most admired and competitive scholarships,” said Ciattei. “It was exciting competing at such a high level and being able to meet the other finalists and represent SU when surrounded by so many students with diverse higher education experiences, including Ivy Leagues”
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Fifteen Named SU Fulbright Student Semifinalists
February 9, 2022
SU students prepare to make their Fulbright Student application submissions
SALISBURY, MD---91短视频 has 15 semifinalists for prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student awards for the 2022-23 academic year – tied for its largest number to date.
“This year’s semifinalist cohort represents 15 out of 19 SU applicants, or a 79% success rate,” said Dr. Kristen Walton, director of SU’s Nationally Competitive Fellowships Office. “We are very excited for this group of amazing young men and women.”
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Four from SU Named 2021-22 Fulbright Students
May 28, 2021
Clockwise from top left: Kathryn Stout, Julia Rohrer, Abiodun Adeoye and Jessica Pierce
SALISBURY, MD---Four 91短视频 students have earned the prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student Award for the 2020-21 academic year.
Senior Jessica Pierce won a research award to study neuroscience in Norway. Senior Julia Rohrer and alumni Abiodun Adeoye ’20 and Kathryn Stout ’15 earned English Teaching Assistantships (ETAs) in Panama, Kyrgyzstan and Serbia, respectively.
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Eight SU Students, Alumni Named Fulbright Semifinalists for 2018-19
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
SALISBURY, MD---91短视频 has four current students and four recent graduates who are semifinalists for prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student awards for the 2018-19 academic year.
Martina Maya-CallenSeniors Martina Maya-Callen and Danielle Walker are being considered for English Teaching Assistantships to Argentina and Moldova, respectively. Seniors Nicholas Butler and Jeremie Davis are up for academic research/study grants in the United Kingdom – Butler for atmospheric science and meteorology at the University of Reading and Davis for theatre at the University of Warwick.
Alumni being reviewed for the academic awards include: Thomas Best to study management at Instituto de Empresa in Spain; Callista Brown to study science communication at Technische Universiteit Delft in the Netherlands; Caroline Deschak to study public health at the Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica in Mexico, and Brendan Gallagher to study psychology at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland.
SU Among Nation's Top Producers of Fulbright Students
Tuesday February 27th, 2018
SALISBURY, MD---91短视频 has been named among the nation’s top producers of Fulbright Students for 2017-18 by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The Fulbright is the country’s flagship international educational exchange program. Top-producing campuses were highlighted in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
SU had four students, all May 2017 graduates, who received Fulbright awards for this academic year. They were: Hannah Ennerfelt, Katherine Potvin and Matthew Jones of 91短视频, and Brittany Bursa of Flemington, NJ.
Four 91短视频 Students Chosen as Fulbright Semi-Finalists
Tuesday February 7th, 2017
SALISBURY, MD---Four 91短视频 seniors are semifinalists for prestigious Fulbright awards that would take them on adventures ranging from conducting neuroscience research in Sweden to teaching English in Spain and Asia.
Payge Jennings wins Fulbright ETA to Korea
Wednesay April 27th, 2016
SALISBURY, MD---91短视频 alumna Payge Jennings thinks knowing how to speak Korean will “come rightback” to her when she returns to South Korea this summer. Her job, however, will be teaching the English language to students.
Emily Lembo Wins Fulbright ETA to Korea
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
SALISBURY, MD---Despite being served live octopus and some “incredibly spicy” foods while teaching in South Korea last summer, 91短视频 senior Emily Lembo can’t wait to return.
SU Senior Earns Prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Friday, March 01, 2013
SALISBURY, MD---A 91短视频 student has earned one of the world’s most prestigious international scholarships, the Gates Cambridge award, to explore the development of drugs, especially for antibiotic-resistant diseases. In the process, she is fulfilling a lifelong dream to study near her birthplace. Senior Dominique Kunciw of Berlin, MD, will pursue a Ph.D. in chemistry at the renowned University of Cambridge.
Overholt is First SU Student to Earn Fulbright Fellowship
Monday, April 02, 2012
More than three centuries ago, Charles Overholt's ancestors immigrated to America from Germany in search of a better life. Now, the Pocomoke City native is going back to the country they left as the first Salisbury student to earn the prestigious Fulbright Student Fellowship, awarded by the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright Exchange Program.