Six Students, One Alumnus Latest UP Fulbright Scholars

April 29, 2016

Orr copy Six students and one alumnus have been awarded prestigious 2016 Fulbright grants to work and study abroad. Caroline Harpster ’16 (Germany), Kristen Jakstis ’16 (Germany), Erin Nishijima ’16 (South Korea), Jonathan Squires ’13 (South Korea), Katherine Lord ’16 (Malaysia), Josefina Duran-Martinez ’16 (Mexico), and Emily Dovel ’16 (Turkey) have been awarded English Teaching Assistantships to countries in Europe, Asia and Mexico.

The University is among only 14 institutions in the country with the highest number of both students and faculty to receive U.S. Fulbright grants.

For more information contact John Orr, assistant provost, at x7286 or orr@up.edu.

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