Miami receives nine Fulbright grant offers, the most ever
By Margo Kissell, university news and communications
Nine of Miami University’s Fulbright semifinalists have been offered 2018-2019 grants, while three others have been selected as alternates.
This is Miami’s largest cohort of Fulbright offers to date. Since 2000, 45 Miami seniors or recent graduates have been offered Fulbright grants to conduct research or teach overseas as English Teaching Assistants.
Miami’s new Fulbright recipients are:
Alexa Askari, who is completing the BA/MA program with double majors in political science and diplomacy and global politics, and double minors in history and European area studies. She was selected to teach in Bulgaria.
Hannah Frasco, a double major in international studies and integrated social studies education with a minor in history, was selected to teach in Malaysia.
Sara Giska (Miami ’16), who was a double major in international studies and linguistics, was selected to conduct research/study in Kazakhstan.
Jack Henne, a double major in German and economics with a minor in actuarial science, was selected to teach in Germany.
Camila Kowalski, a double major in integrated mathematics education and Spanish, was selected to teach in Spain.
Katherine Melberg, a double major in classical humanities and classical languages, was selected to teach in Germany.
Ali Preissing, a graduate student in political science, was selected to teach in the Slovak Republic.
John Steele (Miami ’14), who majored in social justice studies and minored in political science, was selected to teach in South Korea.
Allison Van Twisk, a double major in international studies and economics with a minor in German, was selected to teach in Germany.
Three alternates selected
Autumn Harriger, a double major in political science and history with a minor in Russian, is an alternate to teach in Russia.
Aaron Kawamura, an individualized studies major, is an alternate to teach in Argentina.
Tory Paez (Miami ’12), who majored in management and organizations and minored in women, gender & sexuality studies, is an alternate to participate in the binational internship program in Mexico.
More than 10,000 applications were received in this application cycle for the 1,900 available grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the largest U.S. exchange program. Miami University had 28 applicants who applied to 19 countries, said Karla Guinigundo, director of global partnerships in Miami’s Office of Global Initiatives.
Two other alumni selected for grants at-large
Guinigundo noted that two other Miami alumni who applied for Fulbright grants at-large also were selected.
Kala Allen (Miami ’16, psychology) was selected to do research in Nigeria and Alexandra DeCraene (Miami ’15, professional writing) was selected to teach in Thailand.
For more information on the Fulbright program and Miami student and scholar grantees, visit MiamiOH.edu/Fulbright.
