International relations minor sets graduates on global paths
May 10, 2021
Blair Lapres ’09 is an economist at the World Bank, working on private sector development with governments across the globe, from west Africa to parts of central Asia.
Tony Zhou ’19 worked in Zambia through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Now he’s based in Khartoum, Sudan, with the Darfur Women Action Group, a women-led NGO for survivors of the Darfur genocide.
Ashni Verma ’21, an industrial and labor relations major, is heading to a job as an analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office after graduation. These are just three of more than 400 undergraduates who have earned an international relations minor at Cornell.
Meg Jones is not the conventional Fulbright Scholar. She says so herself.
“Being a first-generation college student and being a high school dropout, having this sort of questionable educational background. I m not a typical Fulbright applicant by any means,” she said.
Still, she finds herself in the unique situation of preparing to travel abroad this summer to study LGBTQ+ inclusion in teacher preparation programs in Finland, a country with one of the best education systems in the world. She received the award in April and will head to Europe in August to begin her research at the University of Helsinki.
Three UCM Students Named Semifinalists for Fulbright Award By Jeff Murphy, May 5, 2021
WARRENSBURG, MO – Demonstrating the University of Central Missouri’s commitment to providing opportunities for individuals to gain a worldly perspective, three students have been named semifinalists in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The primary source of funding for the F
Warner College of Natural Resources 06 May, 2021
Lenka Doskocil
Colorado State University student Lenka Doskocil is being recognized by the U.S. Department of State’s flagship international exchange program for students.
Doskocil, a senior watershed science major in the Warner College of Natural Resources, received a grant from the State Department and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to study the wetlands in Ecuador’s Andes Mountains.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program annually awards approximately 8,000 grants for select students to travel abroad to conduct research or teach English as a way to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Since 2015, 17 CSU students have been selected for the prestigious program.