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Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 5:44 PM

W&L Again A Top Leading Fulbright Scholar Producer

Washington and Lee University is included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. students for the sixth consecutive year.

Washington and Lee University is included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. students for the sixth consecutive year.

Each year, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces the top producing institutions for the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program.

Washington and Lee was ranked third among the baccalaureate institutions recognized by the Fulbright Program.

Fourteen students from W&L were selected for Fulbright awards for the 20232024 academic year, and 13 accepted the grant. They are as follows.

Ava Boussy, class of 2023, was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru research grant to study Buddhist shrines and temples in Ladakh, India.

Finn Connor, ’23, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award to Germany.

James Dixon, ’23, was awarded a Fulbright ETA to Taiwan.

Kamryn Godsey, ’23, was awarded a Fulbright ETA to Taiwan.

Maggie Hawley, ’23, was awarded a Fulbright ETA to Spain.

Lily Mott, ’23, was awarded a Fulbright Master of Arts Degree Award to study digital media and society at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom.

Tanajia Moye-Green, ’23, was awarded a Fulbright Master of Sciences Degree Award to study criminal justice and penal change at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland.

Avalon Pernell, ’23, was awarded a Fulbright Young Professional Journalist Program Award to Germany to conduct independent research and gain practiceoriented experience.

Annie Talton, ’21, was awarded a Fulbright ETA through the Roma Student Initiative to Hungary.

Andrew Tartakovsky, ’23, was awarded a Fulbright ETA to Azerbaijan, his parents’ homeland.

Andrea Rojas, ’23, was awarded a Fulbright ETA to Mexico.

Allie Stankewich, ’23, was awarded a Fulbright ETA to Uganda.

The Fulbright competition is administered at W&L by Matthew Loar, director of fellowships and student research, with the support of the university’s Fellowships Committee.

The Fulbright Program is among the largest and most diverse exchange programs in the world. Since 1946, the program has provided more than 400,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists and professionals of all backgrounds with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research abroad. Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build connections and work to address complex global challenges.


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Dr. Ronald Laub DDS