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Six ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú students, alumni named semifinalists in Fulbright competition

Four ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú seniors and two alumni will learn this spring whether they will receive the Fulbright grants.

by Karen M. O'Hara, Assistant Director, Communications and Marketing, Global Initiatives • Published •
Collage of Fulbright semifinalists
Row 1: Erin Fetters, Olivia Kelly, Colton Powaski Row 2: Sam Ross, Sinait Sarfino, Samantha Shetterly
Global Connections • Excellence and Expertise

Six ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú students, alumni named semifinalists in Fulbright competition

Row 1: Erin Fetters, Olivia Kelly, Colton Powaski Row 2: Sam Ross, Sinait Sarfino, Samantha Shetterly
by Karen M. O'Hara, Assistant Director, Communications and Marketing, Global Initiatives • Published •

Six ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University students and alumni are semifinalists in the 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Student competition.

Four ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú seniors and two alumni have been recommended by the U.S. National Screening Committees for further consideration by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board in the countries to which they applied. They will learn this spring whether they will receive the Fulbright grants.

The ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú semifinalists are:

Erin Fetters - Spanish (MA) and Latin American Studies
English Teaching Assistant in Colombia

Olivia Kelly - Linguistics and Spanish (MA)
Minor: Chinese
English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan

Colton Powaski - International Studies and Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies
English Teaching Assistant in Uzbekistan

Sam Ross - Spanish and Premedical Studies
Minor: Sociology
English Teaching Assistant in Spain

Sinait Sarfino '22 - alumna in Diplomacy and Global Politics and East Asian Languages and Cultures
English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan

Samantha Shetterly '19 - alumna in Spanish and Psychology
English Teaching Assistant in Argentina

This year, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú had 15 applicants to 11 countries. Of these, seven were undergraduate students, two were graduate students, and six were alumni. Two applied for graduate study or research grants; 13 applied for English Teaching Assistantships.

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