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For a fourth straight year, Carthage is among the colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright U.S. Students, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has announced.

Top-producing institutions are highlighted annually in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Carthage had six recent graduates win Fulbright awards for 2018-19, the highest of all bachelor’s institutions in Wisconsin.

“I am thrilled that so many of our students are earning Fulbright awards,” said Carthage President John Swallow. “Their hard work at Carthage, in academically rigorous classes taught by wonderful faculty who engage them closely, is so worthy of national recognition, and I am so pleased that the students and the faculty who support them are being honored in this way.”

The Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship program of international educational exchange, operates in more than 140 countries. This year’s cohort of Fulbright fellows won prestigious English Teaching Assistantships to help local teachers with language instruction and serve as cultural ambassadors, and an Academic award to conduct independent research overseas.

Carthage has had 28 Fulbrighters since 2008.

“This distinction is a recognition of our students’ commitment to build bridges between the people of the United States and other countries,” said Professor Dan Choffnes, director of student fellowships at Carthage. “It is gratifying to see so many of our alumni making a difference in classrooms and study sites all over the world.”

Recommended by the Carthage Fulbright Committee, the recipients’ applications passed through two rounds of competition at the national level. Carthage’s 2018-19 fellows are serving in host countries in South America, Europe, and Asia.

English Teaching Assistantships:

Academic Award:

In addition to the six students named for 2018-19 placements, Jamie Tyrrell ’17 and Paige Whitney ’17 have extended their terms as Fulbright English Teaching Assistants in South Korea.

“I think the Fulbright program is seeing what we see in our students: they are passionate, culturally sensitive, curious, and adaptable,” said Prof. Choffnes. “These characteristics make them superb scholars in Carthage’s liberal arts setting, and talented, resourceful teachers and mentors in their communities abroad.”

Learn more about Student Fellowships at Carthage
See a list of all recent Fulbright Students from Carthage