Awards and Honors

Talia Greenberg ’15 says she could teach students ranging from grades 1 through 6 during her 10 months in Yilan County.

Ty Diringer ’14 has been named a Venture for America (VFA) Fellow, a two-year program that trains recent college graduates and matches them with startup companies in fast-growing cities.

Katelyn Emerson ’15 has received a Fulbright grant to study organ and harpsichord in Toulouse, France, also known as “the paradise of organs,” this coming year.

Alumna Rebecca Selin will travel to Indonesia to help teach English to high school students.

Phelps will bring her Spanish language skills and experience in Latin American Studies to Mexico as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant.

Sarah Gord ’15, a history major with an English minor and an education concentration, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Bergen, Norway.

Kramer will spend five-and-a-half weeks in Washington, D.C., researching the intersection of peacebuilding and systems thinking.

Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura ’15 will study regional food systems as drivers of local economies in Japan.

Emily Wilkerson ’15, a comparative literature and German double-major, starts her teaching assistantship at a school in Lower Saxony in September.

Politics major Machmud Makhmudov receives prestigious Truman Scholarship for graduate studies in public service.

Recent graduates embark on a year of independent study outside the United States as winners of the prestigious Watson Fellowship.