By Darla Shelden, Metropolis Sentinel Reporter —
STILLWATER, OK — Two Oklahoma State College college students have acquired Fulbright U.S. Pupil Program awards for the 2023-2023 tutorial yr. The award is introduced by the U.S. Division of State and the J. William Fulbright Overseas Scholarship Board.
Kayla Dunn and Jason Wolfe are the OSU recipients. Dunn will educate English in La Rioja, Spain, whereas Wolfe will examine on the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary.
“Kayla and Jason are excellent additions to Oklahoma State’s lengthy listing of Fulbright Award winners,” stated OSU President Burns Hargis. “OSU is dedicated to offering college students an academic expertise that prepares them to make an affect anyplace on this planet. The Fulbright award is the final word recognition of that pursuit.”
Dunn and Wolfe are amongst greater than 2,100 U.S. residents who will examine, conduct analysis and educate overseas for the 2023-2023 tutorial yr by means of the Fulbright U.S. Pupil Program.
Recipients of Fulbright awards are chosen in an open, merit-based competitors that considers management potential, tutorial and/or skilled achievement and document of service. They’re becoming a member of a community of 1000’s of esteemed alumni, lots of whom are leaders of their fields.
Fulbright alumni embrace 60 Nobel Prize laureates, 88 Pulitzer Prize recipients, and 37 heads of state or authorities. The primary OSU scholar to win a Fulbright was in 1950, and 48 OSU college students since have been awarded a Fulbright award to check in 28 totally different international locations.
Dunn, an Honors Faculty multimedia journalism and Spanish main from Stillwater, Oklahoma, stated she hopes her work as an English educating assistant will assist her study Spanish tradition, enhance her facility within the language and create lasting relationships.
A recipient of the Bailey Household Memorial Scholarship, Dunn is presently learning overseas in Spain. Beforehand at OSU, she served as editor in chief for the O’Colly and a senator for the Pupil Authorities Affiliation. In summer time 2019, she interned for NBC Information in Arizona, overlaying conflicts on the Arizona/Mexico border.
“I’ve volunteered with kids looking for asylum, written for native publications, served in scholar authorities, and studied language,” Dunn stated. “The Fulbright feels just like the epitome of those passions. It requires individuals to depart their consolation zones, immerse in a international tradition, share language, work in training and forge mutual understanding.”
Wolfe is a music efficiency main within the Greenwood Faculty of Music from Woodlands, Texas.
“I’ve at all times needed to journey the world and carry out music on the identical time,” Wolfe stated. “I truly heard about this system by means of a present Fulbrighter and buddy at OSU, Noah Mennenga.
Mennenga acquired a Fulbright to check in Switzerland in 2019.
Wolfe is the second scholar within the Greenwood Faculty of Music to obtain a Fulbright award within the final two years. Wolfe is a prized trombone participant who has acquired many efficiency awards and was a member of the OSU Symphony Orchestra, OSU Wind Ensemble and the OSU Cowboy Marching Band.
“There are such a lot of school members to thank for not solely letting me study from their experience, but additionally having them need to make investments into me,” Wolfe stated.
The Fulbright U.S. Pupil Program is run at Oklahoma State College by means of the Faculty of International Research and Partnerships.
Cara Menasco Eubanks serves because the Fulbright Program advisor and Fulbright Scholar liaison to help college students and school with discovering Fulbright alternatives and the applying course of.
“I congratulate these college students for these prestigious awards,” stated Dr. Randy Kluver, affiliate provost and dean of the Faculty of International Research and Partnerships. “The Fulbright program is acknowledged world wide for educational excellence and management, and we’re very happy with these college students who’ve furthered OSU’s legacy by means of this vital program.”
Extra details about the Fulbright program at OSU is accessible right here.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship worldwide instructional alternate program sponsored by the U.S. authorities and is designed to forge lasting connections between the individuals of america and the individuals of different international locations, counter misunderstandings and assist individuals and nations work collectively towards frequent objectives.
Since its institution in 1946, the Fulbright Program has enabled greater than 390,000 college students, students, artists, academics, and professionals of all backgrounds to check, educate and conduct analysis, alternate concepts and discover options for shared worldwide issues.
For extra data. go to eca.state.gov/fulbright.
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