Fellowships

Student Accolade March 28, 2023Annie Thomas ’24 Earns Prestigious Beinecke Scholarship

The Beinecke Scholarship Program provides funds for post-graduate study to students of unusual promise.

Student Accolade March 20, 2023Ellie Penner ’23 Awarded Critical Language Scholarship to Study in India

Ellie Penner ’23, a Washington and Lee University senior, has received a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Bangla this summer in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Student Accolade February 28, 2023Posi Oluwakuyide ’24 Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship

Oluwakuyide will attend the PPIA Junior Summer Institute Fellowship at the University of Washington this summer.

Alumni in Action February 10, 2023Lucy Ortiz ’15 Awarded Luce Scholarship

The scholarship provides young scholars with an immersive experience in Asia through which they can learn to "be comfortable being uncomfortable."

News from W&LFebruary 10, 2023W&L a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students for Fifth Straight Year

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

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Faculty AccoladeJanuary 17, 2023W&L Journalism and Mass Communications Professor Receives African Diaspora Fellowship

Professor Adedayo Abah will travel to Tanzania to help build a master’s degree program in communications at the University of Dar es Salaam.

Faculty FocusDecember 7, 2022Williams School Professor Smith Embraces Role as DeLaney Center Faculty Fellow

Chantal Smith, assistant professor of economics, was selected for the one-year position to pursue research and course development.

Alumni AccoladeDecember 7, 2022W&L’s Kristina Lozinskaya ’22 Among 2024 Class of Schwarzman Scholars

Lozinskaya, a 2022 graduate, will receive a master’s degree in global affairs from Tsinghua University in China.

News from W&LNovember 13, 2022W&L’s Tahri Phillips Among 2023 Class of Rhodes Scholars

Phillips '23 is the university’s 18th Rhodes Scholar.

Faculty AccoladeOctober 11, 2022W&L Economics Professor Receives Summer Fellowship

Alice Tianbo Zhang’s research is being used to shed light on the impact of the pandemic on business activities in Indian Country.

Student AccoladeOctober 7, 2022W&L Named a Top Producer of Gilman Scholars

Seven students from W&L received Gilman scholarships for academic year 2020-2021.

Employee AccoladesSeptember 2, 2022W&L Art Professor Awarded VCCA Fellowship

Sandy de Lissovoy is one of 22 fellows to participate in the prestigious residency program from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

OpportunitiesJuly 14, 2022W&L Celebrates Another Year of Fellowship Success

Another record-setting year for nationally competitive fellowships at W&L can be attributed to forward-thinking educators, hard-working students and an encouraging fellowships director.

Student AccoladeJune 16, 2022Matt Tinsley ’22 Awarded U.S. Teaching Assistantship to Austria

After his USTA program orientation in September, Tinsley will teach in a secondary school in Austria through May 2023.

Student AccoladeJune 9, 2022W&L’s Graham Kingwill ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Uzbekistan

Kingwill has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Uzbekistan. He will depart in September 2022 for his 10-month program.

Student Accolade June 6, 2022W&L’s Dickinson ’22 Awarded U.S. Teaching Assistantship to Austria

After her USTA program orientation in September, Joey Dickinson will be teaching in a secondary school in Austria through May 2023.

Student AccoladeJune 2, 2022W&L’s Nick Mosher ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Kazakhstan

Mosher has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Kazakhstan. He will also spend this summer receiving intensive Russian language training in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Student AccoladeMay 26, 2022W&L’s Tyler Bernard ’23 Awarded Udall Scholarship

Bernard has been selected as a 2022 Udall Scholar in the environmental category.

Student AccoladeMay 25, 2022W&L’s Grist ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Australia

Elizabeth Grist has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to Melbourne, Australia, to study the stigma and barriers associated with receiving medication for opioid use disorder.

Student AccoladesMay 23, 2022Three W&L students Awarded Positions in the Teaching Assistant Program in France

Three members of the Class of 2022 will spend seven months in the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) teaching English to public school.

Student Accolades May 23, 2022Four W&L Students Awarded Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad

The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students who are Pell Grant recipients.

Student AccoladeMay 18, 2022W&L’s DJ Johnston ’22 Awarded Fellowship for Arabic Studies in Egypt

Johnston was recently awarded a fellowship to the Center for Arabic Study Abroad at the American University in Cairo.

Student AccoladeMay 18, 2022W&L’s Samantha Carley ’22 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Georgia

Carley will serve as an English language teaching assistant in a school in the former Soviet republic.

Student AccoladeMay 12, 2022W&L’s Allie Stankewich ’23 Awarded Boren Scholarship

Stankewich received a David L. Boren Scholarship from the National Security Education Program to study abroad in Tanzania in fall 2022.

Student AccoladeMay 2, 2022W&L’s David Gálvez ’22 Awarded Fulbright to France

Galvez has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to France, where he will teach English to secondary school students and serve as a cultural ambassador for the United States.

Alumni AccoladesApril 29, 2022W&L’s Janey Fugate ’15 Awarded National Science Foundation Fellowship

Fugate will use her graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation to study the migration patterns of bison in Yellowstone National Park.

Student AccoladeApril 28, 2022W&L’s Shugart ’22 Awarded U.S. Teaching Assistantship to Austria

After her USTA program orientation in September, Shugart will team teach in a secondary school in Austria through May 2023.

Student AccoladeApril 25, 2022W&L’s Erin Addison ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Uruguay

Addison has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Uruguay, where she will teach English to primary or secondary school students and serve as a cultural ambassador for the United States.

Alumni AccoladeApril 21, 2022W&L Graduate Katie Cones ’21 Awarded Fulbright ETA to Bulgaria

The English Teaching Assistantship provides Cones a stipend to teach English to students in Bulgaria and lead cultural exchange activities.

Student AccoladeApril 21, 2022W&L’s Mansi Tripathi ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Colombia

Tripathi will teach English to students in Colombia for 10 months.

Student AccoladeApril 18, 2022W&L’s Sydney Lee ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Costa Rica

Lee has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Costa Rica starting in early 2023.

Student AccoladeApril 18, 2022W&L’s Maggie Hardin ’22 Earns Fulbright to Germany

Maggie Hardin '22 has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany.

Student AccoladeApril 14, 2022Mallory Keeley ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Germany

Keeley will live in a German community for one academic year to teach English to students in a local school.

Student AccoladeApril 13, 2022W&L’s Moye-Green Awarded Beinecke Scholarship

The Beinecke Scholarship Program provides funds for post-graduate study to students of unusual promise.

Student AccoladeApril 7, 2022Washington and Lee’s Jensen Rocha ’23 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Each scholar is awarded $7,500 to support undergraduate research in their junior or senior year.

Student AccoladeMarch 31, 2022W&L’s Anne Riter ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Austria

Riter will spend the next academic year volunteering with a community organization, working as an English teaching assistant and taking courses at the University of Graz.

Student AccoladeMarch 30, 2022W&L’s Elyssa McMaster ’22 Awarded Fulbright to Italy

McMaster has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to Italy to complete a hybrid art history and computer science project.

Student AccoladeMarch 28, 2022Six W&L Students Awarded Critical Language Scholarships

Six undergraduate students received Critical Language Scholarships, which will provide them the opportunity to study language intensively during summer 2022.

Student AccoladeMarch 18, 2022W&L’s Troy Larsen ’22 Awarded Fulbright Grant to Hungary

Larsen will spend the next academic year studying at the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics and participating in a research group at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics.

Student AccoladeMarch 8, 2022Tanajia Moye-Green ’23 Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship

Moye-Green will attend the PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Princeton.

Student AccoladeFebruary 28, 2022W&L a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students for Fourth Straight Year

Six students and three alumni from W&L received Fulbright awards for academic year 2021-2022

OpportunitiesAugust 19, 2021W&L’s Recipe for Fellowship Success

A record-setting year for nationally competitive fellowship awards at Washington and Lee University can be attributed to forward-thinking educators, hard-working students and a persistent, encouraging fellowships director.

Student AccoladeJune 2, 2021W&L’s Christopher Watt ’21 Awarded Fulbright Grant

Watt has received a Fulbright grant to support his research on the importance of small-scale fishing for livelihoods, culture and well-being in Vanuatu, an island nation in the South Pacific.

Student AccoladeApril 26, 2021W&L’s James Ricks ’21 Earns Fulbright to Study in Nepal

James Ricks ’21 has received a Fulbright creative grant to Nepal to photograph patients and healthcare providers at a one-of-a-kind health clinic.

Student AccoladeApril 21, 2021W&L’s Tanner Hall ’21 Awarded CASA Fellowship at AUC

Tanner Hall ‘21 was recently awarded a fellowship to the Center for Arabic Study Abroad program at the American University in Cairo.

Student AccoladeApril 21, 2021W&L’s Amanda Dorsey ’21 Awarded a Fulbright to India

The award will support a nine-month research project in India investigating intervention service access for individuals with disabilities.

Student AccoladeApril 21, 2021W&L’s Lorena Terroba Urruchua ’21 Earns Fulbright

Lorena Terroba Urruchua '21 has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Spain.

Alumni AccoladeApril 20, 2021W&L’s Rosalie Bull ’20 Earns Fulbright to Ecuador

In September 2021, Bull will leave for a 10-month stay in Ecuador to develop a co-creative anthology of stories covering resistance and resilience networks in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Alumni AccoladeApril 15, 2021W&L’s Ramonah Gibson ’20 Awarded Fulbright

Ramonah Gibson '20 has received a Fulbright United Kingdom (U.K.) Partnership Award to complete her master's degree in creative writing scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia.

Student AccoladeApril 14, 2021W&L’s Kathryn Hensler ’21 Earns Fulbright to Spain

Her project, “Age and Growth of Fan Mussel (Pinna nobilis) in Mar Menor,” will take her to Calpe, in Spain this fall.

Alumni AccoladeMarch 8, 2021W&L’s Julia Poppenberg ’19 Awarded Fulbright Grant to Argentina

Poppenberg has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Argentina starting in March 2022.

FellowshipsFebruary 19, 2021W&L a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students for Third Straight Year

Five students from W&L received Fulbright awards for academic year 2020-2021.

AccoladesAugust 7, 2020W&L’s Max Sadlowski ’20 Awarded Fulbright Grant to Germany

Sadlowski has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany starting January 2021.

AccoladesMay 22, 2020W&L’s Caroline Rivers ’20 Awarded Fulbright-García Robles Grant to Mexico

Rivers has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Mexico starting January 2021.

FellowshipsMay 15, 2020W&L’s Colin Berger ’20 Awarded Fulbright Grant to Spain

Berger has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain starting January 2021.

FellowshipsMay 14, 2020Bo Garfinkel ’21 Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship

Garfinkel will attend the PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Princeton

FellowshipsFebruary 11, 2020W&L Named a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students and Scholars

Eight students and three faculty received Fulbright awards for 2019-2020.

Faculty FocusAugust 13, 2019W&L Law’s Fraley Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant to Turkey

Jill Fraley, associate professor of law at Washington and Lee University, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant to conduct research at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey during the 2019–20 academic year.

Student Accolade July 3, 2019W&L’s Olivia Brister Awarded Prestigious Roosevelt Emerging Fellowship

The fellowship lasts a full academic year and allows students to conduct formal research and pursue advocacy efforts on a specific topic.

Student Accolade April 24, 2019W&L’s Hashim Syed ’19 Awarded Fulbright to Morocco

Syed is a biology major and a Middle East and South Asia studies minor.

Student Accolade April 18, 2019W&L’s Reid Gaede Awarded Fulbright

Reid Gaede ’19 has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany.

Student Accolade April 16, 2019W&L’s Kathryn McEvoy ’19 Earns Fulbright Award

Washington and Lee University senior Kathryn McEvoy ’19 has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain for summer 2019.

Student Accolade April 16, 2019W&L’s Jackson Ellis ’19 Awarded Fulbright

Washington and Lee University senior Jackson Ellis ’19 has won a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany for summer 2019.

Student Accolade April 10, 2019W&L’s Andrew Agrippina ’19 Awarded Fulbright

Agrippina has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain.

Student Accolade April 9, 2019W&L’s Elizabeth Mugo Awarded Fulbright

In Tanzania, Mugo will study the perception of the life of refugees after resettlement.

Student Accolade April 2, 2019W&L’s Katherine Dau ’19 Awarded Fulbright

Dau will live and work in Vienna for nine months.

Student Accolade March 21, 2019Kalady Osowski ’19 Awarded a Fulbright to Study in India

Her scholarship will fund a nine- to 12-month study of small-scale cultural heritage looting operations in the Golden Triangle of India.

Fulbright AwardsFebruary 18, 2019W&L a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students

W&L is included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2018-2019 Fulbright U.S. Students.

Fulbright GrantMay 1, 2018Bryant Awarded Fulbright Grant to Germany

Carson Bryant '18 has been awarded a Fulbright grant for an English Teaching Assistantship in Germany.

Fulbright ScholarsApril 27, 2018Shely Awarded Fulbright Grant to Colombia

Jared Shely '18 will use the grant to continue his work teaching English to students in Latin America.

Fulbright Award April 25, 2018Falchuk ’18 Awarded Fulbright to Teach in Slovak Republic

Hannah Falchuk '18 hopes to improve her cultural understanding and language proficiency in the country.

AccoladesMarch 31, 2017Harrison Westgarth Awarded a Fulbright Research Grant to Brazil

W&L senior Harrison Westgarth has been awarded a Fulbright grant to Brazil, where he will study the “Development of an Animal Model of Direct and Congenital Zika Virus Transmission.”

AccoladesMarch 31, 2017John Dannehl Awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain

W&L senior John Dannehl has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain.

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