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Student AccoladeJune 3, 2026W&L’s Sarp Sahin ’26 Earns Fulbright Cardiff University Award

Sahin will continue his research of Parkinson’s disease at Cardiff University in Wales before attending medical school.

Student AccoladeMay 18, 2026W&L’s Molly Biggs ’26 Earns Fulbright to Germany

Biggs is looking forward to teaching English in Germany, where she can build on previous youth leadership experiences and develop important skills for a career in the climate sector.

Student AccoladeMay 8, 2026W&L’s Celeste Álvarez ’26 Selected for Fulbright to Guatemala

Álvarez looks forward to immersing herself in a different culture with the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship and will attend W&L Law when she returns, with plans to become an immigration lawyer.

Faculty AccoladeMay 7, 2026W&L’s Jenefer Davies Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

The professor of dance and theater will use the award to conduct research in London.

Alumni AccoladeJuly 9, 2025Allie Stankewich ’23 Awarded SIT Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship

While working for the Fulbright program as a teaching mentor in Uganda, Stankewich partnered with a local organization to build a fish farm social enterprise.

In Case You Missed It

OutcomesAugust 13, 2024W&L Outcomes: Jack Maloy ’24

In September, Maloy will move to Germany for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship.

News from W&LFebruary 13, 2024W&L a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students for Sixth Straight Year

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

After W&LFebruary 13, 2024Life After Fulbright

W&L alumni’s Fulbright experiences expand their worldviews and shape their post-graduate careers.

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.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.