Fellowships Successes

Meet Global Scholar: Hira

Through the SU Nationally Competitive Fellowships Office, Hira Shahbaz was awarded the Boren Scholarship, the Critical Language Scholarship and the Gilman Scholarship to study Urdu in India. Through the Boren, she will be studying in India for an entire academic year.

Current Recipients

2024
Stephora Alberi DAAD-RISE, Intern in Germany (Alternate)

Anna Brennan NSF GRFP (National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program), Study at Johns Hopkins

Ashlynn Burrows Fulbright, ETA to Czech Republic; Rhodes Scholarship, Finalist

Madison Cuthbert Fulbright, Research to Greece

Sean DeRepentigny Critical Language Scholarship, Indonesia

Ryan Deysher Fulbright, ETA to Poland (Semifinalist)

Cecilia Gabbidon Fulbright, ETA to Colombia (Semifinalist)

Shayna Grossberg Fulbright, ETA to Azerbaijan (Semifinalist)

Danielle Jensen Fulbright, ETA to Bulgaria (Semifinalist)
Erin Karrh Fulbright, Research to India (Semifinalist); Critical Language Scholarship, Study Hindi in India (Semifinalist)

Logan Lankford Fulbright Summer UK, Study at St. Andrews

Lian Peach Critical Language Scholarship SPARK to study Mandarin

Naomi Perry Fulbright Student to France

Rebecca Pritt Fulbright, Research to Malaysia (Semifinalist)

Trey Skinner Fulbright, Study to Germany (Semifinalist)

Jarrett Walton Fulbright, ETA to Slovak Republic (Semifinalist)

Ally Wright Fulbright, ETA to Romania (Semifinalist)

Past Recipients

2023
Samantha Bartell - Fulbright ETA to Moldova

Nanayaa Boaten - Fulbright ETA to Czech Republic (semifinalist)

Ashlynn Burrows - Boren Scholarship (alternate)

Gabriel Dunn - Fulbright ETA to Indonesia (semifinalist)

Shayna Grossberg - Fulbright ETA to Azerbaijan (alternate)

Sarah Hancock - Fulbright Study to Iceland (semifinalist)

Allison Latham - Fulbright ETA to Spain (alternate)
Adebola Okusolubo - Fulbright Research to Kenya (semifinalist)

Susannah Randall - Fulbright ETA to Montenegro (semifinalist)

Hira Shahbaz - Fulbright ETA to Kazakhstan

Trey Skinner - Fulbright Study to Germany (semifinalist)

Ann Thomas - Fulbright ETA to Kyrgyzstan (semifinalist)

Danitza Verano Roman - Fulbright ETA to Benin (semifinalist), Boren SAFLI Scholarship for Hindi (Jaipur)
2022
Abiodun Adeoye - Rangel Scholarship

Chacier Alexander - Fulbright Study, Turkey (semifinalist)

Gloria Atameklo - Fulbright ETA, Germany (semifinalist)

Abigail Boltz - Fulbright Study, Finland (declined)

Lela Bones - National Science Foundation GRFP

Christian Ciattei - Fulbright Research, Brazil, Rhodes Scholarship (Finalist)

Leah Disbennett - Fulbright ETA, Montenegro (semifinalist)

Aida Dodoo - Fulbright ETA, Madagascar

Emma Edwards - Fulbright ETA, Colombia (semifinalist)

Cole Gahagan - Fulbright ETA, Spain (semifinalist)
Kimberly Arriaga Gonzalez - Fulbright ETA, Peru

N’Tumahawa Kamara - Fulbright ETA, Bulgaria (declined), Payne Scholarship (declined)

Madison MacDougall - Fulbright Research, Canada (semifinalist)

Morgan McClone-Smith - Fulbright ETA, Romania

Jessica Pierce - Gates Cambridge Scholarship, Alternate

Nathaniel Sansom - Fulbright ETA, Slovakia, Hertog

Melanie Staszewski - Fulbright Research, Poland

Kylie Webb - Fulbright ETA, Czech Republic
2021
Jessica Pierce - Fulbright, Norway, Marshall Scholarship (Finalist)

Jack Lenox - St. Andrews Society of NY Scholarship, Scotland, Fulbright Academic, Finland (semi-finalist)

Zoe Behrman - Goldwater Scholarship

Christian Ciattei - Goldwater Scholarship, DAAD-RISE Scholarship

Marrissa Izykowicz - Goldwater Scholarship

Chacier Alexander - PPIA Junior Fellow

John Bunke - Fulbright ETA (semi-finalist), CLS, Azerbaijan

Abiodun Adeoye - Fulbright ETA, Kyrgyzstan, CLS, Tanzania, Hertog Summer Scholarship

Rachel Berley - DAAD-RISE Scholarship

Nathan Ashley - DAAD-RISE Scholarship

Madison MacDougall - Fulbright Canada Mitacs Globalink

Zia Ashraf - Fulbright Academic, Finland (semi-finalist)

Ayawavi Atameklo - Fulbright ETA, Germany (semi-finalist)

Abigail Boltz - Fulbright Academic, Finland (semi-finalist)

Briana Branch - Fulbright Academic, UK (semi-finalist)
Johannah Cooper - Fulbright ETA, Paraguay (semi-finalist)

Kirstyn Dugger - Fulbright ETA, North Macedonia (Alternate)

Thomas Long - Fulbright Academic, Scotland (semi-finalist)

Abigail Miano-Burkhardt - Fulbright Academic, Taiwan (semi-finalist)

Julia Rohrer - Fulbright ETA, Panama

Sam Stevens - Fulbright Research, Hungary (semi-finalist)

Kathryn Stout - Fulbright ETA, Serbia

Dorien Rogers - Truman Scholarship (finalist)
2020
Abiodun Adeoye - Rangel Fellowship (declined), Pickering Fellowship (Alternate), Critical Language Scholarship, Swahili, Fulbright Academic, Namibia (Semi-Finalist)

Brian Anderson - Bosserman UNESCO Fellowship

John Bunke - Fulbright ETA, Azerbaijan, Boren Scholarship, Azerbaijan, Critical Language Scholarship, Azerbaijani

Austin Dabbs - Fulbright Academic, Germany

Mia Dikos - Fulbright ETA, Spain

Lydia Narum - Fulbright ETA, Slovakia

Samuel Stevens - Fulbright Academic, Hungary

Gabrielle Voithoefer - Fulbright Academic, Poland

Anna Brennan - Goldwater Scholarship

Jessica Pierce - Goldwater Scholarship

Tehzeeb Hassan - Boren TURFLI Scholarship (Turkey)

Madeline Poteet - Boren IFLI Scholarship (Indonesia)
Shayna Grossberg - Critical Language Scholarship, Turkish

Harrison Leon - Coros Fellowship (declined)

Martina Maya-Callen - Running Start Congressional Fellowship

Will Fried - Fulbright Academic, Tampere University, Finland (Alternate)

Clayton Levy - Fulbright ETA, Bulgaria (Alternate)

Kimberly Arriaga-Gonzalez - Fulbright ETA, Peru (Semi-Finalist)

Rayna Danis - Fulbright ETA, Azerbaijan (Semi-Finalist)

Eva Fialkowski - Fulbright ETA, India (Semi-Finalist)

Courtney Nicole Hammond - Fulbright Academic, Germany (Semi-Finalist)

Allison Nalesnik - Fulbright ETA, Poland (Semi-Finalist)

Jaycee Scanlon - Fulbright ETA, Israel (Semi-Finalist)
2019
David Basom - Fulbright ETA to India

Noah Cline - Fulbright Academic Award to Taiwan

Lauren Delong - Fulbright Academic Award to Germany , DAAD Study Grant to Germany (declined)

Danesha Owens-Harrell - Fulbright ETA to the Netherlands

Rachel Rolle - Fulbright ETA to Korea

Courtney “Nicole” Hammond - Udall Scholarship

Abiodun Adeoye - Boren Scholarship to Tanzania, Public Policy and International Affairs program Junior Summer Institute, University of Minnesota

Chacier Alexander - Boren Scholarship to Morocco, Project GO Scholarship to Jordan

Nathaniel Sansom - Boren Scholarship to Poland, Bosserman UNESCO Fellowship

Hira Shahbaz - Boren Scholarship to India (SAFLI), Critical Language Scholarship (declined), India, Gilman Scholarship to India

Lela Bones - Amgen Scholarship, Johns Hopkins

Idris Barakat - Amgen Scholarship, Johns Hopkins

Courtney Peterson - NSF-GRFP, Chemistry

Larren Burgess - Gilman Scholarship, South Africa

Kyle Kisner - Gilman Scholarship, India
Maiya Robinson - Gilman Scholarship, South Africa

Olivia Clinton - USATA, Austria

Danielle Walker, AIF-Clinton Fellowship, Finalist

Nelcy Avila - Fulbright ETA to Colombia, Semi-Finalist

Callista Brown - Fulbright Academic Award to the Netherlands, Semi-Finalist

Lilia Dobos - Fulbright ETA to Costa Rica, Semi-Finalist

Kenneth Forest - Fulbright ETA to Romania, Semi-Finalist

Marie Hils - Fulbright ETA to Mexico, Semi-Finalist

Catherine Raley - Fulbright Academic Award to New Zealand, Semi-Finalist

Kateria Rodriguez - Fulbright ETA to Macau, Semi-Finalist

Tara Ward - Fulbright ETA to Panama, Semi-Finalist

Zia Ashraf - Truman Scholarship, Finalist

Eva Fialkowski - Boren Scholarship (SAFLI) Alternate, India

Jared Johnson - Boren Scholarship Alternate, Estonia

Darian Mullikin - Boren Scholarship Alternate, South Korea

Richard Hutson - Gilman Scholarship Alternate, Spain
2018
- Caroline Deschak - Fulbright Academic Graduate Award, Mexico
- Martina Maya-Callen - Fulbright ETA to Argentina
- Danielle Walker - Fulbright ETA to Moldova
- Lauren DeLong - DAAD RISE to Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Rheinbach, Germany (Summer 2018) Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention
- Brendan Gallagher - Fulbright Academic to Strathclyde, UK (Alternate)
- Samantha Koehler - Hollings Scholarship
- Kayla Rexroth - Hollings Scholarship
- Lilia Dobos - Killam Fellowships to Canada (Fall 2018)
- Mollie Jewell - Gilman Scholar to Scotland (Summer 2018)
- Amanda Rocker - Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention
- Nicholas Butler - Fulbright Academic to Reading, UK (Semi-Finalist)
- Callista Brown - Fulbright Academic to TU Delft, Netherlands (Semi-Finalist)
- Jeremie Davis - Fulbright Academic to Warwick, UK (Semi-Finalist)
- Thomas Best - Fulbright Academic to Instituto de Empresa, Spain (Semi-Finalist)
- Eleanor Brown - Truman Scholarship Finalist
- Ben Lenox - Truman Scholarship Finalist
- Nathanial Samson - Fulbright Summer/UK (shortlisted)
- Dana Day - Bosserman Unesco Fellowship
- Harrison Leon - Bosserman Unesco Fellowship
2017
- Hannah Ennerfelt - Fulbright Academic to Sweden
- Katherine Potvin - Fulbright ETA to Mongolia
- Matthew Jones - Fulbright ETA to Thailand
- Brittany Bursa - Fulbright ETA to Spain (Semi-Finalist), Fulbright ETA to Brazil
2016
- Payge Jennings - Fulbright ETA to Korea
- Ben Lenox - Critical Language Scholarship to India; Newman Civic Fellow
- Kathryn Stout - Fulbright ETA to Brazil (semi-finalist)
- Hannah Ennerfelt - Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention
- Darian Mullikin - Gilman, South Korea, Fall
- Martina Maya Callen - Gilman, India, Summer
- Molly Miller - Gilman, China, Summer
- Rachel Pierson - Gilman, Costa Rica, Spring
- Nicole Osgood - Gilman, India, Fall (declined)
- Bridget Wilgus - Gilman, New Zealand (Alternate)
- Patrick Robbins - Rotary Peace Fellowship, Australia (finalist)
2015
- Anthony Lepinasse - Gilman, China, Spring
- Jonathan Arias - Gilman, Costa Rica, Spring
- Corey Kaloc - Gilman, South Korea, Spring
- Tener Jenkins - Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention
- Omar Aboul-Enein - NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- May Palace - NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant
- Mayra Melendez - FirstGEN Civil Rights Fellowship; and Community Fellowship, Immigrant Justice Corps
2014
- Emily Lembo - Fulbright ETA Fellowship, Korea
- Breck Sullivan - EPA-Greater Research Opportunity Fellowship
- William Dennis - Gilman, China, Spring
- Stephanie Ferber - Gilman, Costa Rica, Spring
- Rachel Smith - Gilman, Ghana, Spring (declined)
2013
- Dominique Kunciw - Gates Fellowship, NSF Fellowship (Honorable Mention)
- Mallory Hagadorn - National Science Foundation Fellowship
- Erin Knuth - Gilman, Ghana (Fall)
2012
- Charles Overholt - Fulbright Fellowship
- Keyyana Blount - EPA Greater Research Opportunity Fellowship
- Amanda Stone - EPA Greater Research Opportunity Fellowship
- Payge Jennings - David L. Boren Scholarship to Korea (Alternate)

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