Fulbright Season

Six Grinnellians accepted Fulbright assistantships for international teaching or research assignments this year. The Fulbright international education exchange program is designed to increase mutual understanding between the United States and other countries. The program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the U.S. State Department.

“Grinnell’s consistently strong representation among students receiving Fulbright awards is evidence of the College’s longstanding commitment to service and to international education,” says Doug Cutchins, Grinnell’s assistant dean and director of post-graduate transitions. This year’s recipients include two Posse scholars, Anika Manzoor ’13 and Stefanie Kundakjian ’13. “By partnering with Posse, Grinnell lives up to its commitment to ensuring that a stellar liberal arts education is available to students from many different backgrounds. Anika and Stefanie’s Fulbright grants are evidence that this partnership works,” Cutchins adds.

Grinnellians and their country assignments for 2013–14 include:

• Jennifer Brown ’12, a Chinese major from Bronxville, N.Y., will teach English in Turkey. 
• Adam Glassman ’13, a theatre and dance major from Dublin, Ohio, received a full grant to pursue performance studies in Seoul, South Korea. 
• Stefanie Kundakjian ’13, a history and Spanish major from Los Angeles, will teach English in Armenia. 
• Clara Montague ’13 from Skokie, Ill., will teach English in Turkey. She majored in English and in gender, women’s, and sexuality studies at Grinnell. 
• Anika Manzoor ’13 from Bethesda, Md., will teach English in Malaysia. She majored in gender, women’s, and sexuality studies, with a concentration in global development studies. 
• Alexa Reynolds ’13, a German and history major from Clive, Iowa, accepted an English teaching assistantship in Germany.