Seventeen Williams Students, Alumnae Awarded Fulbright Grants
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Fourteen Williams College students and three alumnae have been offered Fulbright grants for 2017-18, setting a new record for the college for the number of Fulbright recipients in one year.
Nine of the honorees will receive one-year grants to study or conduct research in their academic fields, and eight will receive English Teaching Assistantships (ETA) for teaching abroad. English Teaching Assistants help local students increase their English language skills and their knowledge of the United States. All Fulbrighters work, live with and learn from the people of their host country, sharing daily experiences and working to develop academic and professional expertise.
Several Williams applicants have been designated as alternates. Decisions for those candidates will be made later in the spring.
The Fulbright winners from Williams are:
* Aseel Abulhab '15, a history major from West Bloomfield, Mich., a research grant in social work to Jordan.
* Samantha Avila '16, a chemistry and French major from Chapel Hill, N.C., a research grant in biology to France.
* Hannah Benson '17, a comparative literature and French major from Jackson, N.H., an English teaching assistantship to Andorra.
* Elizabeth Curtis '17, a women's, gender and sexuality studies major from Jamaica Plain, Mass., a research grant in public health to India.
* Mary Elizabeth Dato '17, a political economy and Spanish major from Poway, Calif., an English teaching assistantship to Spain.
* Lane Davis '17, a biology major from Atlanta, Ga., a research grant in ecology to Ecuador.
* Libby Dvir '16, a psychology major from New York, N.Y., an English teaching assistant in Argentina.
* Peter Hale '17, an English and history double major from Swampscott, Mass., an English teaching assistantship to Germany.
* Gemma Holt '17, an English and environmental policy major from Seattle, Wash., a research grant in environmental studies in Finland.
* Olivier Joseph '17, a chemistry major from Willingboro, N.J., an English teaching assistantship in Spain.
* Chinmayi Manjunath '17, a mathematics major from Saratoga, Calif., an English teaching assistantship in Bulgaria.
* Juliette Norrmen-Smith '17, an English and French major from Montclair, N.J., an English teaching assistantship in Andorra.
* Reidar Riveland '17, a mathematics major from Kent, Wash., a research grant in psychology in Switzerland.
* Deanna Segall '17, an anthropology major from Potomac, Md., an English teaching assistantship in Poland.
* Samuel Steakley '17, a physics major from Houston, Texas, a research grant in engineering in Chile.
* Vidya Venkatesh '17, a math and philosophy double major from Swarthmore, Penn., a research grant in philosophy to Ireland.
* Caroline White-Nockleby '17, an American studies and geosciences major from Santa Monica, Calif., a research grant in geography in Chile.
The Fulbright Program is funded by the Department of State and is the largest international exchange program in the United States. It was established by the U.S. Congress in 1946 and offers various grants in research and teaching for students, scholars, and professionals.
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