CGI is proud to announce that 23 UNC students have been selected as semi-finalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program!
All semi-finalists have been reviewed and recommended by the National Screening Committee and will advance to the final round of review.
Congratulations to the following students!
- Sandy Alkoutami: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in Jordan
- Norman Archer: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in Vietnam
- William Barlow: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in Malaysia
- Colleen Buchanan: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in Germany
- Emma Buckingham: PhD student | Research in Greece, Archeology
- Caitlyn Carpio: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan
- Tara Di Cassio: Graduate student | Research in Jordan, Geography
- Rebecca Dou: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan
- Brent Eisenbarth: Graduate student | English Teaching Assistant in Spain
- Kristen Gardner: Undergraduate | Research in Mexico, History
- Grace Han: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in Mongolia
- Linh Le: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in Germany
- Lauren Maldonado: PhD student | Research in Uganda, Public Health
- Bryan Reatini: PhD student | Research in Ecuador, Biology
- Naomi Robalino: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in South Korea
- Sophia Shwartz: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in Russia
- Samuel Silverstein: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in India
- Ryan Smith: Undergraduate | Research in Chile, Public Health
- Sarah Sturdivant: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in Malaysia
- Katherine Styers: Undergraduate | English Teaching Assistant in South Korea
- Katie Tardio: PhD student | Research in Spain, Archeology
- Daniela Weiner: PhD student | Research in Germany, History
- Max Wolpert: UNC Alum and current PhD student at McGill University | Research in China, Speech
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program allows graduating seniors, master’s students, doctoral candidates, and recent graduates to self-design a research/study project, or serve as an English Teaching Assistant in one of more than 140 countries. The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is managed nationally by the Institute of International Education and at UNC by the Center for Global Initiatives.