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Thirteen Miami students, alumni named Fulbright semifinalists

by Karla Guinigundo, Director of Global Partnerships, Global Initiatives • Published •
Collage of Fulbright semifinalists
Row 1: Hanah Bloom, Ally Britton-Heitz, Adam Debevec, Claire Kormanik Row 2: Kristina Miljkovic, Emma Murabito, Natasha Netzorg Row 3: Kelsey Norris, Victory Oguntuyi, Natasia Reinhardt, Teryn Scott Not pictured: Alexandra Cardwell and Blair Hassett
Alumni Success • Student Success • Research and Innovation

Thirteen Miami students, alumni named Fulbright semifinalists

Row 1: Hanah Bloom, Ally Britton-Heitz, Adam Debevec, Claire Kormanik Row 2: Kristina Miljkovic, Emma Murabito, Natasha Netzorg Row 3: Kelsey Norris, Victory Oguntuyi, Natasia Reinhardt, Teryn Scott Not pictured: Alexandra Cardwell and Blair Hassett
by Karla Guinigundo, Director of Global Partnerships, Global Initiatives • Published •

Thirteen Miami students and alumni are semifinalists in the 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition.

Eight undergraduates, one graduate student, and four alumni have been recommended by the U.S. National Screening Committees for further consideration by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board in the countries to which they applied. The final results of the competition will be released later this spring.

The Miami semifinalists are:

Hanah Bloom – Political Science; Philosophy
Research Award for Graduating Seniors, Japan

Ally Britton-Heitz – Diplomacy and Global Politics; Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
English Teaching Assistant Award, Spain

Alexandra Cardwell – International Studies
English Teaching Assistant Award, South Korea

Adam Debevec (MA) – Philosophy
Open Study/Research Award, Slovenia

Blair Hassett ’22 (BA, MEn) – Political Science; Sustainability; Environmental Science
English Teaching Assistant Award, Czech Republic

Claire Kormanik – Adolescent Young Adult Integrated Social Studies Education
English Teaching Assistant Award, Czech Republic

Kristina Miljkovic ’22 (BA, MS) – Psychology; Kinesiology, Nutrition & Health
English Teaching Assistant Award, Serbia

Emma Murabito ’21 – Finance; Marketing
English Teaching Assistant Award, South Korea

Natasha Netzorg - Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
English Teaching Assistant Award, Uzbekistan

Kelsey Norris – Political Science; Latin American Studies; Spanish
English Teaching Assistant Award, Uruguay

Victory Oguntuyi – Psychology; International Studies
English Teaching Assistant Award, Cote d’Ivoire

Natasia Reinhardt ’16, ’17 (BA, MA) – Theatre; Performance, Theatre, and Practice
English Teaching Assistant Award, Italy

Teryn Scott – Diplomacy and Global Politics; Geography & Sustainable Development
English Teaching Assistant Award, Zambia

Miami had a total of twenty-three applicants to eighteen different countries during the 2024-2025 application cycle.

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