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Sixteen Miami students, alumni named semifinalists in Fulbright competition

Sixteen Miami University students and alumni are semifinalists in the 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Student competition.

Fulbright, the largest U.S. exchange program, provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English teaching assistant programs outside of the United States.

Thirteen Miami seniors and three 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. They will learn this spring whether they will receive the Fulbright grants.

The Miami semifinalists are:

Johanna Alexander - psychology major with an East Asian studies minor, English teaching assistant in South Korea.

Nicole Anselmo - graduated in 2019, international studies major, English teaching assistant in Kazakhstan. 

Elena Arduin - public health and premedical studies double major with a community-based leadership minor, English teaching assistant in Taiwan.

Avery Comar - history and Russian, East European and Eurasian studies double major, English teaching assistant in Russia.
 
Peter Fortunato - international studies major with statistics, geography and Spanish minors, open study/research award in Spain.

Sarah Frick - quantitative economics major with Japanese and statistics minors, open study/research award in Japan.
 
August Hagemann - economics and Russian, East European and Eurasian studies double major, English teaching assistant in Russia.

Madeline Marshall - strategic communication and political science double major with a community-based leadership minor, English teaching assistant in South Korea.
 
Elizabeth Martin - integrated English language arts education major with an English literature minor, English teaching assistant in South Korea.
 
Natalie Mullen - international studies and global & intercultural studies double major with Arabic and German minors, English teaching assistant in Malaysia.

Sophia Pauken - international studies major with Arabic and German minors, English teaching assistant in Jordan.
 
Rachel Pieratt - international studies and Spanish double major with Latin American studies and political science minors, English teaching assistant in Peru.
 
Camila Rodriguez - graduated in 2019, integrated mathematics education and mathematics double major, English teaching assistant in Spain.
 
Katherine Rogers - German and history double major with a French minor, English teaching assistant in Germany.

Hanna Vera - international studies, Latin American studies and premedical studies triple major with a Spanish minor, English teaching assistant in Mexico.

Julia Zorc - graduated in 2019, English: creative writing and interactive media studies double major with a history minor, English teaching assistant in South Korea.
 
More than 10,000 applications are received annually for the 2,100 available Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants. Miami University had a total of 29 applicants to 20 different countries this year.