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July 19: Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships are awarded to 11 UW alumni

By

Glorya Cho

Joji Kohjima

Sam Lim

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awarded scholarships to 11 University of Washington (UW) alumni who recently earned their undergraduate degrees. For the UW, this is the largest number of undergraduate Fulbright awardees.

The alumni are Masha Burina (’07), Glorya Cho (’07), Maria Hoisington (’09), Joji Kohjima (’10), Sam Lim (’10), Sarah Munger (’10), Meleah Paull (’10), Caitlin Pratt (’10), Nathan Snyder (’10), Rachael Stovall (’10), and Christina Ygona (’06).

The Fulbright Program is one of the international educational exchange programs sponsored by the U.S. government. It is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The program operates in more than 155 countries worldwide. ♦

Comments

  1. I’m so proud of my friend, Rachael Stovall! She totally deserved it. (Despite this is an Asian site, haha I still wanted to give her some praise)…:)