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A prestigious, national scholarship networks you with people who share your vision to make our planet a better place to live.
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Boren / Fulbright / Gates Cambridge / Gilman / Goldwater / Marshall / Mitchell / NSF GRFP(tooltip: NSF GRFP|National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program) / Pickering / Rhodes / Schwarzman / Truman / Udall
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WSU’s First Fulbright-Nat Geo Storyteller Award Takes Bee Researcher Melanie Kirby to Spain
MEDIA: April Seehafer, WSU Distinguished Scholarships Program director, 509-335-8239, seehafer@wsu.edu
PULLMAN, Wash.—Though career coaches encourage job applicants to say “yes” with a can-do attitude, answering “no” to a Peace Corps question 22 years ago set Washington State University student Melanie Margarita Kirby on a career and academic path like no other. It’s one that will take her to Spain this fall for a nine-month Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship—WSU’s first.“In 1997, the Peace Corps questionnaire asked if I would mind working … » More …
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Fulbright Takes WSU Pianist Garrett Snedeker to London
MEDIA: April Seehafer, WSU Distinguished Scholarships Program director, 509-335-8239, seehafer@wsu.edu
PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University senior Garrett Snedeker has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to London’s Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance to explore the topic “harnessing music’s ability for social change” in the coming year.“I’m always happy to perform and share music, but I want to introduce listeners to new ways to process and think about what they are hearing,” said Snedeker. “Thanks to the Fulbright, I will be thoroughly educated to accomplish that goal … » More …
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Distinguished Scholars Celebration
At this annual event, the Distinguished Scholarships Program recognizes and honors the latest students and alumni to receive prestigious national awards. It also provides a venue to recognize faculty mentors and recommendation writers who helped the award applicants reach their goals. The university community and guests are invited to attend, and no RSVPs are necessary.
The next Distinguished Scholars Celebration will be held in fall 2019 in the recently renovated CUB ground-level gallery featuring all award winners. Learn more about this event >>