The UofL Fulbright winners were awarded grants to teach English abroad in Turkey, Thailand, Moldova, Spain, Jordan, Taiwan and Germany.

The听Fulbright Program, administered by the Department of State鈥檚 Bureau of 成人直播al and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government鈥檚 flagship international educational exchange program.

Since 2001, UofL has been a Fulbright powerhouse, producing 175 scholars (the most in Kentucky) and earning national recognition seven times.

Those receiving 听补谤别:

• Medina Aslan听’24, , of Krymsk, Russia, to Turkey.
• Julia Barclay听’22, ’24, of Union, Ky., to听Thailand.
• Beverly Granger ’18, ’24, College of Arts and Sciences, of Louisville, Ky., to Moldova.
• Olivia Hanke ’24,听of Louisville, Ky., to Spain.
• Anna Hylen听’23,听, of Wilmore, Ky., to Jordan.
• Kaitlyn Purcell ’24, ,听of Georgetown, Ky., to Taiwan.
• Abigail Stanger ’24, College of Arts and Sciences, of Gilbertsville, to Germany.

In addition to the teaching assistantships, sophomores Alexandria Ipock-Groves, College of Arts and Sciences, of Madisonville, Ky., and Saadhavi Maskey, , of Lexington, Ky., were selected as recipients of the . Participants experience an academic program at a United Kingdom university and explore the culture, heritage and history of the UK.

Other prestigious scholars

Three UofL students were awarded . The Boren Awards provide students in all fields of study with funding for immersive study abroad in languages and regions of interest to U.S. national security.

Awardees include the following graduate students:

• Yelena Bagdasaryan, School of Public Health & Information Sciences, will study Czech in the Czech Republic
• Alexis Daniel, College of Arts and Sciences, will study Portuguese in Brazil; and
• Mikaella Tanales, College of Arts and Sciences, will study Mandarin in Taiwan

Four students were awarded the from the U.S. Department of State. The CLS program provides opportunities for overseas language and cultural immersion in critical languages that are essential to the United States鈥� engagement with the world.

CLS recipients are:

• Kamal Amirneni, senior, College of Arts and Sciences, of Aldie, Va.
• Ryan Apperson听’24, College of Arts and Sciences and College of Business
• Laura Hanna, senior, College of Arts and Sciences
• Rehan Kahloon, senior, College of Arts and Sciences,听of Louisville, Ky.

Other students also earned unique honors and opportunities.

Forest Clevenger ’22,听College of Arts and Sciences,听of Louisville, Ky., was awarded the

Eden Baize, senior, College of Arts and Sciences, was selected as the recipient of the This scholarship promotes the advancement of knowledge in an expanding global community.

Edler Jonhatan, senior, was awarded fellowship, an academic preparation program for undergraduate juniors committed to public service careers.

And, two students received scholarships the university had never been awarded before.

Shraddha Patel听’24, College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the FAO Schwarz Fellowship. The selective fellowship provides an intensive two-year experience where participants hone their leadership development and professional skills to pursue careers in social impact.

Afi Tagnedji听’23, was selected for the which brings together graduate students from various disciplines across Stanford University.

More on these scholars and winners of other prestigious academic scholarships can be found at听

In 2018 he hit pay dirt: the recent political science graduate to study the Turkish language at Azerbaijan University of Languages in Baku, Azerbaijan.

So he packed his bags, said his goodbyes, and headed off.

But then, a funny thing happened at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.

While waiting for his flight and browsing email, Brown learned that he had also won the prestigious student . The email informed him he could begin his Fulbright as an English teacher in Ankara, Turkey, during the fall semester.

鈥淚 honestly didn鈥檛 know what to do. I was speechless,鈥� said Brown, who learned months ago that he was an 鈥渁lternate鈥� for the award.

鈥淚 had already given up on Fulbright and had enrolled in another Turkish language program in Baku for the fall semester,鈥� Brown said. 鈥淲inning this Fulbright has reassured me of the value of my study and validated almost two years of hard work. Doing the CLS in Turkish followed by a full year in Ankara, Turkey, really feels like a dream come true.鈥�

Brown鈥檚 Fulbright makes him the 11^th UofL scholar to earn the prize in 2018 and underscores the university鈥檚 in competitions for prominent student scholarships.

鈥淲inning both awards is even better,鈥� said Bethany Smith,听of UofL鈥檚 Office of National and International Scholarship Opportunities.

The CLS takes place during the听summer and the Fulbright starts in the fall. So, he will be able to do both and stay abroad for a whole year.

“Devin worked incredibly hard听on his Fulbright application, knowing it was very risky as there haven’t been ETA听winners to Turkey in recent years,鈥� Smith said. 鈥淲e’re so pleased this worked out for him.鈥�