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

鈥淲e have an astounding track record as a producer of top scholars and I鈥檓 so proud of our incredible students, faculty and staff because they all work together to make this possible,鈥� said UofL President Neeli Bendapudi.

Those prominent awards and award winners are listed below:

Rotary Global Grant Scholar

• , Louisville, a 2018 biology graduate, will conduct research in Scotland on antibiotic resistance

Critical Language Scholarship

• , Radcliff, a sophomore political science and English major, will travel to Oman to study Arabic
• , Worthington, a sophomore neuroscience and chemistry major, will study Mandarin in China
• Louisville, a May 2019 graduate, will study Japanese in Japan
• , Louisville, a senior Asian studies major, will study Indonesian in Indonesia

Boren Award

• , Villa Hills, a UofL medical student, will study the Malayalam language and conduct antibiotic research in India
• , Shelbyville, a 2019 graduate with a degree in industrial engineering, will study Portuguese in Mozambique

English Speaking Union

• , Louisville, a senior women鈥檚, gender and sexuality studies major, will attend University of Cambridge in England to study medieval history.

Irvin F. and Alice S. Etscorn International Summer Research Award, a听听offered by the university鈥檚 Honors Program for summer research

• , Fort Thomas, a triple major in senior women鈥檚, gender and sexuality studies, political science and philosophy,听will travel to Costa Rica to take part in a field study course on primate behavior and ecology
• , Nashville, Tennessee, a senior jazz studies major, will travel to Lebanon to work with Palestinian refugees
• , Louisville, a junior Spanish and international journalism major, will travel to Colombia to take part in an intensive language program
• , Versailles, a junior political science and Spanish major, will travel to Jordan to take part in an Arabic language program
• , San Antonio, Texas, a senior political science and psychology major, will travel to Norway to study international politics

Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship, an听offered by the College of Arts and Sciences for advanced study in the United Kingdom

• , Henderson, a 2019 graduate with degrees in English, French and humanities, will pursue graduate studies at the University of Manchester in England

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