University of Louisville Honors Program – UofL News Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:59:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 UofL grads win prestigious awards, including seven Fulbrights /post/uofltoday/uofl-prestigious-awards-2024/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:11:27 +0000 /?p=61066 Across the globe, classrooms will soon be buzzing with a new kind of Cardinal spirit. Seven UofL students were named Fulbright scholars for 2024.

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’23,听, of Wilmore, Ky., to Jordan.
  • Kaitlyn Purcell ’24, ,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

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UofL helping to develop future leaders in food, climate and sustainable agriculture /post/uofltoday/uofl-helping-to-develop-future-leaders-in-food-climate-and-sustainable-agriculture/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:17:37 +0000 /?p=58088 The University of Louisville Honors Program is part of a new nationwide collaborative aimed at training future leaders in the fields of food, climate and sustainable agriculture.听
The U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded the project a three-year, $750,000 grant. UofL is one of 14 universities participating in the collaboration, called 鈥淭he Justice Challenge: Engaging Students in the Future of Food, Climate, and Sustainable Agriculture.鈥濃
鈥淚n this project, we are leveraging the nimble and innovative framework of honors education,鈥 said Joy L. Hart, executive director of UofL鈥檚 Honors Program and co-chair of the project鈥檚 advisory board. 鈥淲e hope to empower students with systems thinking and career readiness tools essential for the future workforce in food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences (FANH) fields.鈥澨
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The project stemmed from the Student Opportunities Collaborative, a working group in the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities鈥 (APLU) Council on Honors 成人直播 (CoHE). The collaborative鈥檚 vision centered on connecting students from diverse institutions with top content experts and educators.鈥
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鈥淥ur project is expected to result in many positive outcomes, but the ultimate hope is that honors participants will both widen and deepen their understanding, better equipping them to enter workplaces and civic life well positioned to address society鈥檚 most pressing challenges,鈥 Hart said.鈥
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More than 500 undergraduate students from across the country are expected to take part.听
Other participating institutions are the University of Toledo, Northern Illinois University, University of Montana, Virginia State University, California Lutheran University, Binghamton University鈥擲UNY, Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois-Chicago and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, alongside host institutions South Dakota State University, Oklahoma State University, Texas A&M University and fellow ACC member Virginia Tech.鈥
UofL鈥檚听, created in 1982 in the College of Arts & Sciences, now serves nearly 1,500 high-achieving students from all academic units across UofL. Each semester, UofL honors students enroll in a variety of honors courses and seminars, and more than 450 new students choose to participate in the program each year.鈥
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