A Day in the Life of a Fulbright Scholar: Jennifer Lawhorne
As the NSO begins recruiting candidates for next year’s Fulbright Award cycle, we will be highlighting thefive VCU students currently studying and working across the globe with the support of their Fulbright grant. These will feature a sample “Day in the Life”, to celebrate the endless opportunities a Fulbright grant can provide! This week, we’re showcasing Jen Lawhorne (VCU […]
Congratulations to Virginia Commonwealth University’s Outstanding 2016 Goldwater Scholarship Nominees!
The National Scholarship Office is proud to announce VCU’s 4 2016 Goldwater Scholarship Nominees: Manotri Chaubal is a sophomore Biology and Chemistry double major. Chaubal’s proposal addresses current osteoporosis medications, which, according to Chaubal’s proposal “are limited in that they pose a high risk of symptoms.” To address this issue, her research focuses on understanding […]
VCUarts Alumni Awarded Fulbright Professional Scholar Award
February 8, 2016 The National Scholarship Office is pleased to announce that Leah Beeferman (P+P MFA 2010) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to Finland for 2016-2017. She will spend about five months from October 2016 through February 2017 in Finland as a Fulbright Scholar. Here’s an abstract from her application: “I plan […]
A Day in the Life of a Fulbright Scholar: Mary Beth Bird
As the NSO begins recruiting candidates for next year’s Fulbright Award cycle, we will be highlighting the five VCU students currently studying and working across the globe with the support of their Fulbright grant. These will feature a sample “Day in the Life”, to celebrate the endless opportunities a Fulbright grant can provide! This week, we’re showcasing Mary […]
Fulbright Blogger: Lindsay Fitzgerald
“So I’m sitting in the classroom as the clock strikes twelve and the class walks in. I keep my face frozen as not five, not ten, not twenty but fifty-three students walk into class and take a seat.” You won’t believe what our own VCU Alumni, Lindsay, is doing in Morocco this Fall as a […]
Six VCU alumni selected for Fulbright grants
Wade Angeli, of Centreville, Virginia will teach English to secondary school students in Santa Coloma, Andorra, as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. Mary Beth Bird, of Lexington, Virginia, will return to Lesotho to conduct anthropological research to examine maternity experiences, in collaboration with the National University of Lesotho and the Botha-Bothe District Health Management Team. […]
Across the Spectrum Article Discusses Goldwater Nominee’s Research Essay Topic
Across the Spectrum, a blog that showcases the scope of Virginia Commonwealth University’s $262 million research program, recently published an article about a diagnostic test for Parkinson’s disease, featuring research Jacob Jaminet, 2015 VCU Goldwater nominee and Honors College student, discussed in his Goldwater research essay. “The causes of Parkinson’s remain unknown, and a cure is still […]
VCU sophomore awarded the Boren Scholarship
The National Scholarship Office congratulates sophomore Asya Wilson, who has been awarded the Boren Scholarship. Renee Russell from the Global Education Office wrote a fabulous feature on Asya, that we are proud to highlight: A Virginia Commonwealth University undergraduate student has been awarded the David L. Boren Scholarship to study in the United Arab Emirates during the next […]
VCU alumna conducts research in Australia as Fulbright student scholar
Laura Hayward wasn’t new to travel when she applied to the Fulbright Program. Growing up, her father was an army officer and the Hayward family lived in New York, Saudi Arabia, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and Belgium before finally settling in Virginia. As an undergraduate at VCU, Hayward found her passion while studying under VCU’s Dr. Fong […]
Goldwater Scholarship 2014 Nominations
Virginia Commonwealth University is pleased to announce that four students have been nominated for the 2014 Goldwater Scholarship. Nicolas Andrade Nicolas Andrade, an electrical engineering and physics major from Mechanicsville, Va. is a sophomore in the Honors College. Andrade graduated from Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School in Richmond, Va. in 2012. After completing his bachelor’s degree, […]