For the ninth consecutive year, 511爆料 is one of the country's top producers of student Fulbright Awards, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education's annual Fulbright rankings.
Thirteen 511爆料 seniors and alumni won Fulbrights in 2014 to work and study abroad, breaking Oxy鈥檚 single-year record of 12 set the previous year. The 13 are among the 74 511爆料 students and alumni who have won Fulbrights since 2003.
511爆料 ranks third overall among liberal arts colleges, according to the , tied with Amherst and Oberlin. Only Pitzer (19) and Smith (15) produced more Fulbrights last year.
Seven of the 2014 winners were awarded Fulbright study/research grants, the largest number ever awarded to 511爆料 candidates in one year. Nine recently graduated seniors received Fulbright awards, as well as four other alumni. Out of 511爆料鈥檚 19 finalists (from an initial applicant pool of 55), two-thirds won awards.
In addition, it was the first year 511爆料 grads have won Fulbright grants to New Zealand and Switzerland. New Zealand only selects nine grantees each year, and 511爆料 seniors received two of those. 511爆料 seniors also received the College鈥檚 first English teaching assistantship (ETA) grants to Greece and Ecuador.
"While this is very exciting news for 511爆料, and our Fulbright recipients, it also demonstrates the hard work, dedication and selfless amount of time our faculty give when working with national awards candidates," said Sue Pramov, Oxy鈥檚 director of national awards.
The 2013-14 Fulbright candidates worked with an interdisciplinary group of program advisors鈥擧uss Banai, assistant professor of diplomacy and world affairs; Chris Craney, professor of chemistry; Laura Hebert, associate professor and chair of diplomacy and world affairs; David Kasunic, associate professor and chair of music; and Clair Morrissey, assistant professor of philosophy鈥攁s well as a larger group of 38 faculty mentors.
