Fulbright Grants Awarded to Fourteen 2006 Graduates and Four Alumnae
Claremont, Calif. (August 21, 2006) – Pitzer College has been awarded a record eighteen Fulbright Fellowships for the 2006-07 academic year. Fourteen 2006 graduates and four alumnae have been awarded Fulbright grants to continue in their fields of study in either a teaching or research capacity. Pitzer College has exceeded last year’s Fulbright national record of nine 2005 graduates and one alumnus fellowship for schools of its size.
Fifteen Pitzer students were recommended for Fulbright Fellowships for 2005-2006 by the U.S. Fulbright Committee. Those recommendations were forwarded to the Fulbright committees in the respective host countries, where final decisions were made between April and June. The majority of the Fulbright awardees participated in Pitzer College’s Study Abroad programs.
The 2006-07 Fulbright awardees include Bianca Barragan (South Korea); Veronica Briggs ’02 (Indonesia); Chris Burwick (Germany); Rainbow Chung (China), Yvonne Hong (Turkey) ’05; Patrick Leue (Venezuela); Alex Page (South Korea); Blair McGregor (South Korea); Kate Sherwood (Thailand); Raumene Rahatzad (Azerbaijan); Sabrina Dence (Panama); Michelle Swanson Lightfoot (Spain); Katrina Sitar (Moldova); Kathleen Brooks (Bosnia-Herzegovina); and Traci Kutaka (South Korea). Kathleen Brooks will be the first Fulbright representative ever to Bosnia-Herzegovina; Pauline Yao ’93 (China); and Casey Scieszka will be the College’s first to Mali.
“Our Fulbright scholars reflect the global perspective of the College’s curriculum, the excellence of its study abroad programs and the high scholarship of its students,” Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley said.
In addition to the eighteen recipients, Pitzer College also had two Fulbright alternates: Sarah Evershed and Kathrine Marquéz.
Please visit www.pitzer.edu to view spotlight features on each of the eighteen Pitzer College Fulbright awardees.
