This spring, College of the Holy Cross students and alumni have won an impressive array of awards from prestigious organizations, including the Fulbright Program, Critical Language Scholarship and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
These accolades speak to the curiosity, intellect and ambition of Holy Cross students, the outstanding mentoring of faculty and in many cases, the power of the study-abroad experience.
Below, highlights from this year’s group of award winners.
Fulbright Scholarships
Five members of the Class of 2018 have been awarded Fulbright grants to teach around the world during the 2018-2019 academic year. Since 2005, Holy Cross students have received 97 Fulbrights, placing the College consistently among the nation’s top producers of Fulbright scholars at the undergraduate level.
This year’s recipients are headed to Spain, Latvia, Malaysia and Russia.
The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and established in 1946, is widely recognized as the most prestigious international exchange program in the world. The highly competitive grants are awarded on the basis of academic merit and professional promise.
Each year approximately 1,900 grants are awarded through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, which offers opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching in more than 140 countries worldwide.