In what looks to be the last year of the Fulbright Fellowship program as we know it, Wesleyan has seen 10 recent grads awarded grants for teaching and research around the world. This represents a record number for the college in Middletown, CT:
Wesleyan Fulbright Fellows Pursue Teaching, Research, Studies Abroad
For context, these are the most recent Top Producers of Fulbright Students in Wesleyan’s category (in order, although some schools tied):
Oberlin College
Amherst College
Barnard College
Pomona College
Bowdoin College
Washington and Lee University
Pitzer College
Smith College
Williams College
Colgate University
College of the Holy Cross
Davidson College
Middlebury College
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Hamilton College
Scripps College
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Bryn Mawr College
Lafayette College
Macalester College
Occidental College
University of Richmond
Bates College
Haverford College
Rhodes College
St. Olaf College
Colorado College
Dickinson College
Kalamazoo College
Kenyon College
Lawrence University
Reed College
Sewanee: The University of the South
Swarthmore College
United States Military Academy at West Point
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I thought those already on had that removed and were stuck with no funding to get home.
I hope we let all these kids fulfill their mission. That’s a great list of schools - all from varying levels of selectivity and prestige (when you open the file).
It’s a very nice picture painted.
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To the best of my knowledge, the Fulbright Student program remains intact and active.
Unfortunately there was a lot of upheaval a few months ago when federal funding was suspended. It was eventually restored for existing fellows and for most programs for the upcoming year (but not all). There are plenty of news articles about this if you are interested in learning more (or PM me for the TLDR as I don’t want to derail this thread). The future of the program, at least for the next few years, remains uncertain.
Congratulations to Wesleyan for the record numbers!
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