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RC students win Fulbright, Freeman awards
Patrick Dowling
Adrian Gillem visits with students at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ADRIAN GILLEM
Kathleen Ouyang
THREE ROANOKE COLLEGE STUDENTS have been recognized with prestigious study/research awards. Kathleen Ouyang, who graduated from Roanoke in May, traveled to China this summer for a 14-month language learning and research trip with the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Ouyang, a history major with a concentration in East Asian Studies, is researching the impact of heritage tourism in the city of Xi’an, one of the oldest cities in China and the starting point of the renowned Silk Road. Patrick Dowling ’16 was accepted into a Fulbright Summer Institute to study at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Dowling spent the month of June at the university’s Summer Institute for Young American Student Leaders with nine other American students. The theme of the program was Slavery and the Atlantic Heritage. The highly competitive Fulbright Program awards merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists. Under the Fulbright Program, competitively selected U.S. citizens may become eligible for scholarships to study, conduct research, or exercise their talents abroad; citizens of other countries may qualify to do the same in the United States. The Fulbright Program is one of the most prestigious awards programs worldwide, operating in more than 155 countries. In addition to Fulbright awardees, Adrian Gillem ’15 received two prestigious scholarships — the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and the Freeman-ASIA scholarship — to travel to Japan in March to study and research the country’s government system. Gillem, an international relations major, is only the second Roanoke student to receive the Gilman scholarship, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The Freeman-ASIA (Freeman Awards for Study in Asia) supports American undergraduates who are planning to study overseas in East or Southeast Asia. The program’s goal is to increase the number of Americans with firsthand exposure to and understanding of Asia and its peoples and cultures.
Tyler Coles ’14, far left, was one of four students selected to participate in the closing celebration panel at the Third Annual President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge National Gathering in Washington, D.C. The Gathering was held Sept. 23 and 24 at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. The closing celebration panel was moderated by Dr. Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core. Coles, a history major with a minor in religion, was one of 11 students who served as an Interfaith Youth Core student coach this summer.
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