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NEW Notable A Banner Year for Fulbrights
Four students and two recent graduates from Earlham have earned prestigious Fulbright Scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year. The grants will fund ambitious research or teaching experiences in locations around the globe. The six recipients — Rosalyn Endlich ’12, Brian Forman ’14, Hanley Fultz ’14, Shannon Herbert ’14, Chris Marshall ’13 and Hugh Schmidt ’14 — continue the College’s strong tradition of producing well-prepared, postgraduate Rosalyn Endlich’12 scholars. In fact, Earlham has produced 25 Fulbrights since 2004 and was named to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of the Top Fulbright Producing Institutions in 2012. That Brian Forman ’14 and Hugh year the College produced Schmidt ’14 four Fulbrights.
Shannon Herbert ’14
“The Chronicle rates Earlham alongside the best institutions in the country, which is a testament to our talented students and the College’s emphasis on global engagement,” says Assistant Professor of History Elana Passman, the College’s Fulbright Grant Liaison. “There is fierce competition to make the list, and we are positioned to be included on it again this year.”
Hanley Fultz ’14
After graduation, Fultz, Herbert, Marshall and Schmidt will travel to Austria, Taiwan and South Korea, respectively, and serve as Englishlanguage teaching assistants. Schmidt also will conduct
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research on what he calls the untold story of the Anschluss, the German annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. Endlich, now the Peace and Global Studies Program Associate at Earlham, will conduct research on the transformative power of urban agriculture in Toronto with funding from the grant. The grant also will support her enrollment in the master’s program in Environmental Studies at York University. Forman earned a Fulbright to research religion and witchcraft of the 14th and 15th centuries in France but has declined his grant. He instead will carry out his research at Northwestern University, where he plans to pursue a Ph.D. in history, beginning this fall. That research delves specifically into the radicalization of late medieval demonology by exploring changing conceptions of the witches’ Sabbath in elite culture. Designed to increase mutual understanding between people of the United States and other countries, the Fulbright Scholarship is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the United States government. The grants cover living and travel expenses. Earlham graduates have long been strong candidates for Fulbright scholarships, given the College’s emphasis on exceptional academics and international engagement. “My Earlham education completely shifted the way I see and understand the world,” Schmidt says. “I feel so much more prepared to step out and see it in a far more nuanced way.”
Building Boom
If you like heavy machinery, construction fencing and piles of dirt, this would be a great time to plan a visit back to your alma mater. Earlham’s campus is the site of multiple building projects this summer. When completed, they will provide excellent new facilities to students and take steps toward a more environmentally sustainable campus. Opening next fall is Center for Visual and Performing Arts, the College’s first purpose-built home for art, music