Linfield University
is proud to announce that two current students and one recent graduate received grants from the U.S. Fulbright Student Program for the 2022-23 academic year.
Both current students, who are set to graduate from Linfield later this month, were awarded Fulbright Open Study/Research Awards. Hanna Shields ’22, a biochemistry and molecular biology major from Star, Idaho, will travel to Germany for research at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease. Nick Zdroy ’22, an applied physics major from Pendleton, was awarded a research grant in Finland. His grant will take him to Aalto University in Finland to study and research mechanical engineering and product development.
In addition, Anne Christine Walkup, a 2021 alumnus from Eugene who double majored Spanish and journalism and media studies, received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (ETA) to Spain. The ETA program places Fulbright recipients in classrooms abroad to provide assistance to local English teachers.
The three Wildcats join a long tradition of distinguished Linfield students and faculty members who have received Fulbright grants. Linfield was named one of the top Fulbright-producing institutions in 2018.
“Because of its accomplished faculty and hard-working students, Linfield University graduates have consistently been awarded Fulbrights at numbers equal to or surpassing its peer institutions,” said Tom Mertes, Linfield’s director of competitive scholarships.
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program and is supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world. Recipients are selected for their academic merit and leadership potential to help find solutions to shared international concerns and promote mutual understanding. Approximately, 1,900 U.S. students, artists and young professionals in more than 100 different fields of study are offered Fulbright Program grants to study, teach English and conduct research abroad each year. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program operates in more than 160 countries throughout the world.
For further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State, please visit http://eca.state.gov/fulbright.
