Office of Prestigious Fellowships

By: Melina Piatti-Chayan Through the Critical Language Scholarship, Seana Epley traveled to Tanzania twice–in 2020 and 2021. But both times she traveled virtually. Rather than being located physically in Tanzania for 8-10 weeks, Seana engaged in Tanzanian culture and learned Swahili through her laptop screen. Despite the unique circumstance, Seana embraced it with open arms:...

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Another year, another set of Fulbrighters! The Office of Prestigious Fellowships is happy to announce that several Rams have been awarded scholarships for 2022-2023.  The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is a scholarship created by the U.S. government after World War II in hopes of establishing altruism between nations. Fulbright recipients are usually enthusiastic undergraduates or...

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By Melina Piatti-Chayan Mobeen Ahmed is a graduate student at the University of Chicago and a recipient of the Fulbright U.S. Student Award. As a student undergoing this Fulbright track, Mobeen is working with advisers and institutions of higher education in Taiwan. Prior to this work, Mobeen attended Fordham University at Lincoln Center, where he...

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By Alex Finn-Atkins Mayarita, can you please tell us a little about yourself?  Sure! I am a Fordham College Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’16 alumna. While at Fordham, I double majored in applied mathematics and Spanish studies. My senior thesis for the honors program was a mathematical and sociological analysis of the intergenerational educational attainment of...

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Can you tell us about yourself? Have you always been interested in France and French culture? I came to Fordham as a transfer student during my sophomore year. While at Fordham, I studied French and International Political Economy (IPE). Outside of class, I enjoyed working with the FCRH French Club, as this experience allowed me...

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Writing essays for fellowship applications is no easy task. Just ask Gabrielle McGovern, a recipient of the Fulbright grant, who just returned from her year teaching English in Costa Rica. Prior to living la pura vida, this Fordham alumna spent the summer before the Fulbright application deadline writing, revising, editing…and storytelling! While developing what felt...

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Receiving my acceptance email from the NYC Urban Fellows Program was the happiest news I could get in what would be the beginning of a very uncertain time. The fall semester of my senior year at Fordham was overwhelming because it had seemed like everyone else in my graduating class had already accepted their full-time...

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I’m Rosalyn Kutsch (Fordham ‘19), and I’ve just returned from living in Madrid as a 2019-20 recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award to Spain. At Fordham Rose Hill, I studied International Political Economy and Latin American and Latino Studies and was involved with the Model United Nations club, which eventually led me...

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Priscilla Consolo is a lifelong New Yorker and a lawyer working as an associate in the Litigation Group at a premier international law firm in New York City. She focuses on commercial litigation, securities litigation, and government and regulatory investigations and enforcement. In May 2016, she graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University College at...

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By Christopher Penello When I accepted my position as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) to Italy in June of 2019, being evacuated during a global pandemic was not part of the plan. Yet here we are in the midst of a global health emergency: I have been forced to leave Campobasso, a town that...

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