For the fifteenth consecutive year, аIJʿª½± is one of the country’s top producers of student Fulbright Awards, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual Fulbright rankings.
Seven аIJʿª½± seniors and one alumnus won 2019-20 Fulbrights to work and study in seven countries on three continents. The eight are among 116 аIJʿª½± students and alumni who have won Fulbrights since 2003.
аIJʿª½±â€™s total of seven student awards tied it with Amherst, Vassar, Wesleyan, Franklin & Marshall and DePauw among top liberal arts college producers.
This year marks the first time Oxy has sent Fulbright winners to Moldova, Romania, Russia and South Africa.
аIJʿª½±â€™s 2019-20 Fulbright winners are:
- Allen Chen ’19, an American studies and sociology double major from Alhambra, who is teaching in Romania.
- Linnea Dewees ’14, an economics major from Tampa, Fla., who is teaching in Thailand.
- Lizzie Hansel ’19, a diplomacy and world affairs (DWA) major from Fremont, who is teaching in Taiwan.
- Lynn He ’19, a chemistry major with double minors in art history and math from Superior, Colo., who is a research scholar using spectroscopic analysis to examine an archive of Chinese paintings at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, as well as learning about traditional Chinese conservation methods.
- Ian Lehine ’19, a DWA and comparative studies in literature and culture (CSLC) double major from Glendora, who is teaching in Moldova.
- Samuel Page ’19, a CSLC major from Culver City, who is teaching in Russia. Page declined a Critical Language Scholarship to accept his Fulbright.
- Delarys Ramos Estrada ’19, an English major with creative writing emphasis from the Bronx, New York, who is teaching in South Africa.
- Chloe Wheeler ’19, a Spanish literature and CSLC double major from Long Beach, who is teaching in Spain.
