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Boren Scholars
Robert Frasco ’09, a Russian area studies major from Suffield, Conn., was a recent recipient of a David L. Boren Scholarship from the National Security Education Program (NSEP). The NSEP awards Boren Scholarships to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests, including Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin American and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Click here to read the story.

Fulbright Scholars
Washington and Lee University senior Romance languages/journalism and mass communications major Emma Axt ’08, of Edina, Minn., has recently been awarded the distinguished Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to teach English in France. Click here to read the story.
Debby Newell ’08 of Troy, Michigan, is a recent recipient of a Fulbright grant to teach English in Germany. A German literature and medieval and Renaissance studies major, Newell will teach the English language to 12-18 year olds. Newell is a University Scholar, a tutor at the Writing Center and a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She enjoys traveling, running and hiking and has acted in W&L's annual German department play for the past four years. Click here to read the story.
Laura Nugent '08 has received a research Fulbright Fellowship to Romania for the 2008-2009 academic year. Nugent, a double major in economics and medieval and Renaissance studies from West Grove, Penn., will study the architecture of churches in Moldavia built from 1488-1609 with a history professor at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj. Click here to read the story.
Robert DePersia '08 has received a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in Austria for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Goldwater Scholars
Washington and Lee University sophomore Joseph McDonald, a physics and mathematics major from San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded a prestigious Goldwater scholarship. Goldwater Scholarships support study in the fields of mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences as preparation for careers in these areas. The one- and two-year awards cover eligible expenses, including tuition, fees, books, and room and board, up to a maximum of $7,500 per year. Click here to read the story.

Luce Scholars
Kenneth Brooks Hickman, a third-year law student at the University of Virginia, has been selected as one of 18 Luce Scholars for 2008-09, which will pay him to work in Asia for a year. The Henry Luce Foundation solicits nominations from 67 member institutions from across the U.S, seeking candidates who are "young leaders who have had no prior experience of Asia and who might not otherwise have an opportunity in the normal course of their careers to come to know Asia or their Asian counterparts." The program — which began in 1964 — does not award academic credit or require attendance at a university, instead seeking to "provide an awareness of Asia among potential leaders in American society." Click here to read the story.

Watson Scholars
Mary Childs '08 has been named a Thomas J. Watson Fellow for 2008-2009. She is one of 50 students nationally to receive a Watson fellowship this year. Administered in cooperation with 50 outstanding private colleges and universities throughout the United States, the Watson provides a grant of $25,000 to college graduates of unusual promise to engage in a year of independent, purposeful exploration and travel outside of the United States. Inaugurated by the Thomas J. Watson Foundation in 1968, the fellowship program has granted more than 2,500 Watson Fellowship awards, with stipends totaling more than $30 million. Click here to read the story.