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Katarina Bouton was recently awarded the J. William Fulbright Scholarship to study abroad in Spain. She is LU's first-ever student recipient of the prestigious Fulbright scholarship.

I've never heard of it, but congrats to her.

That’s sort of a big deal.

It's a big deal! Congrats!

Congrats to Katarina.

A Fulbright is a huge deal in academia and generally positions that person for top tier access in the business world. It is a VERY competitive process where she probably had to stand out above the others because of the politics involved in the process.

Acceptance percentages vary by country, and last year for Spain, the acceptance rate was only 16%. I'm sure it helped that she was a TESL major (Teaching English as a Second Language), a Honors Program graduate who wrote a senior Honors thesis, and a National Merit Commended student on a full-tuition scholarship.

Here is the LU News article about her. She was an Honors Program student as well a varsity athlete.

https://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm? ... MID=270248

BAM! Congrats!

LU got its second Fulbright awarded today to Sara Heist, another Honors Program alumna, who will be studying abroad on the Fulbright scholarship in Brazil this fall.

Sara Heist Receives Fulbright Award to Brazil

Sara Heist Liberty University Alum, Department of Modern Languages, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Brazil in the field of English Teaching Assistantship from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Heist will support the teaching of English at an institution in Brazil starting in 2018 fall.

Heist is one of over 1,900 U.S. citizens who will conduct teach English and provide expertise abroad for the 2018-2019 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement as well as record of service and leadership potential in their respective fields.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

Very impressive!

That is a big deal, I am no Academic guru, but I am somewhat familiar with the Fulbright scholarship.