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Holding Her Ground

Sumners Scholar Breely Peterson’s first job out of college? Working as a deputy press secretary for a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A World Traveler

Fulbright Scholar Brielle Read ’20 has been traveling the world and making a difference since the tender age of 14.
Andrews Endowed Fellowship supports graduate study in memory of James Robert Andrews ’04

Are you a graduating senior or recent grad (within two years of graduation) entering graduate school in Fall 2021? If so, please apply for this opportunity to earn $2,500 toward the cost of the first year of graduate/professional school study. Application deadline is March 31, 2021.
Solving Earth’s Problems from Space

German and physics double major Claire Harding ’20 interned with NASA and will be teaching English in Germany as a Fulbright English teaching assistant.
Fat over Lean

Mattie Mint ’22 shares about her journey into the professional world through the Kemper Scholar Program.
Sumners Scholar Danyale Kellogg ’19 studies International Affairs at TAMU

While pursuing a BA in history at Southwestern, Kellogg took full advantage of the Sumners Scholarship and then leveraged those experiences to secure a place at the Texas A&M Bush School of Government for graduate study in national security and diplomacy, with concentrations in East Asia and pandemics and biosecurity.
Kemper Scholar Chandler Dixon ’22 Helps Organizations Tackle COVID-19-Related Problems

A financial economics major and president of SU’s Economics Club, Dixon spent Summer 2020 interning remotely with the Taproot Foundation’s Chicago office through the Kemper Scholars Program. The scholarship fosters professional development and leadership.
Fulbright Alumna Erin Osterhaus ’09 Leverages Language Skills in Global Business

Osterhaus, a Spanish and French major and German minor, earned an English Teaching Assistantship in Germany through the U.S. Student Fulbright Program. She currently works in marketing for a global trade association and does freelance translation work.
U.S. Student Fulbright Program Selects 2020 Southwestern Grads

Claire Harding ’20 and Brielle Read ’20 have received 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the English Teaching Assistant Program, and Sam Russek ’20 was named an Alternate.
Mattie Cryer ’17 Describes Fulbright English Teaching Experience

After graduation from Southwestern in 2017 with a BA in Spanish, Cryer embarked on a year in Posadas, Misiones, Argentina, as an English Teaching Assistant in the U.S. Student Fulbright Program.