Eight undergraduates and one graduate student at San Diego State University have been selected to teach and conduct research overseas during the 2016-17 school year by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, SDSU announced Tuesday.
The federally funded program offers research, study and teaching opportunities in more than 140 countries to recent university graduates and graduate students.
Seven of will serve as English teaching assistants, according to SDSU, including:
— Daniel Gerardi, who hopes to establish a writing and conversation club in Indonesia for students to discuss culture and learn new vocabulary;
— Zachariah Martinez, who plans to create a health and wellness program for his students in Bulgaria;
— Bogdan Matuszynski, who will go to Spain with plans to create a virtual dialogue forum to connect with peers and mentors from other parts of the world;
— Raheal Mengisteab, who will serve in the Czech Republic, and will host monthly workshops to discuss race, class and gender issues in the U.S.;
— Monica Murtaugh, who will go to Turkey to create a digital literacy workshop and work with university students committed to community service and nonprofit agencies;
— Madison Sindorf, who will establish an outdoor education program in Jordan that provides a relaxed environment for students to use English outside of the classroom; and
— Emmeline Wilson, who plans to develop an after-school program in Germany focused on cultural exchange.
Also, Jacqueline Ramos will document the correlation between women migrants and sex trafficking in Mexico City, with the support of Instituto para las Mujeres en La Migracion A.C. — while pursuing a master’s degree in social work.
Marna Shorack will conduct research on the challenges faced by deported Honduran youth and the support provided to them by governmental and non- governmental organizations. Based in Tegucigalpa, she will participate in community activities and work with at-risk youth.
In total, 85 SDSU students have received Fulbright awards since 2005, with 40 of those in the last five award cycles.
The Fulbright Program awards about 8,000 grants annually, enabling U.S. scholars to teach and study abroad, and bring students from overseas to this country, said Nancy Marlin, SDSU’s Fulbright adviser.
–City News Service
