Pictured: Paige Battcher, who will work with high school students in Thailand on a Fulbright English teaching assistantship. Transcript of Paige's video on the homepage
Thailand. Panama. Belgium. Malaysia. Hungary. This isn’t a world traveler’s itinerary. These are some of the countries where our students will study as recent recipients of prestigious national and international scholarships.
Our students this year received seven Fulbrights, two National Security Education Program/David L. Boren fellowships, two National Science Foundation graduate fellowships, two Mary Churchill Humphrey awards and three U.S. Department of State critical language scholarships.
Paige Battcher, one of our Fulbright recipients, will go to Thailand. She just earned her bachelor’s degree in finance and will teach English to students there. Jared Woods, another recent graduate, will attend the University of Liege in Belgium on a Fulbright scholarship to study the effects of testosterone on brain nerves.
Equine management student Paul Anthony Jr. really is going places. Over a two-year period, he will study the thoroughbred horse industry in England, Ireland, Australia, Dubai and, nearer to home, Lexington, Ky., as one of only 12 people selected for the Darley Flying Start Equine Thoroughbred Management Fellowship.
That’s just a sampling of our students’ plans.
These honors are a big deal, but they’re nothing new for our students. In the last two years, they’ve received 14 Fulbrights — 27 since 2003. Altogether, they’ve received 48 State Department-sponsored fellowships and scholarships in the last six years.
As our students leave campus and spread their wings, we proudly celebrate their accomplishments. These recognitions formally acknowledge what we have always known. They are tremendous achievers committed to educational excellence; they have a thirst for learning and will use their knowledge to improve the lives of people in their local communities and in the far corners of the world.
The courage to question convention.
The passion to break new ground.
The insight to champion community.
The imagination to pursue the undiscovered.
The will to achieve greatness.
The promise of a limitless future.
The people to bring it to life.
It's Happening Here.