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Dale Albanese
A senior from Marysville, Ohio, majoring in English and international studies, Dale will teach in Taiwan next year after graduating from OHIO’s College of Arts and Sciences. His Fulbright teaching assistantship will cap a remarkable undergraduate experience that has included studying abroad in Shandong, China, and earning a certificate in teaching English as a foreign language in Ecuador during the summer of 2006. Though he is keeping his career options open, and he names international development as a possible future career, Dale says he enjoys teaching English. “You see the immediate effects of what you teach,” he notes. “It’s definitely rewarding to see (the students) want to use English in everyday life.”
“I felt he would be a good representative of people from the United States, a positive image for the people of Asia.”
Liang Tao, associate professor of linguistics
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Angela Kilbane
Senior Angela Kilbane’s interest in Southeast Asia was piqued during a vacation in Bali while studying in Australia her sophomore year. The week she spent there, coupled with a political science course about Southeast Asia, had her hooked. “It was completely different from anywhere I’d ever been before,” she says of Bali, one of about 17,500 Indonesian islands. Angela, who hails from Strongsville, Ohio, will graduate from OHIO’s College of Arts and Sciences in June with a degree in political science and certificates in Southeast Asian studies and teaching English as a foreign language. She expects that her year abroad will help her choose a career path. Her options could include working with a nongovernmental organization in Indonesia or going to law school, and her Fulbright experience will play an important part in preparing her for the future. “I think this opportunity will point me in the direction I need to go in,” she says.
“She’s a first-ranked student. She is a quietly persuasive, quietly powerful student.”
Sung-Ho Kim, associate professor of political science
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Tim Lorek
A College of Arts and Sciences senior from Troy, Ohio, Tim is majoring in history and Spanish. He will travel to Santiago, Chile, on a Fulbright research scholarship. His project aims at understanding the changes in history education in Chile under different governmental regimes. The research combines his multiple academic interests, and he’ll be working with the National Library of Chile. “I’m looking to apply my research there to a master’s thesis,” he says, “and use that as a stepping-stone into doing work in the field of Latin American history.” Tim is the regatta chair of Ohio University’s crew team and carries a minor in geography while pursuing certificates in Latin American studies and environmental studies.
“Tim’s enthusiasm; strong grasp of the Spanish language; unambiguous intent to build a career in academia; his respect for Chile, Chileans, and their history; his contacts in the Chilean academy; and good, old-fashioned hard work make him stand out.”
Patrick Barr-Melej, associate professor of history
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Daniel Utrata
A political science and German major from Lakewood, Ohio, Dan graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences after fall quarter. He spent a year and a quarter in Leipzig, Germany, and was a teaching assistant in the Salzburg program. His Fulbright experience will augment his knowledge of Germany and help him reach his goal of working in diplomacy. “I know so much about German culture, and I spent so much time there I think I can offer a lot of insight into the differences in our cultures,” he says. “Fulbright creates a network of people. It’s something you can be proud of.”
“Dan already has very good German skills. He has had a lot of intercultural experience, and this will make him a valuable instructor, helping German high school English teachers.”
Nikhil Sathe, assistant professor of German
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Brenton Withers
triple major in German, Spanish and French with a minor in Japanese, Brent is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. His Fulbright experience with take him on a teaching assignment at a liberal artshigh school in Coesfeld, on the border of Holland. Already a world traveler, the Pataskala, Ohio, native has studied abroad in Salzburg, Austria, and Pamplona, Spain, and lived in Paris. Brent believes tha this global experiences have enabled him to develop diverse language skills, which in turn helped him win the Fulbright award. “The big stereotype is that Americans don’t really learn foreign languages,” he says. We’re proud that Brent’s achievements and those of his fellow OHIO Fulbright award winners go a long way toward reversing such notions.
“Brent is a truly gifted language student—I have known him since I started at Ohio University.”
Nikhil Sathe, assistant professor of German
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| | | | | | | | About the Fulbright Award
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with additional support provided by participating governments and international host institutions, the Fulbright Program is our country’s largest international exchange program. It offers opportunities for students, scholars and professionals to undertake advanced research, teaching and learning opportunities in locations around the world. As established by Congress in 1946, the goal of the program is to “increase mutual understanding between people of the United States and the people of other countries.”
The international scope of these awards make OHIO’s Fulbright scholars our adventurers—and our ambassadors—as they apply the academic skills they’ve honed at Ohio University in continuing their studies around the world.
OHIO Nationally Competitive Award Winners
Goldwater Scholarships
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