8 Students, Alumni Receive 2025 Fulbright Awards for Teaching and Study Around the World

Eight Syracuse University students and alumni were named as 2025 recipients of awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Five students were also chosen as alternates.Blue circle with white lines slashed through it that look like an F, with the text Fulbright Program Established 1946 surrounding it.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program funds a range of awards that include English teaching assistantships (ETA) and study/research grants in over 140 countries.

The 2025 recipients are the following:

  • Phoebe Ambrose ’22 (food studies in the former David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and citizenship and civic engagement in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs), study grant, United Kingdom
  • Sofia DaCruz ’25 (citizenship and civic engagement in the Maxwell School, selected studies in the School of Education and women’s and gender studies in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S)), English teaching assistantship (ETA), Slovak Republic
  • Alexandria Johnson ’24 (international relations in the Maxwell School and A&S), ETA, Belgium
  • Morgan Meddings ’25 (inclusive elementary and special education in the School of Education), ETA, Madagascar
  • Jessie Norton ’25 (Spanish language, literature and culture and Spanish education in A&S and the School of Education), ETA, Spain
  • Kerrin O’Grady ’25 (biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and neuroscience in A&S), study grant, United Kingdom
  • Zoe Prin, a graduate student in international relations in the Maxwell School, ETA, Moldova
  • Virginia Walker ’25 (international relations and policy studies in the Maxwell School), ETA, Mongolia

The 2025 alternates are the following:

  • Yesmine Chikha ’25 (communications design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA)), ETA, Spain
  • Sacha Norton ’25 (selected studies, School of Education), ETA, Kenya
  • Katarina Sako ’24 (biology and neuroscience in A&S), study grant, United Kingdom
  • Lindy Truitt ’25 (communications design in VPA), study grant, United Kingdom
  • Neha Tummalapalli ’23 (architecture in the School of Architecture), study grant, Italy

You can read more about some of the recipients and their Fulbright plans via this SU News article.

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