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Fellowship Recipients from the German Department

Many of our students have been awarded prestigious grants and fellowships to work and study in Germany, Austria or Switzerland while studying at Dickinson College.

Traditional medieval quarter - Toulouse.

Schnoorviertel Bremen

 Fulbright is an international exchange program providing scholarships for students and scholars to pursue study, research, and other engaging projects abroad. Several German students have received awards to study in Germany, or to teach English in Germany as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA).

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) seeks to promote the international collaboration between students, scholars and other researchers of higher institutions. Recipients are provided scholarships and grants to pursue further academic endeavors at highly recognized German institutions.

2019

Frances Youmans (’19) and Molly Burger ('19) were both awared Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) positions in Germany.

2018

Lee Mottola ('18) was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA).

2017

Frances Youmans ('19) was awarded the prestigious DAAD scholarship to pursue a research project on the Weimar film genre of Aufklärungsfilme and its local impact in Bremen, where she is studying this fall.

2016

 
Zhen Luo ('18) was awarded the prestigious DAAD scholarship for Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) to pursue her studies in mathematics at the graduate level in Germany this summer.

2015

Eric Neumeister, Anna Leistikow, Jane Feldmann and Olivia Wilkins all were awarded Fulbright grants to serve as overseas English teaching assistants in Germany (ETA).

Helen Schlimm was awarded the DAAD scholarship to study freshwater resources. Click here to read more about her experiences.

2014

Peter Hechler was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) in Germany. As a "Fulbrighter," he joins an elite cadre of cultural ambassadors, each called by the U.S. Department of State to help foster greater global collaboration and understanding through international work and research. Last year, Dickinson was named one of the State Department's top Fulbright-producing colleges for the fifth time in 10 years. This year, five of Dickinson's Fulbright ETA finalists received the prestigious scholarship.

Santiago Princ was awarded the DAAD scholarship to further his studies in computer science, mathematics and German culture at the University of Bremen.

Katie Mooradian, a psychology and German double major, was also a recipient of a DAAD scholarship will begin her stay with a monthlong language-intensive course at the University of Freiburg.

Another DAAD recipient, Ezra Sassaman, will take a language course at the University of Bamberg in August before going to Bremen in the fall.

2012

Julie King was awarded the Fulbright ETA to teach English to elementary or high school students in Germany.

Allison Murawski, a German minor, was also awarded the Fulbright to conduct micro-ribonucleic acid (miRNA) research at Die Technische Universität München in Munich. Through the program Murawski seeks to develop new methods of fighting cardiovascular disease.
Joshua Eisen received an award from the DAAD to go to Germany.

2011

Faith Andrews, Gwyneth Van Son, and Hillary Rosen all received scholarships through the DAAD to study in Germany.

2010

Matthew Hayden, Katelyn Monfet, and Jessie Strassbaugh were all awarded Fulbright ETA scholarships to teach English in Germany.
Ethan Grandel and Rebecca Payne received awards through the DAAD program to go to Germany.

2009

Braeden Eastman (DAAD), Germany

2008

Caitlin Hahn, Daniel Walter, and Anne Maiale (Fulbright)

Katelyn Monfet (DAAD), Germany

2007

Sean Dolbow and Keely McGeehan, Germany

2004

Alexander Bobsein, Germany

2003

Lauren Hopper, Austria

2002

Deborah Herlocker, Germany

2001

Emma Kuntz, Andrew Sonin, Molly Lewis and Rosemary McGunnigle, Germany.
Patrick Myers received a scholarship to Austria, and was additionally awarded the prestigious "Internationale Parlaments-Praktika" award sponsored by the Bundestag, the German parliament, (Berlin, Germany).

2000

Diana Steele and Robert Doyle, Austria

1999

Amy Getz, Germany

1998

Terry Lusebrink, Germany

1997

Lauren Buckno, Germany

1996

Megan Hanewald, Austria

1995

Amanda Benis, Germany and Samantha Pirog, Austria

1994

Yvonne Buysman, Germany

1992

Eric Usner, Austria

1991

Heather Jackson-Squire, Germany

1990

Jennifer Karvois, Germany

1984

Marcia Grove, Germany

1971

William G. Durden, Switzerland

1968

Frank Gallo, Germany