2013 Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors
The Fulbright U.S. Student Alumni Ambassador Program was established in 2008 to identify, train and engage a select group of approximately 15 Fulbright U.S. Student Program alumni each year to serve as representatives, recruiters and spokespersons for the Fulbright Program. They are selected annually through recommendations from Fulbright Commissions and U.S. Embassy staff, area managers, the Fulbright Student Program Outreach Division and are approved by the sponsor of the Fulbright Program, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors come from an array of different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, states, fields of study, institutions; they have participated in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in all world areas.
Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors represent the program's rich diversity and play a key role in increasing knowledge about Fulbright opportunities. They provide testimonials about their Fulbright experiences at conferences and campus presentations and offer application tips in written articles, video and podcast interviews, webinars and at special events throughout the United States. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program relies on the Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors to mentor potential applicants, sharing what a Fulbright grant is really like, along with how to address the challenges of living abroad successfully and how best to meet the Fulbright Program's ultimate goal—to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and the people of other countries.
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Stephanie Aigner
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Greece, 2010-2011
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Marvin Alfaro
Fulbright U.S. Student in Oceanography
Australia, 2011-2012
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April Conway
Fulbright U.S. Student in Ecology
Sierra Leone, 2010-2011
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Emma Din
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Colombia, 2011-2012
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Justin Dunnavant
Fulbright U.S. Student in Archeology
Jamaica, 2009-2010
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Jared Finkelstein
Fulbright U.S. Student in Engineering
Italy, 2010-2011
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Esther Francis
Fulbright U.S. Student in Business
Mexico, 2011-2012
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Cristina Gauthier
Fulbright U.S. Student in Environmental Studies
Brazil, 2010-2011
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Nancy Guevara
Fulbright U.S. Student in Design
Mexico, 2011-2012
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Zigfried Hampel-Arias
Fulbright U.S. Student in Physics
Argentina, 2009-2010
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Kaitlen Howell
Fulbright U.S. Student in Medicine Sciences
Germany, 2010-2011
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Heather Michelle Hunt
Fulbright U.S. Student in Arabic Language and LiteratureEgypt, 2011-2012
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Sarah Lima
Fulbright U.S. Student in Archeology
Albania, 2011-2012
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Todd McKay
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Bangladesh, 2011-2012
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Shadea Mitchell
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Jordan, 2010-2011
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Deeneaus Polk
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Germany, 2011-2012
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Rachel Reetzke
Fulbright U.S. Student in Public Health
China, 2011-2012
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Jonathan Remple
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Rwanda, 2010-2011
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Marisa A. Rinkus
Fulbright U.S. Student in Environmental Studies
Brazil, 2010-2011
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Munir Sayegh
Fulbright U.S. Student in Design
Egypt, 2011-2012
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Heather Yocum
Fulbright U.S. Student in Anthropology
Malawi, 2011-2012