Five Ohio University students earn Fulbright teaching assistantships
April 28, 2008
Five Ohio University students have earned prestigious Fulbright teaching assistantships for 2008. Four OU winners will travel to Germany, and the fifth will head to South Korea, according to an OU news release.
“These four awards to Germany are Ohio University’s highest number of English teaching assistantships to that country,” said Beth Clodfelter, the university’s director of U.S. Fulbright programs and liaison for international partnerships.
Elizabeth Andersen, Christopher Bruce, Jonathan Justice and Christine Madjar will teach English in Germany.
Andersen, a senior studying German and linguistics from Lyndhurst, Ohio, plans to eventually teach German in an American high school.
A senior from Rootstown, Ohio, studying magazine journalism and German, Bruce plans to pursue a graduate degree in German studies.
Justice, a senior studying German and linguistics from Strongsville, Ohio, intends to earn a doctorate in German studies.
Madjar, a senior studying English, German and education also from Strongsville, plans to pursue her master’s in German literature.
Jennifer Hayes, a senior studying English and linguistics from Athens, will teach English as a second language in South Korea.
“Jennifer Hayes is the second OU student ever to successfully apply for an English teaching assistantship to Korea,” Clodfelter said in the release, attributing Hayes’ success to a strong academic record and extra coursework.
OU had 17 Fulbright finalists this year, a new record for the institution. Last year, the university ranked in the top 30 intensive-extensive doctoral research universities for the number of Fulbright awards earned by students.
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