Recipient’s Blog
Mando Eijansantos – Fulbright – Japan
12/15/2021 | Mando Eijansantos (They/Them), graduated from UCI with a major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Mando spent their time as a UCI undergraduate conducting research on radioactive bone cement for treatment of spinal metathesis under the guidance of...
Vanessa Le – Fulbright – South Korea
12/23/2021 | Vanessa Le (She/Her), graduated with a major in Education Sciences and a minor in Korean Literature and Culture, and specializing in English Language Learning. During her time at UCI, she was involved with the Antleader Mentorship Program, Badminton...
Madeleine Hart – Fulbright – Germany
Madeleine Hart (’17, Major in Psychology and Minor in German Studies) has a background in urban education, which, along with her work in conflict analysis with the Olive Tree Initiative, inspired her to pursue one of Germany’s prestigious Diversity Placements,...
Joyce Nguy – Fulbright Recipient – Taiwan Experience
Joyce Nguy (’19 Political Science, Education Sciences) was awarded the Fulbright Teaching Assistantship and is currently teaching English in Taiwan. Here are a few of the many moments Joyce experienced during her Fulbright year — Taiwan 小朋友 “Little friends,” I...
Alexander Alvara – Fulbright Recipient
Alexander Alvara (Fulbright 2017) Alexander is a recent alumni who triple-majored in Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Science Engineering and minored in Biomedical Engineering and Business. His research includes development of a carbon fiber unmanned drone, a...
Megan Braun – Rhodes Scholar
Megan Braun: Rhodes Scholar (2010) Since completing her master’s in International Relations at Oxford with Rhodes funding, Megan Braun (’10 History) finished law school at Yale and is currently the one Supreme Court clerk assigned to accompany John Roberts to the...
Joyce Nguy – Fulbright Recipient – Taiwan – Application Process
Joyce Nguy: Fulbright Recipient (2019) Joyce Nguy (’19 Political Science, Education Sciences) is currently in Taiwan teaching English as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant. In her article “The Scholarship Opportunities Program” in UCI Unfiltered, a student-run blog...
Daniela Estrada – Fulbright Winner – Colombia
Daniela Estrada: Truman Recipient (’15-’16) and Fulbright Recipient (’16-’17) Teaching Teaching the English language at a university in Colombia has been an enriching experience both personally and professionally. I was placed in Los Libertadores, a small...
Pauline Ho – NSF – Honorable Mention Recipient
Ho with Vice Provost of Teaching and Learning, Michael Dennin Pauline recently graduated cum laude from UC Irvine with a double major in Education Sciences and Social Policy & Public Service. She came to the United States ten years ago and did not speak any...
Brittany Schick -George Mitchell Scholarship Winner
Brittany Schick In a C-130 during an ROTC fieldtrip. Brittany graduated from UCI in 2005 having double majored in Political Science and International Studies with a focus on Western Europe. A graduate of the UCLA ROTC program, she commissioned as a Second...