Middlebury among Top Producers of Fulbrights for 15th Straight Year: 3 Language Schools alumni are among this year's awardees!
Middlebury College has been named to the Fulbright Top Producing Institutions list for the 15th consecutive year by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Program.
Nine students and alumni were selected for Fulbright awards for the 2024–2025 academic year, placing Middlebury among the top 13 baccalaureate degree granting institutions for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Lisa Gates, associate dean for fellowships, said the experience of graduating students and young alumni conducting research, pursuing graduate studies, and teaching English around the world has been invaluable both personally and professionally.
“It’s exciting to see so many Middlebury graduates embracing this opportunity,” said Gates, who has been supporting Fulbright applicants through the Office of Fellowships at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research since 2008. “Fulbright has been building mutual understanding between young Americans and citizens of other countries for almost 80 years and we are proud to be a strong supporter of the program.”
The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recognized a total of 130 institutions as Top Producers to the Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programs for 2024-2025.
The Fulbright program has produced 44 heads of state or government, 62 Nobel Laureates, 90 Pulitzer Prize winners, 82 MacArthur Fellows, and other leaders focused on building strong connections between the United States and other countries.
The Following is a list of Middlebury’s 2024-2025 recipients. See also their Project descriptions:
Sydney Armor ’24: Austria
Claire Babbott-Bryan ’23: Mexico
Sophia Bardetti ’22: Morocco
Olivia Dixon ’24: Spain
Demetra (Alex) Evangelidis ’24: Germany
Edwin Fan ’24: Vietnam
Alexandra (Lexie) Massa ’21: Mexico
Ellie Suit ’24: Belgium
Kenta Togo ’23: Costa Rica
Three Language Schools Alumni are amongst this year’s nine awardees!
Sydney Armor ’24, an international and global studies major from Rancho Mirage, California, has received a study/research award for Austria.
“My project seeks to explore place and identity in culturally gendered roles among migrant women in Austria,” wrote Armor in her proposal. “I will work with Graz-based DIVAN, an entity of the organization Caritas, which provides native language counseling for migrant women, mostly from Eastern Europe and the Middle East, who have been victims of honor-based violence and forced marriage.”
Demetra (Alex) Evangelidis ’24, a global studies major and political science minor from Hastings on Hudson, New York, has received an English Teaching Assistantship award for Germany.
“I want to be a part of the Fulbright ETA program in Germany because I deeply believe in its mission to expand cultural understanding and exchange between our two countries,” wrote Evangelidis in her proposal. “Teaching English is the perfect platform for me to take part in this cultural exchange…I am particularly passionate about teaching those with immigrant backgrounds because I have lived through the challenges they face and understand the opportunities that learning English brings.”
Kenta Togo ’23, a mathematics and Spanish major from Mount Kisco, New York, has received an English Teaching Assistantship for Costa Rica.
“Engaging with a Costa Rican community would allow me to grow as a Spanish speaker and learn about Costa Rican culture,” Toto wrote in his proposal. “I would be especially excited to do this in a rural community because of the greater possibilities for language and culture immersion compared to a big city.”
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