Recent grad wins Fulbright Scholarship to Germany

Wheaton College alumna Lesley Suzanne Dean, a January 2006 graduate from Norton, Mass., who majored in German and mathematics, will teach English in Germany next year as a 2006 Fulbright Scholar.

Dean, who says she has been studying German her ''whole life,'' completed two summer internships in Potsdam on a Davis Fellowship last summer and spent the spring 2005 semester studying at the Universität Regensburg. On her upcoming trip, she hopes to promote cultural exchange while developing her teaching skills.

''I am excited to share my knowledge of both American culture and the English language with German high school students because I feel that the connection between language and culture is an important concept for young adults to explore,'' Dean said. Dean is spending the spring in Scotland, where she is tutoring high school students in German and math.

Besides her Davis Fellowship, Dean also is the recipient of Balfour and Presidential scholarships, Dean's List honors and the Hedda Korsch Prize (in German). She is also a member of the mathematics and filmmaking clubs. Dean hopes that the teaching skills she develops as a Fulbright Scholar will help prepare her for a possible career in education.